Amina Mamani Abdoulaye

Amina Mamani Abdoulaye

Biography

Amina Mamani Abdoulaye graduated in production and directing from the Training Institute for Information and Communication Techniques (IFTIC) in Niamey, the capital of Niger, in 2012. In 2013, her graduation film won the prize for the best documentary in the film schools section at the pan-African film festival FESPACO in Ouagadougou. In 2014, she directed the film LE SILENCE DES PAPIERS, which she presented at several festivals including the Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique in Apt, France. This was followed in 2018 by her most successful film to date, SUR LES TRACES DE MAMANI ABDOULAYE. This cinematic portrait of her father – who was a writer and fought for Niger’s independence – was screened not only at festivals in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and at Mashariki in Rwanda, but also in Amiens, Lausanne and New York. It is also part of the programme of the 18^th AFFK in 2021.

Filmography

SUR LES TRACES DE MAMANI ABDOULAYE (2019): Direction

SARRAOUNIA (1986): Guest

L'ENVOYÉE DE DIEU (2023): Direction