She arrives at his door, but the house is gone. When I Came to Your Door reflects on rapid urban growth and the loss of connection it leaves behind, as a woman wanders through the ruins of a demolished neighbourhood in Addis Ababa, searching for her partner and traces of a life erased. As Ethiopia’s capital expands at a relentless pace, informal settlements are bulldozed for urban development, displacing entire communities. The film asks where homes go when neighbourhoods are reduced to rubble: dust, fading footprints, stray dogs, and shadows amid cranes, rising towers, and constant construction, forming a haunting memorial to progress. Drawn from real footage of recent evictions and a love letter found in the rubble, debris becomes testimony to loss and longing. When I Came to Your Door is a quiet elegy for what progress leaves behind, revealing the human cost of modernisation, displacement, and fragile connections erased in its wake across a city in constant transition.
