Editor-in-chief
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Addis Ababa · Bilingual criticism, recap ethics, and what a title actually promises
Hanna edits Cinema Plus and writes in Amharic and English. She spent a decade teaching media literacy in after-school programs before turning to criticism. She cares about whether a recap respects the viewer’s time, whether the Amharic narration adds judgment or only speed, and whether a school-violence story is being used as spectacle. She assigns every public video essay on this site and rejects listings that only paste a plot.
5 stand-alone essays
Youth-culture editor
ዮናስ በቀለ
Bahir Dar · School stories, bullying plots, and how teenagers are framed on screen
Yonas covers high-school dramas and the way recaps compress years of classroom politics into twenty minutes. He grew up watching dubbed evening films with cousins and now tracks how Ethiopian group chats argue about spoilers. His reviews ask who the camera sides with: the bullied student, the rich clique, or the adult who looked away.
4 stand-alone essays
Language and translation editor
ሰላማዊት ደስታ
Mekelle · Amharic narration, dubbing choices, and what gets lost between languages
Selamawit trained in translation studies and still marks up recaps the way a copy editor marks a manuscript: tone, register, and whether a joke survives. She writes about when Amharic voice-over clarifies a Korean or Spanish scene and when it flattens it. She also drafts our copyright and embed notes so readers know we do not host film files.
4 stand-alone essays
Genre editor
ዳንኤል መኮንን
Hawassa · Thriller, prison drama, science fiction, and comic timing
Daniel maps genres the way other people map bus routes. He writes about prison ensembles, zombie outbreaks used as social metaphor, and physical comedy that does not need subtitles. Before Cinema Plus he programmed a campus film club and still believes a recap should leave you with an argument, not only a synopsis.
4 stand-alone essays
Audience editor
ማርታ ዓለሙ
Adama · Family viewing, age suitability, and recommendations you can actually use
Marta writes the “who is this for” section on our video essays. She is a parent and a former librarian, which means she cares about runtime, cruelty, and whether a revenge story should be watched alone or with someone who can talk afterward. She keeps a running list of titles that look light in a thumbnail and are not.
5 stand-alone essays
