Hermon Hailay
Hermon Hailay is an Ethiopian film writer/director. In 2014, she was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festival “From Addis to Cannes Workshop”. She directed several critically and commercially successful domestic DVD films before completing her first theatrical feature film, Price of Love.
Hermon Hailay
- Name
- Hermon Hailay
- Birthplace
- Huruta, Ethiopia
- Occupation
- Film director, writer
- Born
- 1985 · Mekele.
- Nationality
- Ethiopia
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Hermon Hailay is an Ethiopian film writer/director. In 2014, she was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festival “From Addis to Cannes Workshop”. She directed several critically and commercially successful domestic DVD films before completing her first theatrical feature film, Price of Love.
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The film was invited to the Official Selection at Toronto International Film Festival 2015. It also screened in Official Competition at FESPACO 2015 where it won the Special Prize of Ouagadougou. It has gone on to compete in numerous international film festivals and has won multiple awards.
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• Name — Hermon Hailay • Birthplace — Huruta, Ethiopia • Occupation — Film director, writer
Personal life
Personal life
Hermon Hailey was born in the motherland of Huruta, Ethiopia. Her father's death inspired her to become a film writer.
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Filmography
• Year — Title • 2012 — Baleguru • 2013 — Yaltasebew • 2015 — Price of Love
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- Ethiopian Cinema Today: An Interview with Ethiopian Filmmakers Yamrot Nigussie, Hiwot Admasu Getaneh, Hermon Hailay, Adanech Admasu, and Debebe Daniel Negatu, Black Camera, 2015
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2015
- Hermon Hailay, director. Price of Love. (YäFïqïr Wagaw). 2015. 99 minutes. Amharic. Ethiopia. International distribution limited to film festivals, African Studies Review, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
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- “Hermon Hailay”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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