A woman searches for her partner among the ruins of a neighborhood in Addis Ababa, as forced evictions sweep through the city’s informal settlements. When I Came to Your Door shows real images of recent demolitions, displacing low-income communities to make way for large-scale urban development.
Director – Antonio Paoletti
Antonio Paoletti is an architect and filmmaker. His award-winning short film When I Came to Your Door dealing with displacement in Addis Ababa, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2021 he won the Architecture Drawing Prize with his graphic novel Keniko. In 2023 he co-developed a housing prototype exhibited at the Venice Biennale.