Joseph Gaï Ramaka | |
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![]() Joseph Gaï Ramaka, 2010 | |
Born | 9 November 1952 |
Nationality | Senegalese |
Occupation(s) | film director, screen writer, film producer |
Known for | Ainsi soit-il ! (1997), Karmen Geï (2001), Et si Latif avait raison ! (2006) |
Joseph Gaï Ramaka (Jo(e) Gaï Ramaka/Joseph Gaye Ramaka, born 9 November 1952 in Saint Louis, Senegal) is a Senegalese film director, screen writer and film producer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Gaï Ramaka studied visual anthropology at the Paris School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and film studies at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies, IDHEC). [3] In 1990 he founded the French production and distribution company Les Ateliers de l’Arche. In 1999, the company established its Espace Bell’Arte branch in Dakar, Senegal, a screening facility with Dolby Stereo. The company's presence expanded with Arche Studios, a 15,000 square meter studio, and the first in West and Central Africa to have computerized lighting. [1] [2]
His feature-length films include Nitt... N'Doxx /Les Faiseurs de pluie, an adaptation of a story by Prosper Merimée, [6] Karmen Geï (2000), an African version of the opera Carmen, [7] and Et si Latif avait raison (And what if Latif were right!, 2006), a political documentary.
In 2007 he founded the New Orleans Afrikan Film and Arts Festival Project (NOAFEST) and in 2013, he created Gorée Island Cinema, a platform for collaborative cinematography, which has hosted the Gorée Cinema Festival since 2015.
Gaï Ramaka currently lives in New Orleans. [8]
Gaï Ramaka's films include: [2] [3]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration |
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1985 | Baaw-Naan / Rites de pluie | Short, documentary | Screen writer, director | 25 min (m) |
1986 | La Musique lyrique Peul | Short, documentary | Director | 10 m |
1986 | Portrait d’un mannequin | Short, documentary | Director | 10 m |
1988 | Niiwam by Clarence Thomas Delgado | Feature | Producer | 88 m |
1989 | Nitt... N'Doxx / Les Faiseurs de pluie [9] | Documentary | Screen writer, director | 85 m |
1991 | Boxulmaleen !! (L'An fer) by William Ousmane Mbaye and Amet Diallo | Feature | Producer | 30 m |
1996 | Idylle by Dominique Camara | Short, drama | Coproducer | 14 m |
1997 | Ainsi soit-il ! (So Be It), episode of Africa Dreaming [10] | Fiction | Screen writer, codirector, coproducer | 33 m |
1997 | Baby Sister | Fiction pilot | Director | 12 m |
1998 | Demain je brûle / Ghoudwa Nahrek by Mohamed Ben Smaïl | Drama | Producer | 95 m |
2001 | Karmen Geï [11] | Fiction, music | Screen writer, director | 85 or 90 m |
2006 | Et si Latif avait raison ! (And what if Latif were right!) [5] | Documentary | Screen writer, director, producer | 95 m |
2007 | Jaxaay Plan! [12] | Documentary | Screen writer, director | 26 m |
2009 | It's my man ! [13] | Documentary | Director | 65 m |
2020 | Mbas mi (The plague by Albert Camus) | Short, drama | Director, producer | 8 m |
Gaï Ramaka won various awards, such as:
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