Mama Keïta (also Mama Kéïta and Mama Keita, born in 1956) is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi.. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
Filmography Keïta's films include: Year Film Genre Role Duration (min) 1981 Le Cafard Short Film director 1982 L'Oriental Short Film director 1985 Opus 1 Short Film director 1988 Waps Short Film director 1991 Ragazzi Romantic comedy feature Film director, screen writer, co-producer 85 m 1993 1993 Nuit blanche Short Film director 1996 Choisis-toi un ami... Drama fiction feature Film director 90 m 1997 Le Onzième Commandement(11ème commandement, Le) Fiction feature Film director, screen writer 80 m 1998 David Achkar, Une Étoile filante Portrait documentary Film director 21 m 2003 Le Fleuve Comedy feature Film director 90 m 2004 Le Transfert Short Film director 2004 Sur la route du fleuve Documentary Film director 52 m 2007 Le sourire du serpent Thriller feature Film director, screen writer 90 m 2009 L'Absence Drama feature Film director, screen writer, producer 84 m 2009 One More Vote for Obama Drama short Director 14 m 2009 One More Vote for Obama,part of Afrique vue par… (L’)Compilation of 10 shorts Afrique vue par… (L’) presented at the 2ème Festival panafricain d'Alger 1969 (PANAF, Algeria). Drama short compilation Director 100 m in total 2011 Le Bonheur d'Elza by Mariette Monpierre Drama feature Screen writer, co-producer 79 m 2019 A des Miles du paradis Documentary feature,portrait of Miles Davis Film director, screen writer, producer 100 m
Awards Keïta's films won the following distinctions: Film Festival Award Choisis-toi un ami..., 1996 49th Locarno Film Festival 1996 CICAE Jury Prize Le Fleuve, 2002 Festival Paris Cinéma 2003 Prix de la Presse L’Absence, 2009 FESPACO 2009 (Burkina Faso) Best Screenplay
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External links Videos . Video duration 2m 02 s. Uploader MostraCinemaAfrica09, 2009. Feature film "L'absence" by MamaKeita (Guinea) 2008 Award for best screenplay Fespaco 2009 - Programmed at the 14th Mostra de Cinema Africà in Barcelona from November 6 to 12, 2009. . Video duration 6 m 01s. Uploader KINA TV, 2013. Keïta explains his cinematic vision. French spoken.