Alice Diop

Alice Diop, born in 1979, is a documentary filmmaker, who makes films about contemporary French society.

Biography

Born in Aulnay-sous-Bois in 1979, daughter of Senegalese parents, Alice Diop was raised until she was ten in the Cité des 3000 housing project In Aulnay-sous-Bois near Paris.[1] At University she began studying history, then studied sociology in Évry gaining her DESS degree.[2][3]

Fifteen years after leaving Aulnay-sous-Bois, she returned to film the cultural diversity of the area she grew up in for her first documentary La Tour du monde.[4]

Her film Vers La tendresse (Towards Tenderness) won the best short film award at the French César Awards in 2017. When receiving her prize she dedicated the film to victims of police violence.[5][6]

Filmography
  • La Tour du monde, documentary, 2005
  • Clichy pour l'exemple, documentary 50', 2005
  • Les Sénégalaises et la sénégauloise, documentary 56', 2007
  • La mort de Danton, documentary 64’, 2011
  • La permanence, documentary, 2016
  • Vers la tendresse, documentary 39', 2016

Awards
  • La mort de Danton, documentary 64’, 2011
    • Prix des Bibliothèques au Cinéma du Réel, Paris 2011
    • Grand Prix du 7th Festival du film d'éducation d'Évreux 2011
    • Étoile de la Scam 2012
  • La permanence, documentary, 2016
    • Prix de l'institut français Marcorelles au Cinéma du Réel 2016
  • Vers la tendresse, documentary 39', 2016
    • 2016 : Festival du Cinéma de Brive - Rencontres du moyen métrage - Brive (France) - Grand Prix France
    • 2016 : FIFF-Festival International de Films de Femmes (Festival of Women's Cinema) - Créteil (France) - Prix du public - Meilleur court métrage français & Prix Ina réalisatrice créative
    • 2016 : Festival Silhouette de Paris (France) - Young jury and documentary prize.
    • 42nd César Awards Best short film at 2017 Césars.
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References
  1. "Aulnay-sous-Bois". Wikipédia (in French). 2017-02-24.
  2. "Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées". Wikipédia (in French). 2017-02-19.
  3. "Alice Diop, une documentariste proche des douleurs de l'exil". Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. "La tour du monde". collections.forumdesimages.fr. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  5. "Césars : Trump, Adama Traore et Théo s'invitent à une cérémonie très politique". La Parisienne (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  6. "César 2017 : revivez la cérémonie du 24 février". RTL.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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