Lady Ly

Ladj Ly (center) on a work by the photographer JR in 2004

Ladj Ly (born January 3, 1978 in Mali ) is a French filmmaker and actor .

Life

The filmmaker Ladj Ly grew up in Montfermeil near Paris , his family originally comes from Mali. In 2007 he published his first documentary, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil, about the violence that erupted in the Paris suburbs at the time. In 2008, he happened to film a brutal police operation and the police were later sentenced based on his pictures.

Ly has been convicted on multiple occasions, both for insulting officials and for aiding and abduction and deprivation of liberty, for which he received three years in prison in 2011. In 2017 he shot his award-winning short film Les Misérables in Montfermeil , the title of which was borrowed from Victor Hugo's well-known novel Die Elenden .

Ly presented his feature film debut The Angry - Les Misérables at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 . He shot his first film mainly with people from Montfermeil and a mixture of professional and amateur actors. The Furious was awarded the jury award in Cannes in 2019, later submitted by France as a contribution to the 2020 Academy Awards in the category Best International Film and nominated in this category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in mid-January 2020 .

At the end of June 2020, Ladj Ly became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

Director

2007: 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (documentary film)
2008: Go Fast Connexion (short film)
2014: 365 jours au Mali (documentary)
2016: Infrarouge, À voix haute: La Force de la parole (documentary)
2017: Les Misérables (short film)
2017: Voix Haute: La Force de la Parole (documentary)
2017: Chroniques de Clichy-Montfermeil (documentary, with JR )
2019: The Furious - Les Misérables (Les Misérables)

actor

2006: Sheitan
2010: Notre jour viendra

Awards

Black Reel Award

2020: Nomination for Best Screenplay ( The Angry - Les Misérables )

César

2020 : Award for Best Film (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2020: Nomination for Best Director (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)
2020: Nomination for best debut film (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)
2020: Nomination for Best Screenplay (The Angry - Les Misérables)

Durban International Film Festival

2019: Award for Best Fiction Film (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2019: Award for Best Screenplay (The Angry - Les Misérables)

European film award

2019 : European Discovery Awarded the Prix FIPRESCI (The Furious - Les Misérables)

European Film Festival Palić

2019: Award for Best Film with the Golden Tower (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2019: Awarded the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film (The Angry - Les Misérables)

American Film Festival

2019: Received the Michel d'Ornano Award (The Angry - Les Misérables)

Golden Globe Awards

2020 : Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)

Independent Spirit Award

2020 : Nomination for Best International Film (The Angry - Les Misérables)

Cannes International Film Festival

2019 : Nomination for the Golden Palm (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2019: Nomination for the Golden Camera (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2019: Awarded the Jury Prize (The Angry - Les Misérables)

Jerusalem Film Festival

2019: Nomination for the Gabriel Sherover Foundation Award - Best International Film (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)
2019: Best International Film with the Jerusalem Foundation Award (The Angry - Les Misérables)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2020: Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for the FIPRESCI Award (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)

