Grad Film Students Selected For TIFF Short Cuts

Monday, Aug 15, 2016

Samedi Cinema by Mamadou Dia

Samedi Cinema by Mamadou Dia

Grad Film students Elizabeth Nichols and Mamadou Dia both directed films that have been selected for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival's Short Cuts program.  

Nichols' film, Engiteng' Narok Lukunya (Black Head Cow), was written by students in rural Tanzania and intelligently outlines the pressures of traditional expectations.  Watch the trailer below.

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Mamadou Dia's film, Samedi Cinema, is set in northern Senegal, and is about a couple of resourceful young cinephiles who hatch a plan.  View the trailer below.

 

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For more information, visit TIFF.