The Other Side
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Set against the Ethiopian abandoned children crisis, two orphan brothers are faced with the reality of never being adopted. Starring Ethan Herisse from Ava DuVernay's Emmy®-winning Netflix series, WHEN THEY SEE US.
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WINNER - Webby Award® - International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences WINNER - Best Short - Greenwich International Film Festival WINNER - One to Watch Award - Asian American International Film Festival WINNER - Best Screenplay, Best Performance - Scout Film Festival WINNER - Best Narrative Short - Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Urbanworld Film Festival (HBO, WarnerMedia) ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (HBO) ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Pan African Film Festival ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Rhode Island International Film Festival (Flickers) ACADEMY AWARD®-QUALIFYING - Hollyshorts Film Festival National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) DCShorts International Film Festival SCAD Savannah Film Festival FOCUS Film Festival Booooooom.tv Premiere Pick Film Shortage Premiere Pick, Best Picks of the Month Omeleto Premiere Pick Filmsupply Films Premiere Pick Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts - A Brave New World Independent Filmmaker Project Z Short Film Showcase
"What makes “The Other Side” particularly potent as a piece of storytelling is not just its powerful portrayal of a difficult reality for many children in Ethiopia, but also how it becomes a heartrending portrait of hope: how hope is lost, but also how it is held onto, even with the most fragile and tenuous of realities that are beyond these children’s control." - Kat Ascharya, full review on www.omeleto.com/254654
Shot on Location in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Contacts, Rights, Distribution: Josh Leong / [email protected]
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Written & Directed by: Josh Leong Produced by: Sofia Bara | Bemnet Yemesgen Executive Producers: Augustine Hong | Jonathan Ferguson | Khalil El-Ghoul | Sounil & Gracie Yu | Daniel & Carolina Bara | Jin & May Leong Director of Photography: Tom Ingwersen Edited by: Josh Leong Music by: Gavin Brivik | Sam Gryzwa Associate Producer: Sophia Heriveaux Co-Producer: Josh Leong Casting: Frehiwot Berhane Locations: Tedos Teffera
Cast: Ethan Herisse | Wayna | Adonai Kelelom
UPM: Yabsira Megersa AD: Sofia Bara 1st AC: Daniel Belay Sound Mixer: Beferdu Teffera Boom Op: Nahom Samunegus HMU: Temima Hulala Art Director: Cameron Protzman Script Supervisor: Olivia Fournier Stunts: Nicholas Ortiz | Angela Jordan PA: Natalie Abbey Translators: Yodahe Zerihun | Abdirebi Daniel
Sound Design: Upper West Sound | Matthew Orlando Color: The Mill - NY | Andrew Ceen Marketing: Celia Tewey | Grace Sessinghaus | Gimga Group Business Development: Phillip Kearney
In Association with: PLAN Shop Germany | Alexandria Capital | McLean Bible Church | Great Commission Ministries | Orphan Care Ethiopia