Bentley Brown

Bentley BROWN (1988, USA/Chad) is a producer and director born in Dallas, Texas. In 1999, at the age of 11, he moved with his family to Chad. In 2009, he co-directed the feature Captain Majid, which was selected at IFFR. Since then he has made several short films and taught filmmaking and interactive media between 2015 and 2018 in Saudi Arabia’s first university-level filmmaking programme for women. He is also undertaking research for a PhD in Emergent Technologies and Media Art Practice at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Filmography

Le SIDA se nourrit derrière la reticence (2004, co-dir), Addabache djay wara (2005, co-dir), Le pèlerin de Camp Nou/Captain Majid (2009, co-dir), Faisal Goes West (2012, short), Khawadjat (2016, short), Oustaz (2016, short), Terrorist Number Four (2018, short), First Feature (2018, short)

Bentley Brown at IFFR

Le pèlerin de Camp Nou

Abakar Chene Massar, Bentley Brown

94'
Chad

IFFR 2010

First Feature

A year before the legalisation of cinema in Saudi Arabia, a predominantly female team attempt a first feature film.

Bentley Brown

14'
Saudi Arabia

IFFR 2019