Abderrahmane Sissako
Nacimiento : 1961-10-13, Kiffa, Mauritania
Historia
Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, winning the FIPRESCI Prize. His 2007 film Bamako received much attention. Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people. His 2014 film Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film.
Writer
Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?
Director
Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?
Director
Himself
To be somewhere precise yet stand nowhere at all, to embody one’s convictions, yet never miss the essential, to rise up and be present at the critical moment, to bear witness to a world waiting to tell itself and be retold, to come and go, both at once, abandoning reckless speed, but rather gently touching the human soul with images, with whispered words, the cracks in the wall of life: this is the choreography masterfully created in the film Beyond Territories, Valerie Osouf’s portrait of the world acclaimed filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako.
Writer
Año 2012, la ciudad maliense de Tombuctú ha caído en manos de extremistas religiosos. Kidane vive tranquilamente en las dunas con su esposa Satima, su hija Toya e Issam, un niño pastor de 12 años. Pero en la ciudad los habitantes padecen el régimen de terror impuesto por los yihadistas: prohibido escuchar música, reír, fumar e incluso jugar al fútbol. Las mujeres se han convertido en sombras que intentan resistir con dignidad. Cada día, unos tribunales islamistas improvisados lanzan sentencias tan absurdas como trágicas. El caos que reina en Tombuctú no parece afectar a Kidane hasta el día en que accidentalmente mata a Amadou, un pescador que ha acabado con la vida de su vaca favorita. Ahora debe enfrentarse a las leyes impuestas por los ocupantes extranjeros.
Director
Año 2012, la ciudad maliense de Tombuctú ha caído en manos de extremistas religiosos. Kidane vive tranquilamente en las dunas con su esposa Satima, su hija Toya e Issam, un niño pastor de 12 años. Pero en la ciudad los habitantes padecen el régimen de terror impuesto por los yihadistas: prohibido escuchar música, reír, fumar e incluso jugar al fútbol. Las mujeres se han convertido en sombras que intentan resistir con dignidad. Cada día, unos tribunales islamistas improvisados lanzan sentencias tan absurdas como trágicas. El caos que reina en Tombuctú no parece afectar a Kidane hasta el día en que accidentalmente mata a Amadou, un pescador que ha acabado con la vida de su vaca favorita. Ahora debe enfrentarse a las leyes impuestas por los ocupantes extranjeros.
Director
In Ethiopia, in a small country school, children have a lesson on the Millennium Development Goals. But one of the pupils, Tiya, is distracted, she doesn’t listen. She is staring at the window. Outside, some children are playing rugby... Abderrahmane Sissako's contribution to 8 (2008).
Director
20 short films about human rights.
Director
Ocho cortos centrados en ocho historias alrededor del mundo. Ocho directores que plasman diversos problemas y contratiempos de la sociedad actual.
Producer
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a sixteen-year-old youth, to trace the man who killed his father and to execute him. Atim obeys him and, armed with his father's own gun, he goes in search of Nassara, the man who made him an orphan. It does not take long before he finds him. Nassara, who now goes straight, is married, goes to the mosque and owns a small bakery. After some hesitation Atim offers him his services as an apprentice. He is hired then it will be easy for him to gun down the murderer of his father. At least, that is what he thinks...
Producer
Melé canta en un bar, su marido Chaka está en el paro y la pareja está a punto de romper. El patio de la casa que comparten con otras familias se ha convertido en una sala de juicios: portavoces de la sociedad civil africana acusan al Banco Mundial y al Fondo Monetario Internacional de los males que afligen a África. Y mientras se suceden las declaraciones de acusadores, defensores y testigos, la vida en el patio continúa. Chaka no parece muy preocupado por este deseo insólito de África de luchar por sus derechos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Cow-boy
Melé canta en un bar, su marido Chaka está en el paro y la pareja está a punto de romper. El patio de la casa que comparten con otras familias se ha convertido en una sala de juicios: portavoces de la sociedad civil africana acusan al Banco Mundial y al Fondo Monetario Internacional de los males que afligen a África. Y mientras se suceden las declaraciones de acusadores, defensores y testigos, la vida en el patio continúa. Chaka no parece muy preocupado por este deseo insólito de África de luchar por sus derechos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Writer
Melé canta en un bar, su marido Chaka está en el paro y la pareja está a punto de romper. El patio de la casa que comparten con otras familias se ha convertido en una sala de juicios: portavoces de la sociedad civil africana acusan al Banco Mundial y al Fondo Monetario Internacional de los males que afligen a África. Y mientras se suceden las declaraciones de acusadores, defensores y testigos, la vida en el patio continúa. Chaka no parece muy preocupado por este deseo insólito de África de luchar por sus derechos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Melé canta en un bar, su marido Chaka está en el paro y la pareja está a punto de romper. El patio de la casa que comparten con otras familias se ha convertido en una sala de juicios: portavoces de la sociedad civil africana acusan al Banco Mundial y al Fondo Monetario Internacional de los males que afligen a África. Y mientras se suceden las declaraciones de acusadores, defensores y testigos, la vida en el patio continúa. Chaka no parece muy preocupado por este deseo insólito de África de luchar por sus derechos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Producer
Little Men is about two sympathetic losers with good looks, about groovy tunes and dry slapstick humour.
