Bio

Born in 1958 in Dakar, Senegal, Moussa Sene Absa overflows with creativity. He is a film director, as well as a painter, writer and composer. For cinema, he wrote the screenplay for Les Enfants de Dieu, prized at the Francophone film festival. His directorial debut, the short film Le Prix du Mensonge, won the Silver Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival in 1988. His film Tableau Ferraille won the award for best photography at FESPACO 1997. His next work, Madame Brouette won the Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival 2003. He has also produced a popular daily comedy sketch (400 episodes), Gorgorlu, for the national Senegalese television. His talent as a painter is also well established and his work has been exhibited in Senegal, Europe and North America. http://moussaseneabsa.com/

Filmography

• XALÉ, LES BLESSURES DE L'ENFANCE
  Director, Scriptwriter, cinema fiction, 90 minutes, completed
  
• YOOLÉ (LE SACRIFICE)
  Réalisateur , Documentary, 75 minutes, 2012
  Festivals : En compétition au Fespaco 2013
  
• TERANGA BLUES
  Director, Fiction , 90 minutes, 2006
  Festivals : En compétition au FESPACO 2007.
  
• MADAME BROUETTE
  Director, Fiction, 105 minutes, 2003
  Awards : Ours d’Argent à la Berlinale
  Festivals : Berlinale
  
• BLUES POUR UNE DIVA
  Réalisateur , Documentary, 52 minutes, 1999
  
• JËF-JËL
  Director, Documentary, minutes, 1998
  
• TABLEAU FERAILLE
  Réalisateur , Fiction , 95 minutes, 1996
  
• YALLA YAANA
  Director, Fiction , 45 minutes, 1994
  
• ÇA TWISTE A POPENGUINE
  Réalisateur , Fiction , 87 minutes, 1993
  
• JAARAAMA
  Director, Documentaire , 13 minutes, 1992
  
• KEN BUGUL, LA RÉPUBLIQUE DES ENFANTS
  Director, Fiction , 80 minutes, 1991
  
• LE PRIX DU MENSONGE
  Réalisateur , Fiction, 20 minutes, 1988
  Awards : Tanit d'Argent - Carthage 1988