Mamadou Dia
Mamadou DIA is a Senegalese director and director of photography based in New York, where he completed his MFA at Tisch School of the Arts in 2017. His stories are rooted in daily realities, inspired by his life in Senegal and his travels. His short Samedi cinema (2016) premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. With Nafi’s Father (2019), he won the Golden Leopard in the Filmmakers of the Present competition, the First Feature award at Locarno and was Senegal’s official entry for the Oscars 2021.With his company Joyedidi co-founded with Maba Ba, they toured Senegal with an inflatable screen to show the film in open air places. His project Coumba, is selected for CineMart 2026.
Filmography
(selection) Les jardins de l’espoir (2013, short doc), Ebola, Into the Hot Zone (2014, short doc), Contained (2016, short), Samedi cinema (2016, short), Nafi’s Father (2019)
Mamadou Dia at IFFR
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Nafi’s Father
Mamadou Dia | 108' | Senegal | None
Tokara wants to marry the beautiful Nafi, his cousin, bringing their fathers into a bitter conflict. -
Grands travaux
Olivia Rochette, Gerard-Jan Claes | 101' | Belgium | International premiere
The directors spent a year at a Flemish-speaking vocational school in Brussels, where young students have come to learn a trade. The film both documen
