A 20 YEARS FILMMAKER's STORY
FERENJI DOCTOR
Pronounced: Fe-Ren-Ji Doctor
Meaning: Foreign Doctor
Filmed over three days at the beginning of 2018, in the middle of Ethiopia’s national elections, as anti-government protests were taking place on the streets following the resignation of Prime Minister Desalegn. Abiy Ahmed, an ethnic Oromo, was about to win over his challengers to become an aspirational Prime Minister for Ethiopia.
Filmed over three days at the beginning of 2018, in the middle of Ethiopia’s national elections
This film invites you to be part of the struggles and aspirations of some 112 million Ethiopians, as it follows Dr. Shohista Saidkasimova, Consultant Ophthalmologist, arriving from the UK and arriving in a country riven by unrest and poverty. It follows her as she struggles, with the help of the locals, to deal with and perform much needed surgical operations on hundreds of patients suffering from chronic eye conditions.
Filmed over three days at the beginning of 2018, in the middle of Ethiopia’s national elections, as anti-government protests were taking place on the streets following the resignation of Prime Minister Desalegn. Abiy Ahmed, an ethnic Oromo, was about to win over his challengers to become an aspirational Prime Minister for Ethiopia.
As a filmmaker I’m very fortunate to be invited to travel with medical teams around the world for different projects, but it was my first trip to Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa. With just a small JVC camera hidden deep in my luggage, and with no other equipment allowed in the county, I had less than a week to follow this medical project in one of the oldest countries in the world.
Dr.Shohista Saidkasimova
had chosen to spend her limited holiday time to visit Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, in an attempt to use her medical expertise to help “bring light” to a nation failed by a non- existent health system.
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Film House since 2010.
Laurentiu Huianu founded FILMS4FUTURE Films in 2010, with a simple goal –
"I want to build a high-quality and modern video production house that could bridge a strong cognitive relationship between our films and the end viewer.
FILMS4FUTURE aims to transform lives through film, by creating high-impact documentaries, promotional videos and very high-end training films
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