DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Awa Moctar Gueye

Awa Gueye is a graduate of the University Gaston Berger University in Saint Louis, Senegal. After a Bachelor’s degree followed by a Master’s degree in Arts and Culture, she became a scriptwriter and an independent director. She has distinguished her- self by her cinematographic culture and her curiosity for aesthetics during interna- tional in Paris (Fémis Summer University) in Morocco (FIDADOC Residency) and in Senegal (Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma du Réel). In her course at the university, she is the first student, and the only one in her class to finalize, to make a more than honorable end of study film and a thesis of theoretical study. She has made five films, including four school films combining documentary techniques and fiction techniques. Her films Le Chant des Corbeaux, Mo Mola La Borotti and Jaar Jaar received great remarks from the public at the Poitier International Film Festival, Bilbao International Film Festival and the International Documentary Film Festival of Saint Louis. Today, Gueye is committed with UNESCO and the Nara Residence in Japan, to promote the position of women in African cinema. According to Awa Moc- tar her name of artist « Today, we attach a lot of importance to appearances, I want to show the beauty differently . A beauty that opens up and accepts others.»