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Mantegaftot Sileshi Siyoum
Mantegaftot Sileshi Siyoum
Biography
Mantegaftot Sileshi Siyoum was born and raised in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. There he completed his degree in theatre studies (2001), worked as a film director from 2002 to 2005, and later founded the advertising agency “abugida_pro”. He has lived in Germany since 2007, where he first took an 18-month course at the Deutsche Welle Akademie for media development. From 2009 to 2011, he studied international media at the universities Bonn and Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and graduated with a Master’s degree. He has worked on Deutsche Welle’s “Learning by Ear” international education program since 2009. He also presents shows for the station’s Amharic-language department. His short film GERRETA was shot in his home city of Addis Ababa.
Filmography
AFRICAN SHORTS: DIASPORA : Guest
African shorts 3: Panorama : Guest
Gerreta (2015): Guest, Producer, Screenplay, Direction