When I came to your Door

Images of a demolished neighborhood in an Ethiopian city through the eyes of a woman looking for her partner amidst the rubble. The film depicts the recent violent demolition of settlements, displacing residents in favor of large-scale urban development projects. Through a love letter, empty houses, abandoned objects, and colored doors come to life as silent carriers of memory. Soundtracks recorded on the spot underline the intimacy of a lost life and create a powerful image of a city where rapid construction is destroying fragile social bonds and dispossessing the most vulnerable.