Gahité Fofana (born 1965 in France) is a Guinean film director, producer, editor, actor and screen writer who studied literature and filmmaking in Paris. Starting out as a creator of documentary films, he later wrote, directed and produced feature films.[1][2][3]
Gahité Fofana | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 France |
| Nationality | Guinean |
| Citizenship | Guinean |
| Occupation(s) | film director, screen writer, film editor |
| Known for | Mathias, le procès des gangs (1997), I.T. - Immatriculation temporaire (2001), Un matin bonne heure (2006), La lune est tombée (2015) |
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Description | Role | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tanun[5] | Documentary | Writer, director | 54m |
| 1995 | Saï Saï by, Dakar la salope / Dans les tapats de Dakar | Documentary by Bouna Médoune Sèye | Editor | 12m |
| 1995 | Une parole, un visage (A word, a face) | Documentary | Director | 26m |
| 1996 | Témédy (Temedy, Tèmèdy) | Short | Writer, director, editor | 10m |
| 1997 | Mathias, le procès des gangs (Mathias, the trial of gangs) | Documentary | Writer, director | 50m |
| 1998 | Le Soleil se maquille (Sun makes up) | Documentary | Director | 26m |
| 2001 | I.T. - Immatriculation temporaire (Temporary registration)[1] | Feature | Writer, director, producer, actor | 1h 13m |
| 2005 | Un matin bonne heure (Yaguine et Fodé) (Early one morning)[1][6] | Feature | Writer, director, producer, editor | 1h 15m |
| 2011 | 28 Septembre, Année Zéro[7] | Documentary | Director, editor | 52m |
| 2012 | La Journée de N'ga Touré | Documentary by Billy Touré | Producer | 13m |
| 2013 | Rêves meurtris | Documentary by Hady M. Diawara | Producer | 13m |
| 2015 | La lune est tombé (The moon fell, Hinter dem Mond) | Feature | Writer, director, producer, editor | 1h 17m |
| 2017 | Wallay[8][9] | Feature by Berni Goldblat | Adaptation | 1h 24m |
Awards
editFofana won Special Jury Prizes at the Venice Film Festival in 1996 for Une parole, un visage and Tèmèdy and at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF) in 2001 for I.T. - Immatriculation temporaire.[2]
External links
editFilm extracts
edit- Tanun Extrait 2/2 on YouTube. Bafila Films Vidéos, 2013. Duration 1m 34s.
- Un Matin Bonne Heure (Yaguine & Fodé) Extrait 1/5 on YouTube. Bafila Films Vidéos, 2013. Duration 1m 40s. Following extracts 2/5: 52s, 3/5: 3m 2s, 4/5: 1m 29s, 5/5: 2m 55s.
- Tèmèdy Extrait on YouTube. Bafila Films Vidéos, 2013. Duration 1m 30s.
- 28 Septembre, Année Zéro Extrait : Conacrime on YouTube. Bafila Films Vidéos, 2016. Duration 1m 29s.
- 28 Septembre, Année Zéro Extrait 2/3 on YouTube. Bafila Films Vidéos, 2016. Duration 2m 11s. Following extract 3/3: 2m 22s.
- La Lune est tombée - Home Sweet Home on YouTube. Philippe EIDEL, 2016. Duration 3m 11s.
Interviews
edit- Fifi 2011 Rencontre avec Gahité Fofana on YouTube. Krysalide Diffusion, 2011. Duration 4m 49s. Festival Cinemondes 2011, Le Festival International du Film Independent (Fifi).
- Gahité Fofana on YouTube. KINA TV, 2013. Duration 5m 01s.
References
edit- ^ a b c Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
Fofana, Gahité (b. 1965 in France). Guinean filmmaker. Studied literature and filmmaking in Paris.
- ^ a b c "Gahité Fofana Réalisateur/trice, Acteur/trice, Producteur/trice". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Etudes de lettres et de cinéma à Paris. Gahité Fofana s'est d'abord distingué comme documentariste.
- ^ "Gahité Fofana". africanfilmny.org. African Film Festival New York. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Gahité Fofana was born in 1965 in France to a Guinean father and a French mother. He studied literature and film in Paris, and worked as a film editor making his first short, Tanun in 1994 which earned him the Black Movies award in Geneva in 1995.
- ^ Gahité Fofana at IMDb. International Movie Database. Consulted on 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Tanun. Documentaire". film-documentaire.fr. Film DOC Association film-documentaire.fr. 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
El Hadh Mamadouba Fofana was born in 1906 at Tanéné, a village in Guinea, West Africa. His father, his father's father and his great great grand-father were known as Karamokos, spiritual guides or leaders in the traditional sense.
- ^ "Un matin bonne heure. Gahité Fofana. IFFR 2006. Tiger Awards Competition". iffr.com. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Early in the Morning is a moving indictment and sober and atmospheric narrative that does not mythologise. It is based on a true story.
- ^ "28 septembre, Année Zéro". clapnoir.org (in French). Association Clap Noir. 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Wallay". unifrance.org. Unifrance, a nonprofit association promoting French cinema and audiovisual abroad. 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Gobbo, Stéphane (16 August 2017). ""Wallay", ou comment accepter son identité métissée". letemps.ch (in French). Le Temps SA. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Le Festival Cinémas d'Afrique de Lausanne projette en ouverture, ce jeudi, un beau et sensible récit initiatique du réalisateur helvético-burkinabé Berni Goldblat.
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