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Ousmane (2006)

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Director : Dyana Gaye
Screenwriter : Rémi Mazet
Actors : Abasse Ba, Oumar Seck, Nianga Diop, Moustapha Gaye, Yalli Diagne, El Hadj Dieng, Coly M'Baye, Thierno N'Diaye
Foreign Producer : Éric Idriss Kanago
Co-producers : Arnaud Dommerc, Dyana Gaye
Director of Photography : Rémi Mazet
Sound Recordist : Alioune M'Bow
Editor : Gwénaëlle Mallauran
Sound Editor : Romain Lebraz
Music Composer : Baptiste Bouquin
Sound Mixer : Ludovic Escallier

Film production and distribution

Co-production : Andolfi
Foreign production company : Ika 964

Technical details

Short film, Fiction , Fairy tale, Childhood, Imagination
Production language : Wolof
Nationality : Majority French (France, Senegal)
Production year : 2006
Runtime : 16mn
Visa issue date : 29/12/2006
Production formats : Super 16
Screening format : 35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
Sound format : Dolby SR

Synopsis

Daka, Senegal. Ousmane is not even seven years old, but he's already earning his keep by begging in the center of the capital. He decides to write to Father Christmas.

Festival selections

> Aspen Shortsfest - 2007 :

- Official competition

> Brooklyn - International Film Festival - 2006 :

- Compétition internationale fiction

> Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 2008 :

- Courts-métrages nominés

> Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival - 2006 :

- Short Films Official Selection

> Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - 2007 :

- International Competition

> Guanajuato - Expresión en Corto - International Film Festival - 2007 :