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Joseph GAÏ RAMAKA
Senegal

Director
Born 1952

Bio

Joseph Gaï Ramaka is a filmmaker from Senegal. In 1997, he directed a medium-length film entitled «AINSI SOIT-IL», a film for which he won the Silver Lion at the 54th Mostra de Venise. His first feature, «KARMEN», was screened in Cannes in May 2001, in Sundance, and during the 2002 Pan African Film & Arts festival (PAFF) awards in Los Angeles. His second feature, «ET IS LATIF AVAIT RAISON”, won the Best Documentary Film award at the Vues d’Afrique festival in Montreal in 2006. In 2009, his film «IT’S MY MAN ! » was his first film shot in the USA, a documentary about a love story. In 2007, he created the New Orleans African Film Festival. And it is in 2013 that Joseph created Gorée Island Cinema, a space for networking and creating films, which has been organizing the Gorée Cinéma Festival since 2015.

Filmography

  • COMBAT DE NÈGRE ET DE CHIENS
    Director, cinema fiction, 90 minutes, development stage
  • TAALIBE !
    Réalisateur , Fiction, 90 minutes, En développement
  • CEDDO BE
    Director, Fiction , 90 minutes, En développement
  • MBAS MI
    Réalisateur , Fiction , 7 minutes, 2020
    Festivals : New York African Film Festival 2020 / Film Africa 2020 (London)
  • PLAN JAXAAY
    Réalisateur , Documentaire , 26 minutes, 2007
  • ET SI LATIF AVAIT RAISON !
    Réalisateur , Documentary, 90 minutes, 2006
    Awards : Prix du Meilleur Documentaire : Festival Vues d’Afrique | Montréal, Canada /
    Festivals : Selection, États Généraux du Film Documentaire | LUSSAS, France / Sélection, The 13th New York African Film Festival | NEW YORK, France.
  • KARMEN GEÏ
    Réalisateur , Fiction, 96 minutes, 2001
    Awards : Award Best Feature : Pan African Film Festival of Los Angeles | LOS ANGELES, USA
    Festivals : Sélection (2004) : Cinemafrica Film Festival 2004 | STOCKHOLM, Suéde / Sélection : Sundance Film Festival | USA / Sélection : Festival de Toronto | TORONTO, Canada / Selection - Opening Night : New York African Film Festival | NEW YORK, USA
  • AINSI SOIT-IL (SO BE IT)
    , Fiction , 33 minutes, 1997
    Awards : Lion d'Argent – Premier prix de la Section Corto-cortissimo : 54e Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica de Venise (1997) / Premier Prix du court métrage : Festival Vues d'Afrique, Montréal (1998)
    Festivals :
    Distribution : Arte (France)