Prix Lumières

2020: Award for Best Film (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2020: Award for Best Screenplay (The Angry - Les Misérables)
2020: Nomination for Best Director (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)
2020: Nomination for Best Debut Film (Die Wütenden - Les Misérables)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Ladj Ly. In: festival-larochelle.org. Retrieved October 16, 2019 (French)
↑ Ladj Ly - artist. In: Les Ateliers Médicis. Retrieved October 16, 2019 (French)
↑ 365 jours a Clichy Montfermeil. In: allocine.fr. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ Konrad Kögler: Les Misérables. In: Das Kulturblog, June 30, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b Ulrike Koltermann: Impressive debut film. Les Misérables: Police violence in Parisian suburbs. In: zdf.de, May 16, 2019.
↑ Philipp Stadelmaier: Shortly before the bang. "Les Misérables - The Furious" in the cinema. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. January 22, 2020, accessed June 8, 2020 .
↑ Elsa Keslassy: Ladj Ly's Cannes Prize-Winner 'Les Miserables' Is France's Oscar Submission. In: Variety, September 20, 2019.
^ Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.
^ Wilson Morales: 20th Annual Black Reel Awards - Nominees Announced. In: blackfilm.com, December 11, 2019.
↑ https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/cinema/2706103-20200129-cesar-2020-12-nominations-accuse-roman-polanski-11-miserables
^ Durban International Film Festival announces award winners. In: iol.co.za, July 25, 2019.
↑ European Film Awards 2019: Six debut films nominated for the European Film Awards. In: cineuropa.org, October 8, 2019.
↑ Davide Abbatescianni: European Film Festival Palić Announces its award winners. In: cineuropa.org, July 29, 2019.
↑ Joey Nolfi: Uncut Gems, Lighthouse lead 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. In: Entertainment Weekly, November 21, 2019.
↑ Jenny Jecke: Cannes Film Festival: These are the winners of the 2019 festival. In: moviepilot.de, May 25, 2019.
↑ Stéphane Leblanc: Festival de Cannes: Queer Palm, Palm Dog, Prix Un Certain regard ... Qui a remporté quoi? In: 20minutes.fr, May 25, 2019.
↑ International Competition In: jff.org.il. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
↑ Hannah Brown: Chained and One Hundred Percent win top awards at Jerusalem Film Festival. In: The Jerusalem Post, August 2, 2019.
↑ Pete Hammond: Palm Springs Film Festival Sets Lineup; 'An Almost Ordinary Summer' & 'Military Wives' Are Opening- And Closing-Night Movies. In: deadline.com, December 10, 2019.
↑ Les nominations 2020. In: academiedeslumieres.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019 (PDF; 256 KB)
^ Fabien Lemercier: Les Misérables triumphs at the Lumières Awards. In: cineuropa.org, January 28, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Ly, Ladj
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French filmmaker and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1978 or 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montfermeil or Mali

[1] Ladj Ly. In: festival-larochelle.org. Retrieved October 16, 2019 (French)

[2] Ladj Ly - artist. In: Les Ateliers Médicis. Retrieved October 16, 2019 (French)

[3] 365 jours a Clichy Montfermeil. In: allocine.fr. Retrieved October 16, 2019.

[4] Konrad Kögler: Les Misérables. In: Das Kulturblog, June 30, 2019.

[ZDFKoltermann-5] Ulrike Koltermann: Impressive debut film. Les Misérables: Police violence in Parisian suburbs. In: zdf.de, May 16, 2019.

[6] Philipp Stadelmaier: Shortly before the bang. "Les Misérables - The Furious" in the cinema. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. January 22, 2020, accessed June 8, 2020 .

[7] Elsa Keslassy: Ladj Ly's Cannes Prize-Winner 'Les Miserables' Is France's Oscar Submission. In: Variety, September 20, 2019.

[8] Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.

[9] Wilson Morales: 20th Annual Black Reel Awards - Nominees Announced. In: blackfilm.com, December 11, 2019.

[10] ttps://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/cinema/2706103-20200129-cesar-2020-12-nominations-accuse-roman-polanski-11-miserables

[11] Durban International Film Festival announces award winners. In: iol.co.za, July 25, 2019.

[12] European Film Awards 2019: Six debut films nominated for the European Film Awards. In: cineuropa.org, October 8, 2019.

[13] Davide Abbatescianni: European Film Festival Palić Announces its award winners. In: cineuropa.org, July 29, 2019.

[14] Joey Nolfi: Uncut Gems, Lighthouse lead 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. In: Entertainment Weekly, November 21, 2019.

[15] Jenny Jecke: Cannes Film Festival: These are the winners of the 2019 festival. In: moviepilot.de, May 25, 2019.

[16] Stéphane Leblanc: Festival de Cannes: Queer Palm, Palm Dog, Prix Un Certain regard ... Qui a remporté quoi? In: 20minutes.fr, May 25, 2019.

[17] International Competition In: jff.org.il. Retrieved July 24, 2019.

[18] Hannah Brown: Chained and One Hundred Percent win top awards at Jerusalem Film Festival. In: The Jerusalem Post, August 2, 2019.

[19] Pete Hammond: Palm Springs Film Festival Sets Lineup; 'An Almost Ordinary Summer' & 'Military Wives' Are Opening- And Closing-Night Movies. In: deadline.com, December 10, 2019.

[20] Les nominations 2020. In: academiedeslumieres.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019 (PDF; 256 KB)

[21] Fabien Lemercier: Les Misérables triumphs at the Lumières Awards. In: cineuropa.org, January 28, 2020.