Indiewire - "His landscape sequences are elegiac, suggesting a film that cost far more than $14,000" (How Do Indie Filmmakers Survive in Russia?,David D'Arcy)
Twitchfilm - "Siege may be some sort of outsider savant"(Durban 2014 Review: BETI AND AMARE Is A Bizarre Ethiopian Oddity, Todd Brown)
Mahala - "The film is a triumph against meagre resources" (BETI AND AMARE | DIFF 2014, Kavish Chetty)
German Films- “BETI AND AMARE is a strangely engaging and genreblurring piece of cinema”(“Beti und Amare” German Films)
British Film Institute – “Beti and Amare is a hugely impressive debut by Andy Siege and features a standout performance by Hiwot Asres as Beti.”(“Beti and Amare” Keith Shiri)
Indiewire - " Siege explained how his childhood as the son of German aid workers in Africa influenced the film, the first-ever science fiction film set in Ethiopia.”(“Should All Films Tell the Truth? Directors in Palm Springs Search For Answers” Paula Bernstein)
