Abderrahmane Sissako
Abderrahmane Sissako (born October 13, 1961 in Kiffa , Mauritania ) is a Mauritanian film director and producer. He is considered one of the most famous filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa . Globalization and exile are important themes in his films .
Life
Shortly after his birth in Mauritania, Sissako moved with his family to Mali , his father's country of origin. In 1980 he briefly returned to Mauritania before studying cinematography at the Gerasimov Institute in Moscow from 1983 to 1989 . He settled in France in the early 1990s.
In 2003 he was a member of the international jury of the Berlinale . At the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 he was a member of the short film jury, in 2003 he was president of the jury of the Un Certain Regard section , in 2007 a member of the main jury and in 2015 president of the short film jury.
Filmography
- 1989: Le Jeu , graduation project
- 1993: Octobre , received the Un Certain Regard award in Cannes
- 1995: Le chameau et les bâtons flottants (short film)
- 1996: Sabriya (short film)
- 1997: Rostov-Luanda , documentary, shown at Documenta X
- 1998: Life on Earth (La vie sur terre)
- 2002: Journey into Happiness (Heremakono)
- 2006: The Last Judgment of Bamako (Bamako)
- 2006: Daratt
- 2014: Timbuktu
Web links
- Abderrahmane Sissako in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the beginning there was violence: Abderrahmane Sissako's great film “Timbuktu” in FAZ from December 12, 2014, page 16
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sissako, Abderrahmane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mauritanian film director and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiffa , Mauritania |