Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Family stories, exile and cinema blend in intimate and mythical spheres.

Production :
Anna Sanders Films
Contact :
Sound designer :
Bruno Ehlinger, Alloune MBow and Alexandre Lesbats
Cast :
Magaye Niang
Image :
Mati Diop and Hélène Louvart
Editing :
Nicolas Milteau

Direction
  • Mati Diop

    Mati Diop, 22 June 1982, works and lives in Paris as a director and an actress. She played the female lead in Claire Denis' 35 SHOTS OF RHUM. Studying in the advanced degree program at Le Fresnoy (National Studio of contempory Arts) and le Pavillon (Art residency of Palais de Tokyo), she has directed four short films. Her last short film before A Thousand Suns was BIG IN VIETNAM (2012) selected in the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films at Rotterdam Film Festival.