Dieudo Hamadi
Dieudonné "Dieudo" Hamadi (born February 22, 1984 in Kisangani ) is a Congolese film director.
Life
Hamadi initially studied medicine before attending a number of documentary film workshops. In 2009 he realized the segments "Ladies in Waiting" and "Zero Tolerance" of the documentary film Congo in Four Acts , which was shown in the Forum of the Berlinale in 2010, and in 2010 the short documentary film Dames en attente . Hamadi's first feature-length documentary Atalaku was made in 2013 , followed by Examen d'état in 2014 .
In 2017 Hamadi and Maman Colonelle received an invitation to the “Forum” section of the Berlinale. The film portrays a 44-year-old woman who heads a police unit that is dedicated to protecting raped women and abused children in the war-torn regions of the Congo. Maman Colonelle won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in the Forum and the Prize of the Readers' Jury of the Tagesspiegel.
Filmography
- 2009: Congo in Four Acts (segments "Zero Tolerance" and "Ladies in Waiting")
- 2010: Dames en attente (short film)
- 2013: Atalaku (medium length film)
- 2014: Examen d'état
- 2017: Maman Colonelle
Web links
- Dieudo Hamadi in theInternet Movie Database(English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hamadi, Dieudo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamadi, Dieudonné (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Congolese film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kisangani |