Angèle Diabang Brener is a Senegalese screenwriter, director and film producer.
Early life and education Angèle Diabang Brener was born in Dakar in 1979. Her training and education in film making took place in Dakar at the Média Centre de Dakar, subsequently at the French state film school La Fémis in Paris, and then at the renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Career She began her career as a film editor then in 2005 she directed her first film, a documentary on the beauty standards for Senegalese women entitled "Mon beau sourire". Sabine Cessou, Rfi.fr, 21 November 2014 (fr) She runs the production company Karoninka which is credited with over a dozen films.
Filmography 2005 : Mon beau sourireSénégalaises et islam on Jeune AfriqueMon beau sourire on Africultures.com 2007 : L’Homme est le remède de l’homme, with Ousseynou Ndiaye and El Hadji Mamadou "Leuz" Niang 2007 : Le Revers de l'exil 2007 : Sénégalaises et Islam 2008 : Yandé Codou, la griotte de SenghorLe Quotidien, Horizon Angèle Diabang, réalisatrice, productrice : « Etre cinéaste, ce n'est pas capter un moment et le montrer sur YouTube » (23 February 2019) (Retrieved 2 June 2019) 2014 : Congo, un médecin pour sauver les femmes A documentary on the work of Dr Denis Mukwege.
Awards For Sénégalaises et Islam 2007 - Jury Prize at Festival Images citoyennes (Liège, Belgium) 2007 - Mention spéciale (Jury distinction) at the Festival des Cinémas d'Afrique du pays d'Apt (Apt Festival of African Films, Apt, France)
See also
Cinema of Senegal List of Senegalese films Women in Senegal
References
Further reading Françoise Pfaff, 'Angèle Diabang Brener', in À l'écoute du cinéma sénégalais, Éditions L'Harmattan, Paris, 2010, pp. 109–119,