Four voices, one ancient tongue, and the coffee hills that remember everything.
A dream-like exploration of the interconnected lives of two women and two children, celebrating the profound moments of love, loss, and resilience that shape the tapestry of womanhood. Set to the backdrop of Sidama's coffee-growing hills, 'Amakki', meaning 'your mother', captures the intricate threads that bind these women to the land, to each other, and to the unspoken essence of motherhood. The language spoken in this film is Sidaamu Afoo.
Cinematography
Sidama's mist-wrapped hills shot like living memory itself.
Sound
An untranslated language becomes its own gorgeous score.
Direction
Boussebaa's patient gaze refuses to explain—only witnesses.
Director
Celia Boussebaa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sidama is Ethiopia's top coffee-producing region; Boussebaa films the harvest as sacred ritual, not agriculture documentary.
Sidaamu Afoo is spoken by fewer than 4 million people; this may be its most widely screened cinematic appearance ever.
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