Mauritanian film director
Abderrahmane Sissako
Sissako at the 2016 César award
Born (1961-10-13 ) 13 October 1961 (age 63) Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, producer
Abderrahmane Sissako (Arabic :عبد الرحمن سيساكو ; born 13 October 1961) is aMauritanian -bornMalian film director and producer. His filmWaiting for Happiness Heremakono ) was screened at the2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection underUn Certain Regard ,[ 1] FIPRESCI Prize . His 2006 filmBamako globalisation , exile and the displacement of people. His 2014 filmTimbuktu Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the2014 Cannes Film Festival [ 2] [ 3]
Sissako was born inKiffa ,Mauritania , in 1961.[ 4] : 191 [ 5] : 69 Malian fromSokolo .[ 4] : 195 [ 5] : 69 [ 6] : 19 Waiting for Happiness [ 4] : 196 Moscow in 1983 with a scholarship to study cinema at theGerasimov Institute of Cinematography ,[ 4] : 47, 191 [ 5] : 69 The Game , in 1988.[ 4] : 192 Paris in 1994.[ 6] : 19
Besides his work as a director, he also worked as a cultural Advisor for former head of stateMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz .[ 7]
Sissako is married to the Ethiopian film directorMaji-da Abdi .[ 8]
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Sissako signed an open letter published inLibération 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip , and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Year Title Role Notes 1990 Sex et perestroïka Assistant director Directed by François Jouffa & Francis Leroi 1991 Le jeu Director & Writer Short 1993 Oktyabr Director & Writer Short 1995 Petite météorologie ou Sept histoires de temps Actor Short directed by Charles Castella Molom, conte de Mongolie Production designer Directed by Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville 1997 Africa Dreaming Director TV series (1 Episode) Documenta X - Die Filme Director Directed withCharles Burnett ,Harun Farocki andAleksandr Sokurov Rostov-Luanda Director & Writer Documentary 1998 La Vie Sur Terre Director, Writer & Actor San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Spire Fribourg International Film Festival - Ecumenical Jury Award Fribourg International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention Fribourg International Film Festival - Grand Prix Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou - Air Afrique Special Award Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou - INALCO Award Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou - Special Mention Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou - TELCIPRO Award - Feature Film Taormina Film Fest - Silver Charybdis 2002 Waiting for Happiness Director & Writer Cannes Film Festival - Foreign Cineaste of the Year Cannes Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Film Gijón International Film Festival - Special Jury Award Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou - Grand Prize - Etalon de Yennega Gijón International Film Festival - Grand Prix Asturias - Best Feature Abouna Executive producer Directed byMahamat Saleh Haroun 2003 Le silence de la forêt Producer Directed byBassek Ba Kobhio &Didier Ouenangare Malenkie lyudi Producer Directed by Nariman Turebaev 2006 Bamako Director, Writer, Producer & Actor Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film International Istanbul Film Festival - FACE Award Festival Paris Cinéma - Audience Award Daratt Producer Directed byMahamat Saleh Haroun 2008 8 Director & Writer Directed withJane Campion ,Gael García Bernal ,Jan Kounen ,Mira Nair ,Gaspar Noé ,Gus Van Sant &Wim Wenders Stories on Human Rights Director Directed withMarina Abramović ,Sergei Bodrov ,Shira Geffen ,Jia Zhangke ,Etgar Keret ,Idrissa Ouedraogo ,Pipilotti Rist ,Walter Salles ,Apichatpong Weerasethakul ,Jasmila Žbanić , and others 2010 Je vous souhaite la pluie Director TV Short 2014 Timbuktu Director & Writer César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Original Screenplay Cannes Film Festival - François Chalais Prize Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Lumière Award for Best Film Lumière Award for Best Director Chicago International Film Festival - Best Director Globes de Cristal Award - Best Film African-American Film Critics Association - Best World Cinema Jerusalem Film Festival - Best Feature French Syndicate of Cinema Critics - Best Film Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film Cairo International Film Festival - Best Arabic Film Louis Delluc Prize - Best Film 2024 Black Tea Nominated -74th Berlin International Film Festival -Golden Bear
In addition tofeature films andshort films , Sissako has served on the jury of thePremiers Plans festival inAngers in January 2007.
Thomas Sotinel, « Abderrahmane Sissako. Pour en finir avec le cinéma du Nord »,Le Monde Samuel Lelièvre, « Les cinémas africains, Abderrahmane Sissako et les frontières du monde »,CinémAction , no. 137, 2010, pp. 182–185. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Waiting for Happiness" .festival-cannes.com . Archived fromthe original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved2009-10-30 .^ "2014 Official Selection" .Cannes . Retrieved18 April 2014 .^ "Oscars 2015" .Oscars 2015: what will win best foreign language film? . Retrieved4 February 2015 .^a b c d e Armes, Roy (2006).African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara Indiana University Press .ISBN 978-0-253-34853-1 . RetrievedDecember 16, 2024 .^a b c Tchouaffe, Olivier-Jean (May 4, 2017).The Poetics of Radical Hope in Abderrahmane Sissako's Film Experience Lexington Books . RetrievedDecember 16, 2024 . ^a b Petty, Sheila (2014).Directory of World Cinema: Africa ISBN 978-1-78320-392-5 . RetrievedDecember 16, 2024 . ^ Abderrahmane Sissako, une imposture mauritanienne Archived 2015-03-10 at theWayback Machine ,Mondafrique , 20 February 2015.^ "African Film Festival Fosters Home-Grown Development Cinema" .Voice of America News . Retrieved9 October 2020 .[dead link ^ "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat" .Libération . Retrieved24 January 2024 .^ Newman, Nick (29 December 2023)."Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza" .The Film Stage . Retrieved24 January 2024 . ^ "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire" .The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved24 January 2024 .
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