Award-Winning Excellence in Visual Storytelling
Zeregna is a critically acclaimed production that showcases the peak of Helen Tadesse’s artistic maturity. The film achieved major industry recognition by winning the prestigious Gumma Film Award, Ethiopia’s highest honor in cinema.
It is widely praised for its courageous exploration of heritage, identity, and the social fabric of the country, handled with a level of technical and narrative sophistication that set a new standard for domestic productions.
The success of Zeregna reaffirmed Helen’s position as a serious auteur who could balance commercial appeal with deep, thought-provoking themes. By winning a Gumma, the film was officially cemented in the archives of Ethiopian film history as a work of excellence. It remains a key example of how Helen uses her production company, Xhelent Studios, to push the boundaries of what Ethiopian cinema can achieve both artistically and socially.
