Ousmane William Mbaye
The Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane William MBAYE (1952, France) studied cinema in Paris at the University of Paris VIII Vincennes. He returned to Dakar, where he started as an assistant director. In 1979 he produced and directed his first short film L’enfant de Ngatch/The Child of Ngatch, which won the Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival. He continued with a series of short films spanning fiction and documentary. Between 1990 and 1997 he founded and coordinated the the Dakar Cinematographic Meetings, RECIDAK. From the year 2000 onwards, Mbaye started mostly making documentaries. All of his films have won numerous awards at festivals. In 2019, he produced the film TABASKI by Laurence Attali, which won Best Voices Short Award in Rotterdam – Museum of Black Civilizations Collection. NDAR, SAGA WAALO (2024), a feature documentary which traces the history of the city of Saint-Louis in Senegal from the first colonial penetrations to today, was completed in 2024. Mbaye is also a member of the Academy of Oscars.
Filmography
Doomi Ngacc/L’enfant De Ngatch (1979, short), Duunde Yakaar/Pain Sec (1981, short), Dakar Clando (1989, short), Fresque (1992, short), Dial-Diali (1992, short doc), Xalima la plume (2004, doc), Fer et verre (2005, doc), Mere-bi, la mère (2008, doc), Président Dia (2012, doc), Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta (2016, doc)
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Ousmane William Mbaye at IFFR
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Ndar, Saga Waalo
A documentary about Saint-Louis, an island off the coast of Senegal negotiating its colonial legacy.
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Tabaski
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.
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Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta
The remarkable story about the lifework of Senegalese scientist Cheikh Anta Diop who studied philosophy, physics, chemistry, history and lingu