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Rama Thiaw

Réalisateur/trice, Producteur/trice, Scénariste, Producteur/trice délégué/e
(Femme)
Sénégal

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Réalisatrice, Scénariste et Productrice sénégalaise.

Sénégalaise, Rama THIAW est née à Nouakchott (Mauritanie), le 30 avril 1978. Elle est auteure, réalisatrice et productrice au sein de Boul Falle Images (avec Amath Niane). Elle a réalisé « Boul Fallé la voie de la lutte », produit par Philippe Lacote en 2009, suivi de « The revolution won’t be televised » (2016).
Elle travaille actuellement sur trois projets :
La Vie en spirale (Life In A Spirale), 90mn, Super16mm, Fiction – Adaptation du roman « La Vie en Spirale » d’Abasse Ndione. Scénariste, Réalisatrice et Productrice. Ce projet a été sélectionné à la Résidence REALNESS (Nirox, Afrique du Sud, 2017) et en 2018 au Torino ScripLab.
La Disparition (The Vanishing), 90 min, Long métrage documentaire. Scénariste, Réalisatrice et Directrice Photo. Ce projet a eu le fonds Brouillon d’un rêve (Scam), une Résidence d’écriture au Moulin d’Andé en 2018, et l’Aide à l’écriture Cinéma (CNC).
Zion Music, 90 MIN, HD, Long métrage documentaire sur l’histoire politique du Reggae (produit par Serge Lalou des Films d’Ici, Boul Fallé Images, Flourishing Films. En Production. Scénariste, Réalisatrice et Productrice.

Filmographie
2009 – Boul Fallé, the Wrestling Way, 1h11, Documentaire.
2016 – The Revolution Won’t Be Televised, 1h50, Documentaire

English

Senegalese Filmmaker and Producer.
Rama THIAW was born in 1978, in Nouakchott (Mauritania). She is author, director and producer at Boul Falle images, a Senegalese Film production Company. « Boul Falle, the wrestling way », her first feature documentary, was produced by Wassakara Productions, in 2009. « The Revolution won’t be televised » (2016) is her second creative documentary.

Rama THIAW was born in 1978, in Nouakchott. Mauritanian & Senegalese, she grew up between Mauritania, Senegal and Europe. In 2002, she participates in a workshop directed by Algerian Director Mohamed Bouamari and then she decided to become a director. So after her Master’s degree in International Economics at the Sorbonne University, she chose a career in cinema and graduating at the University of Paris 8. And then she meets her first producer in 2006, Philippe Lacôte of Wassakara Production and directs her first Feature Documentary: « Boul Fallé The Wrestling way ».

Her last film, »The Revolution Won’t Be Televised », has been premiere in the Berlinale 2016, in the Forum Section, and has won the FIPRESCI PRIZE, a special Mention of the CALIGARI PREIZ and The Jury Prize in the JCC- Cartage Film Festival.
Writer, director and producer, she lives in Dakar, the Senegalese Capital where she has created BOUL FALLE IMAGES, a production film company.

Director’s Professional Experience:
– Writer- Director- Jury – Master Class- in Cinema Since 2010
Talent in Durban IFF (2013).Talent in Berlinale IFF (2014). Alumni at Hot Docs (2014). Alumni at JCC- Takmill (2014). Writing Residency at Realness (2017). Writing Residency Moulin d’Andé (2018) Writing Residency Torino ScriptLab (2018).

– Jury Member FIPA- France (2017). President of Jury African Film Festival of Besancon- France (2017) Master Class in Producing In West Africa (Ciné Banlieue 2015).

– Master Class in Political Documentary, Aesthetic and Evolution since 1895. (Ciné Droit Libre 2016).

– Cinema Producer and Founder Since 2010
Boul Fallé Images, a Senegalese Film Production Company based in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal. Training, development and production of projects of young Senegalese Filmmakers. International coproducing. Executive producing and Distribution. Management and Administration.

– Producer and Founder May 2009 – June 2010
Pikine Productions, Non Profit Organization in Cinema, based in 166 Bis Rue de La Roquette, 75011, Paris. Training in Cinema. Development of projects around Music and Cinema in Africa.

Director’s Filmography
In Development:
– Life In A Spirale (La Vie en spirale), 90mn, Super16mm, Feature – Writing Stage- Adaptation of « La Vie en Spirale » of Abasse Ndione, a Senegalese novelist. This project has been selected for the REALNESS Residency in South Africa (Nirox) in 2017 and in Torino ScripLab in 2018.

Writer -Director:
– The Vanishing, 90 MIN, HD, Feature Documentary Essay, Writing Stage, Produced by Laurent Duret of Bachibouzouk. Writer -Director- and DOP. This project has already won a development fund of the Scam (Brouillons d’un Rêve), a Writing Residency in the Moulin of Andé in 2018, and a writing fund from the CNC- Aide à l’écriture Cinéma.

– Zion Music, 90 MIN, HD, Feature Documentary about the political History of the Reggae Music, produced by Serge Lalou of the Films d’Ici, Boul Fallé Images, Flourishing Films. In Production. Writer -Director- and Producer.

Completed:
– The Revolution Won’t Be Televised, 110 MIN, HD, Feature Documentary, 2016.Produced by Rama Thiaw with Boul Fallé Images.
Writer -Director- Editor and Producer. This film has been screened in more than 54 films festivals around the world, Premiere in Berlinale 2016 and screened in MoMa in 2017.
Awards:
– FIPRESCI PRIZE of the FORUM SECTION, Berlinale 2016.
– A Special Mention of the CALIGARI PREIZ, Berlinale 2016.
– The Jury Prize of the JCC of Tunisia 2016.
LINKS:
– www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_filmdatenblatt_2016_201610414.html
– www.moma.org/calendar/events/2822
– www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/revolution-wont-be-televised-film-868674/

-Boul Fallé, The way Of Wrestling, 71 MIN, HD, Feature Documentary, 2009.
Produced by Philippe Lacôte with Wassakara Productions and Banshee Films,
Writer-Director- DOP.
Screened in Festival des Etats Généraux of Lussas, Festivals de films de Femmes of Créteil, Festival Lumières d’Afriques, Festival of Bergamo- Italy, Arte Cut Up, MobiCiné in Dakar- Edited in DVD by Doc Net.

Source:
www.jcctunisie.org/eng/films-detail19.php?id_film=199
https://cocoonproductions.com/LA-VIE-EN-SPIRALE

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ARABIC
ولدت راما تياو السنغاليّة. الأصل في نواكشوط، في عام 1978 تعمل ككاتبة، مخرجة ومنتجة في شركة. »بول فالي ايماج » بول » في العام 2009 ، أخرجت الفيلم الّذي أنتجه فيليپ « فالي، طريق النّضال « زيون ميوزك » لاكوست. فيلمها الثّالث في صدد التّمويل

Source:
www.jcctunisie.org/ar/films-detail19.php?id_film=199

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DE
Senegalesische Autorin, Regisseurin und Produzentin.

Geboren 1978 in Nouakchott, Mauretanien. Sie studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften sowie Film in Paris. Derzeit ist Rama Thiaw als Autorin, Regisseurin und Produzentin für die senegalesische Filmproduktion Boul Fallé Images tätig.

Filmografie
2009 – Boul Fallé, the Wrestling Way; 71 Min.
2016 – The Revolution Won’t Be Televised; 110 Min

Quelle / Source:
www.berlinale.de/external/de/filmarchiv/doku_pdf/201610414.pdf
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