Cameroonian multi-dimensional artist (actress, screenwriter, assistant director, producer, film director, singer, author, clothing designer, critic).

Élise KAMENI (Élise Manuela KAMENI) is an Actress, Director, Screenwriter, Assistant Director, Producer (MAKEN sarl & ADAMIC, Yaoundé), Singer, Author, Designer clothes, Film critic.

She was born on 27 October 1976 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

In 2011, she was elected President at the Association of Women of Image of Cameroon (Association des dames de l'image du Cameroun - ADAMIC).

Autodidact, she made her film debut as principal actress in a television series, which ran for six years. She learned filmmaking while working as assistant director and production manager during numerous film productions. She enrolled in several scriptwriting and filmmaking workshops, led by professional such as Jean Pierre Bekolo, Bernard Nagmo, Mollo Olinga, Bettina Hassen and Pascal Capitolen. Author of several radio drama works broadcast on the National Radio (CRTV), she has directed 15 short films.

She obtained funding from the Ministry of Arts and Culture in 2009 for the her short film La Sottise, during the training workshops at the Goethe Institute Cameroon, the choice of this topic focused on her documentary theme "The Hunters of Dawn", which is in post production and for which a teaser will be made. Her latest short film Double Peine (Double hardship) was produced by GIZ-PAasar in collaboration with ADAMIC. She is an instructor, member of Cinepress and the founder of the production company Maffokak Enterprise.

From 1999 to 2001 she was the vice-president of the women artists. At present, she is founding member and in charge of documentation at SCAAP (civil society of the audio-visual and photographic arts), member of the commission for circulation at SOCILADRA (civil society of the rights of literature and dramatic arts). She was a member of the steering committee for the election of directors and in 2017, the PCA for copyrights. Member of the French Film Academy, jury of the second round of French-speaking trophies in December 2017; President of the Women's Pocket Film Jury during the 2017 Francophone Awards. She has completed the conception of a feature film about immigration and its impact on the family.



Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2018/07/adamic-association-of-cameroonian-women.html
- www.facebook.com/Elemvaka/
- www.linkedin.com/in/elise-kameni-05a65b82/
- youtube.com/channel/UCZVqQCT678OWnPgHdmQh1mg
Updated by Thierno DIA, 02 Sep 2023