CONVIDADOS 2024 - África
Mohamed Saïd Ouma
Mohamed Saïd Ouma is a renowned filmmaker, cultural operator and executive director of DocA-Documentary Africa. Mohamed is also engaged in The African Heritage Project, a program which aims to restore fifty African films of historical, cultural and artistic significance. He has cut his professional teeth as a festival manager for the International Film Festival of Africa and the Islands (FIFAI) from 2004 to 2015 where he managed to coordinate support for the festival from the Municipality of Le Port-Reunion Islands and the national film governing body (CNC) His latest film Red Cardpremiered at IDFA 2020.
Documentary Africa
DocA is a unique Pan-African initiative that aims to cultivate and nourish a self-sustaining documentary film ecosystem in Africa. They aim at supporting the African documentary film industry through interconnected initiatives in storytelling development and content creation, knowledge-building and sharing, distribution, and audience building. Their focus is to enable African documentary filmmakers to tell African narratives through the African lens, so that we can consolidate diverse perspectives that can confront dominant and inaccurate narratives about the African continent.