Gentille Assih Menguizani

Gentille Menguizani Assih is a Togolese film director and producer.

Biography Assih was born in Kpalimé, Togo in 1979. She developed a passion about cinema from a young age. In 2001, she trained as a technician in computer graphics and photography. In 2006, Assih studied screenwriting and documentary making with Africadoc, in Senegal. During this same period, she earned a BTS in communication from the African Institute of Commercial Studies. In 2009, Assih received a degree in Human Resources Management.

Assih worked in a communications firm for two years before establishing the company "World Films". In 2012, Assih directed the feature-length documentary Le Rite, la Folle et moi. In the film, she studies the initiation rite for women in northern Togo.

In 2021, Assih was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards.

Filmography 2004: Le prix du velo 2004: La vendeuse contaminee 2008: Itchombi 2009: Bidenam, l’espoir d’un village 2012: Le Rite, la Folle et moi