Senegalese film director and Screenwriter.

Rokhaya Mariéme BALDÉ is a film director and Screenwriter.

Born in 1995 in Dakar (Senegal), from Ziguinchor (South).
She started her studies at Sup Imax Dakar (Institut Supérieur des Arts et Métiers du Numérique) in 2017. After a year of study in China and a year of study in political science at the University of Montreal, she finished her Bachelor's degree in filmmaking at the HEAD in Geneva (Haute école d'art et de design) in 2020. She is now starting the ECAL/HEAD Master's degree in screenwriting.

She directed "Champs de mars" in 2019 and "À la recherche d'Aline - Seeking Aline", Best Short Award at 2021 IndieLisboa (Portugal).

FILMOGRAPHY

2020
Seeking Aline - À la recherche d'Aline
* Director | Screenwriter
Awards:
Best Short Film, New Holland Island Int. Film Festival (2021)
Best Documentary Award, Indielisboa (2021)
Tënk Award, Visions du Réel (2021)

2019
Champ de mars
* Director | Screenwriter
Awards:
Jury Award, Festival On Vous Ment! (2021)
Public Award, Festival On Vous Ment! (2021)
Public Award, Vevey Int. Funny Festival (2019)

2019
Portrait Peter Indergand
* Cinematographer

2018
Traverser les montagnes
* Director | Screenwriter | Cinematographer | Editing | Sound | Sound Design

Source:
https://headcinema.ch/diplome-e-x-s/2020/rokhaya-marieme-balde
www.hesge.ch/head/sites/default/files/documents/aline_press.pdf
www.africine.org