2012 Edition

Mama Keïta

Mama Keïta

Senegal

He was born on 6 August 1956, he studied law in Paris, then he started his career as a scriptwriter when he contributed in writing the script of the film Fleuve (The River) with his friend David Achkar, Keïta finished the film after the death of Achkar and the film won the Press Award in a Film Festival in Paris in 2002.

His first achievement was a short film under the title Le Cafard (the cockroach ) in 1981 and his last film was L’absence (The Absence) in 2009.