Gahité Fofana

Gahité Fofana (born 1965 in France) is a Guinean film director, producer, Film editor, actor and screen writer who studied literature and filmmaking in Paris. Starting out as a creator of documentary films, he later wrote, directed and produced feature films.

Filmography Fofana's films include: Year Film Description Role Duration 1994 Tanun Documentary Writer, director 54m 1995 Saï Saï by, Dakar la salope / Dans les tapats de Dakar Documentary by Bouna Médoune Sèye Editor 12m 1995 Une parole, un visage (A word, a face) Documentary Director 26m 1996 Témédy (Temedy, Tèmèdy) Short Writer, director, editor 10m 1997 Mathias, le procès des gangs (Mathias, the trial of gangs) Documentary Writer, director 50m 1998 Le Soleil se maquille (Sun makes up) Documentary Director 26m 2001 I.T. – Immatriculation temporaire (Temporary registration) Feature Writer, director, producer, editor 1h 15m 2011 28 Septembre, Année Zéro Documentary Director, editor 52m 2012 La Journée de N'ga Touré Documentary by Billy Touré Producer 13m 2013 Rêves meurtris Documentary by Hady M. Diawara Producer 13m 2015 La lune est tombé (The moon fell, Hinter dem Mond) Feature Writer, director, producer, editor 1h 17m 2017 Wallay Feature by Berni Goldblat Adaptation 1h 24m

Awards Fofana won Special Jury Prizes at the Venice Film Festival in 1996 for Une parole, un visage and Tèmèdy and at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF) in 2001 for I.T. – Immatriculation temporaire.