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Post Master
Oct 30, 06 - 9:03 AM |
Gossip...Tatek Tadesse
Tatek Tadesse, best known for directing Gudi Fecha, is currently working on a new movie. Rumor has it that he is looking to cast 10,000 actors and put in 3 million birr. Bit that Semayawi feres. |
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Post Master
Nov 3rd, 2006 - 2:04 AM |
Re: Gossip...Tatek Tadesse
Ethiopia Preparing for its Own Movie Awards From physics to talking movies, Tatek Tadesse, director of the locally acclaimed Ethiopian movie Gudi Fecha, is currently working on yet another movie project after two years of rest since the release of his first feature film. The Return to Grace, which is the unofficial title of the movie, is based on the story of a young Ethiopian architect who is inspired by the long lost kingdom of Axum and an ancient prophecy that speaks of the resurgence of this kingdom following the appearance of seven signs. The young architect, who notices these signals, tries to get people around him to understand the meaningfulness of what is happening only to be looked upon as a mad man. According to Tatek, the storyline is like no other seen in Ethiopian film. He says that he wanted to bring originality back and that the film will break a trend that has settled in movie making in Addis. He admitted that The Return to Grace glorifies the Ethiopian past with a promise of a glorious future to come as Ethiopians find themselves one year from the Ethiopian Millennium. Tatek has always been interested in filming. He reminisced at how his father had a camera and that as a child he enjoyed to watch recorded images of himself on a projector. By the time Tatek reached high-school, he had already started experimenting with videos, but not until after university did he try and realize his dream and passion for the camera. When he left school, he started to read and study about the art of filming with determination. He started experimenting more seriously and without much delay began to work on documentaries, of which he’s done over 20, including one on Rastafarians in Ethiopia. “But my first encounter with the public came with the production of Gudi Fecha,” he said. Gudi Fecha, which translates into ‘adoption’, is a 108-minute love story about keeping secrets in a very conservative society. It involves a secret affair between two people, which results in the birth of an illegitimate child and a secret adoption. All pay the tragic consequences of the lovers’ affair, as all parties involved are thrown into a confusing situation of deception and denials. Tatek told Fortune that the production process for the film was a very challenging one due to all the responsibilities one has to take to actually get things done. He says that he had to juggle many responsibilities in order to get results for Gudi Fecha. He was involved in casting, make-up, lighting, music and sound effects. Moreover, he was the cameraman and the director of the movie. He said that it is very hard to make a movie in Ethiopia, because too much is dependant on the one person that is leading and because the sector itself is still taking its first steps. As far as Tatek is concerned, although he does agree that a lot of production companies are coming up in the city, he points out that the level of quality has not improved. In fact, he said, what is happening is that a lot of films are being released at an amazing pace, but the storylines, the quality of the picture and the overall production is not well thought out. Tatek explains that he believes the problem with this is that there is a lack of standardization; hence film makers do not have to fulfil technical requirements to release their film. “Everybody has the right to make their own movies,” he said. “But, if the work is to be introduced to the public, then there should be a regulatory body that passes or fails the feature, so that we can uphold standardization.” According to him, this is one of the reasons that we cannot call the filming sector in Ethiopia an “industry”. He said that for it to become one, filmmakers should have laws to protect their rights of ownership, for as long as pirated copies reign the streets, an industry cannot exist. He added that another feature that is missing is proper distribution outlets. According to him, there are not enough cinemas in the city and this makes it hard to call the filming sector in Addis Abeba an industry. Nevertheless, Tatek believes that 10 years from now, Ethiopia Cinema will become one of the most powerful cinemas in the world. His certainty is based on the fact that Ethiopia has a rich and untouched resource of stories. He explained that the story is the most important aspect of a movie, because after a filmmaker translates into a good storyteller. Tatek says that currently America, for instance, has exhausted its story resources and is struggling to present its audience with something new by going more into sci-fi storylines. “Their technology has preceded their story resources,” he said. “Ethiopia on the contrary, is just the opposite; as we fulfil the technological heights needed, so shall the stories be used efficiently.” By SELAM GEREMEW FORTUNE STAFF WRITER |
cali ganja
 Apr 28th, 2007 - 5:26 AM |
Re: Gossip...Tatek Tadesse
u should look to the east for he will come to save the movie industry of ethiopian dreadlock ganja man movement.please forword this message to the godafecha director when ever u meet this ***** thats going to come knockin on ur door dont be hatin and disrespectin a ma****a take him seriously couse he just might act a little bit wired but pay no attention . this is a fact look to the east for all the answer u want , he will come . |
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cali
Aug 26th, 2007 - 3:30 PM |
Re: Gossip...Tatek Tadesse
am not replying to anything in this site am writting this cause u guys are talking about this director tatek tadesse , now i dont know any thing about this fool but i have seen the movie u cant be ethiopian and say u have not seen the movie am not in to ethiopian movies but i love makeing movies i have not made one excetpt with my friends as a joke and it turnd out looking like most ethiopian movies tend to look like now i want to make a movie in ethiopia every one i know got negative responses and all i got is imagination but i dont know anything about the movie biz in ethiopia so if any body can write me some thing and tell how i should go about this will be great or who i should countact when i go to ehtiopia regardeless of what happens i will make an ethiopian movie its been in my heart before i came to america i kinda understand films i think its my ticket out of the devil ass so halla at ur boy (i&i production coming through) |
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