Laurence Attali
Laurence ATTALI studied philosophy and cinema at Paris Sorbonne and theatre at Vincennes, before becoming an editor. She edited several features and documentaries before moving to directing in 1992. She made her first documentary, Mourtala Diop voyageur de l’art in Senegal. From 1999 she started making fiction films, such as Même le vent…, Baobab and Le déchaussé. Her films have been selected by numerous festivals, including the Venice Biennale, Locarno and Rotterdam. Attali obtained the Senegalese nationality in 2004.
Filmography
(selection, all short) Mourtala Diop voyageur de l’art (1993, doc), Même le vent…/Even the wind…, (1999), Baobab (2000, doc), La déchaussé (2003), Tabaski (2019)
Laurence Attali op IFFR
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Même le vent
Laurence Attali | 18' | France | -
Cheerful, friendly love story between a taxi-driver and his client touring a musical and colourful Dakar. -
Tabaski
Laurence Attali | 26' | Senegal | International premiere
Energetic, joyous and cinematically free ode to the work of Senegalese painter Iba Ndiaye, with music that will be stuck in your head for ages. -
Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta
Ousmane William Mbaye | 94' | Senegal | None
The remarkable story about the lifework of Senegalese scientist Cheikh Anta Diop who studied philosophy, physics, chemistry, history and linguist