Executive Producer
Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave. While surreptitiously watching a movie, they think they see their father speaking to them and steal the film to examine the frames. Their mother (Achta) eventually despairs and sends them to Koranic school. Unhappy, they plan their escape until the eldest boy falls in love with a deaf girl (Khalil).
Writer
Abdallah está sin estar en Nouhadhibou, ya no es capaz de hablar la lengua que habla allí la gente. Nouhadhibou es una estación de salida, los grandes buques atracados en el puerto señalan el peligroso camino hacia la Europa fortaleza. Abdallah está buscando como ir desde Mauritania a España, es decir como ir a otro mundo. Como ser otro. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Abdallah está sin estar en Nouhadhibou, ya no es capaz de hablar la lengua que habla allí la gente. Nouhadhibou es una estación de salida, los grandes buques atracados en el puerto señalan el peligroso camino hacia la Europa fortaleza. Abdallah está buscando como ir desde Mauritania a España, es decir como ir a otro mundo. Como ser otro. (FILMAFFINITY)
Dramane
La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) is a 1998 Malian comedy/drama film written and directed by, and starring Abderrahmane Sissako. It is set in the village of Sokolo and depicts rural life on the eve of the 21st century. Runtime is 61 minutes.The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival, the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Writer
La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) is a 1998 Malian comedy/drama film written and directed by, and starring Abderrahmane Sissako. It is set in the village of Sokolo and depicts rural life on the eve of the 21st century. Runtime is 61 minutes.The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival, the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Director
La Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) is a 1998 Malian comedy/drama film written and directed by, and starring Abderrahmane Sissako. It is set in the village of Sokolo and depicts rural life on the eve of the 21st century. Runtime is 61 minutes.The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival, the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Writer
Sissako visits a war-torn Angola after thirty years of war in search of a friend and thereby through interviews reflects on the lost utopias of a generation of Africans who experienced the liberation struggles. His camera is witness to the dislocation and despair of those he encounters living in Angola, however he also discovers the resilient spirit of Africa and optimism for its future in unexpected ways.
Director
Sissako visits a war-torn Angola after thirty years of war in search of a friend and thereby through interviews reflects on the lost utopias of a generation of Africans who experienced the liberation struggles. His camera is witness to the dislocation and despair of those he encounters living in Angola, however he also discovers the resilient spirit of Africa and optimism for its future in unexpected ways.
Sissako visits a war-torn Angola after thirty years of war in search of a friend and thereby through interviews reflects on the lost utopias of a generation of Africans who experienced the liberation struggles. His camera is witness to the dislocation and despair of those he encounters living in Angola, however he also discovers the resilient spirit of Africa and optimism for its future in unexpected ways.
Writer
A series of six dramatic shorts, each from a different African country and all on the broad theme of "love in Africa."
Director
A series of six dramatic shorts, each from a different African country and all on the broad theme of "love in Africa."
Writer
Ira wanders around the streets of Moscow. She's pregnant with the child of Adrissa, an african student.
Director
Ira wanders around the streets of Moscow. She's pregnant with the child of Adrissa, an african student.
Writer
Ahmed’s father has only a day with his wife and son before he must return to war. With haunting, innocent cruelty, the children play games that mirror the adult world, leading them to discover the harshness of destiny
Director
Ahmed’s father has only a day with his wife and son before he must return to war. With haunting, innocent cruelty, the children play games that mirror the adult world, leading them to discover the harshness of destiny
