Alain Gomis

Alain Gomis
Gomis in 2026
Born	(1972-03-06) 6 March 1972 (age 53)
Occupations	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1999–present

Alain Gomis (born 6 March 1972) is a French-Senegalese film director and screenwriter. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} Most known for his films about contemporary life in West Africa, exploring rituals, memory, and culture. ^[5]

His Félicité (2017) won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize, while Today (2012) and Dao (2026) were nominated for the Golden Bear.

Career

His 2017 film Félicité was selected as the Senegalese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, ^[8] making the December shortlist. ^[9]

In 2022, Gomis released the acclaimed documentary essay Rewind & Play , which follows American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk through archival footage in a trip in France marked by racism.

Filmography

Gomis at the 2017 Berlinale

Feature films

Year	English Title	Original Title	Notes
2001	As a Man	L'afrance
2007	Andalucia
2012	Today	Aujourd'hui / Tey
2017	Félicité		Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner
2026	Dao

Documentaries

Year	Title	Notes
2022	Rewind & Play	Music documentary on Thelonious Monk [10]

Short films

Year	English Title	Original Title	Genre
1999	Whirlwinds	Tourbillons	[2] [11]
2003	Petite Lumière

References

1. Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 70. ISBN   978-0253351166. OCLC   177009058.
2. "Alain Gomis, Réalisateur/trice Producteur/trice Scénariste Monteur/se Dialoguiste". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2023. Il est né en 1972 en France, où il a grandi. Il vit et travaille entre Paris et Dakar. En 2013, son 3ème long-métrage, Tey ("Aujourd'hui"), avec Saul Williams, est sélectionné en compétition au 62ème Festival de Berlin, puis remporte l'Étalon d'Or du Fespaco (festival panafricain du cinéma), une première pour un film sénégalais.
3. "Moussa Yoro Bathily". africultures.com (in French). Africultures. Les mondes en relation. 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
4. Alain Gomis at IMDb
5. "Alain Gomis Biography France / Senegal". africanfilmny.org. New York: African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). Retrieved 1 December 2023. Alain Gomis, born in France, is of Senegalese origin and studied cinematography at the Sorbonne. After graduating he organized and facilitated video production workshops for immigrant youth in Nanterre. By the age of twenty-six, he had already made three short films: Tourbillons, Tout le monde peut se tromper, and the documentary Caramels et chocolats. In 2001, Gomis directed his first feature film, L'Afrance. Gomis' 2012 film, Tey, was awarded the Etalon de Yenenga at FESPACO in 2012.
6. "Alain Gomis". Allocine. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
7. "Alain Gomis on Félicité and feeling like an immigrant everywhere". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
8. Kilday, Gregg (5 October 2017). "Oscars: 92 Films Submitted in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 5 October 2017.
9. Pond, Steve (14 December 2017). "Oscars Foreign Language Shortlist Includes 'The Square,' 'A Fantastic Woman'". The Wrap . Retrieved 14 December 2017.
10. Kennedy, Lisa (9 March 2023). "'Rewind & Play' Review: Thelonious Monk Dazzles Even When an Interview Falls Flat". The New York Times. The documentary "Rewind & Play" makes damning use of a 1969 interview Thelonious Monk did with Henri Renaud for the French television program "Jazz Portrait." Monk's European tour was set to end in Paris and the show was recorded shortly before.
11. Inspired by the French novel L'aventure ambiguë by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Paris: Julliard, 1961

External links

• Alain Gomis at IMDb
• L'Afrance - Film d' Alain Gomis (2001) on YouTube. Video duration 1h 27m 16 s. Uploader Culture Tube 2017.
• Alain Gomis on Rewind & Play and Elisabeth Subrin on Maria Schneider, 1983. NYFF60 on YouTube. Video duration 36m 46 s. Uploader Film at Lincoln Center 2023.