Amédée Pacôme Nkoulou (born 1988) is a Gabonese film director.
Amédée Pacôme Nkoulou | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988 (age 35–36) |
| Nationality | Gabonese |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Notable work | Boxing Libreville (2018) |
Career
editNkoulou received his baccalaureate in 2007 and then went to study cinematography and audiovisual production at the Institut Supérieur de l'Image et du Son in Ouagadougou. He returned to Gabon in 2011 and worked as an intern on several projects.[1] He served as assistant director on Samantha Biffot's L'oeil de la cité (2012), Nadine Otsobogo's Dialemi (2013) and Pauline Mvélé's Sans Famille (2013).[2] In 2014, Nkoulou's first film, Moane Mory, a 20-minute short, was released after two years of preparation. With funding from the Gabonese government entity Igis, the film depicts a meeting at an art exhibition between young student Isa and Jack, a painter in his forties, that develops into love. Moane Mory was selected to the European Cinema Festival at Libreville and the short film corner at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
His second film, Une vie après le bloc, was released in 2016. This documentary examines two Gabonese doctors who install pacemakers and knee prosthetics.[3] Nkoulou's first feature-length film, Boxing Libreville, was released in 2018. It depicts a young aspiring boxer, Christ, as he trains in Libreville amidst the backdrop of the 2016 Gabonese presidential election. Boxing Libreville was entered in the International Short and Medium Film Competition at the Visions du Réel.[4] It received the award for best documentary at the festival de cine africano de Tarif in Spain.[5] It was screened at several other film festivals, including the Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München[6] and Ecrans Noirs in Cameroon.[7]
Filmography
edit- Moane Mory (2014)
- Une vie après le bloc (2016)
- Boxing Libreville (2018)
References
edit- ^ a b "Moane Mory est un projet que j'ai préparé pendant 2 ans Amedee Pacome Nkoulou Allogo". Gabon célébrités (in French). 18 May 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Amédée Pacôme Nkoulou (Gabon)". Dafilms.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Une vie après le bloc". Cultures-Haiti. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Boxing Libreville – Le dernier documentaire d'Amédée Pacôme Nkoulou en compétition au Festival Visions du Réel en Suisse". Gabon célébrités (in French). 27 March 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Documentaire : Amédée Pacôme Nkoulou primé !". The World News (in French). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Boxing Libreville". DOK.fest. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Écrans Noirs 2018 – « Boxing Libreville » et « Matris » dans la sélection officielle". Gabon célébrités (in French). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2020.