Awa Traoré

Awa Traoré (Arabic: أوا تراوري), is a Malian filmmaker and film actress. Apart from direction, Traoré is also an assistant director, composer and writer.

Career Traoré started her career with 1995 film L'enfant noir. Then she acted as the 'huntress' in the 1993 short film Denko directed by Mohamed Camara. The film received critical acclaim and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the award for Best Short film at the Fribourg International Film Festival and the Golden Danzante award at the Huesca Film Festival.

Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1995 L'enfant noir Actress: La chasseresse Feature film 1993 Denko Actress: The huntress Short film 2011 Une journée avec Director, writer TV series documentary 2011 Correspondances Assistant director Documentary 2009 Notre pain capital Composer Documentary short film