''Finding Sally'' is a 2020 Canadian political autobiographical documentary television film directed by Ethiopian-Canadian director Tamara Mariam Dawit and produced by Isabelle Couture. The film received positive reviews from critics.
The film is based on the mysterious life of the Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel. She was the aunt of director Tamara Dawit. Sally disappeared after the Ethiopian revolution which lead to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie. The film has been shot in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
.
The film had been scheduled to premiere at the 2020
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and Jun ...
; however, following the cancellation of the festival due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
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, it was one of the films selected for
CBC Television
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's special ''
Hot Docs at Home'' series, in which it premiered on April 30, 2020.
In 2021, the film was nominated for the Best Documentary Program at the
9th Canadian Screen Awards
The 9th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 17–20 May 2021 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2020. The presentations were held as a seri ...
. Before that, the film also has nominated for the Best Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival in 2020. It was also nominated for the Audience Award at the Internationales Frauen Film Fest.
Cast
* Tsehai Tesfamichael
* Abrehet Asefa
* Tamara Mariam Dawit
* Kibre Dawit
* Tsion Dawit
* Brutawit Dawit
* Menbere Dawit
* Ferkete Gerbremariam
* Ashenafi Kersma
* Brur Gebrai
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 11643110
2020 television films
Canadian documentary television films
2020s Canadian films
2020 films