Difret

Difret (Amharic: ድፍረት, lit.'Courage') is a 2014 Ethiopian drama film written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. The film had its premiere in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinematic Dramatic Audience Award. Angelina Jolie served as the executive producer of the film.

Difret
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZeresenay Berhane Mehari
Written byZeresenay Berhane Mehari
Produced byMehret Mandefro
Leelai Demoz
Zeresenay Mehari
CinematographyMonika Lenczewska
Edited byAgnieszka Glinska
Music byDave Eggar
David Schommer
Production
companies
Haile Addis Pictures
Truth Aid
Release dates
  • 18 January 2014 (2014-01-18) (Sundance)
  • 25 September 2014 (2014-09-25) (Ethiopia)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryEthiopia
LanguageAmharic
Box office$57,2013

The film later premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section, where it won the Audience Award. It was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

The title literally translates as "courage", "audacity", but can also be a euphemism for "the act of being raped."

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