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Ethiopian Oscar Contender 'Running Against the Wind' to Hit Cannes Virtual Market

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French sales group Wide Management has picked up worldwide rights, outside of Ethiopia, for Jan Philipp Weyl's coming-of-age drama Running Against the Wind.

The feature, which was Ethiopia's official entry for the best international film Oscar, will be presented to buyers next month at Cannes' virtual film market, the Marché du Film Online.

The film follows two friends growing up in a remote village whose lives are changed by a single photo. Solomon leaves for the city to become a photographer.

Abdi stays home and trains to be a long-distance runner, emulating his hero, Ethiopia's two-time Olympic gold medal winner Haile Gebrselassie, who has a cameo in the film.

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