Running Against the Wind

Jan Philipp Weyl co-writes and directs this drama set in Ethiopia. Abdi (Ashenafi Nigusu) and Solomon (Mikias Wolde) are childhood friends who are inseparable and each share high hopes for their respective futures. However, as adults their lives contrast greatly as Abdi becomes a national champion at running but Solomon struggles to hold down a job and finds himself turning to petty crime in order to survive. Following their estrangement, the pair reunite but will their differences affect their ability to remain friends?

Writer: Michael Wogh
Director: Jan Phillipp Weyl
Producer: Jan Phillipp Weyl
Writer: Jan Phillipp Weyl
Actor: Ashenafi Nigusu
Actor: Mikias Wolde
Actor: Joseph Reta Belay
Actor: Ferhane Beker
Actor: Alamudin Abduselam
Actor: Samrawit Desalegn
Producer: Samerawit Seid Kekebo
Producer: Chris Naumann
Producer: Andreas Seck
Music: Teddy Mak
Music: Stefan Postavka
Cinematographer: Mateusz Smolka