Cameroonian filmmaker and photographer.

Osvalde LEWAT is a film director, screenwriter and art photographer.

She is known for "MK, l'armée secrète de Mandela" (2023), "Land Rush" (2012, Co-Director), "Sderot, seconde classe" (2011), "Une affaire de Nègres.- Black Business" (2009), "Un amour pendant la guerre - A love during the war" (2005), "Au-delà de la peine - Beyond the pains" (2003).

Born in Garoua (Cameroon), She lives in Paris (France).
After serving as journalist for several years, Osvalde Lewat opted for documentaries films making (multi-awarded) and photography (exhibitions in Africa, Europe, America). She published in August 2021, "Les Aquatiques", her first novel.

Osvalde Lewat graduated from Sciences Po Paris (France) and the Yaoundé School of Journalism (CameroOn). She has attended training courses in image at Fémis (Paris, France) and at the Institut National de l'Image et du Son (INIS) in Montreal, Canada.

 
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSITIONS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES :
2021 | Lumières Africaines, Galerie Françoise Livinec, Paris
2017 | Marseille
2017 | Ostende
2016 | New - York
2015 | Galerie 29, Paris
2015 | Galerie Marie-Laure de L'Ecotais, Paris


FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAPHIE :
2023 | MK, l'armée secrète de Mandela, documentaire, 88 mins
2012 | Land Rush, moyen métrage, Osvalde Lewat, Hugo Berkeley
2011 | Sderot, seconde classe, documentaire, 80 mins
2009 | Une affaire de nègres (Black Business), documentaire, 88 mins
2007 | Les Disparus de Douala, documentaire, 52 mins
2005 | Un amour pendant la guerre (A love during the war), documentaire, 63 mins
2003 | Au-delà de la peine (Beyond the pains), documentaire, 50 mins
2001 | Itilga (Les destinées), documentaire
2001 | 140, rue du bac, documentaire
2000 | Le Calumet de l'espoir, documentaire


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- https://francoiselivinec.com/cspdocs/contact/files/dossier_d_artiste_lewat_osvalde.pdf
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 August 2024