Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Ramata-Toulaye Sy at DIFF 2024

Ramata-Toulaye Sy (French: [ʁamata tulɛi si];[1] born 1986/1987[2]) is a French-Senegalese film director and screenwriter.[3]

Early life and education

Ramata-Toulaye Sy was born in Bezons, Paris to Senegalese parents.[2][4] She studied at La Fémis in Paris, graduating in 2015.[2][4] She lived in Dakar, Senegal for several years after graduation.[2]

Career

Sy's 2021 short film Astel was the winner of the Share Her Journey award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] and the SACD Award and a Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[6]

Sy was a cowriter of the feature films Sibel[7] and Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame-du-Nil),[8] before making Astel as her first directorial project.

Her feature debut, Banel & Adama, entered production in 2022,[9] premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was also screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[10] The film received praise from critics who described it as an expressive debut from a promising director.[11][12]

References

1. "Cannes 2023: Meet Ramata Toulaye-Sy who talks about her film 'Banel & Adama'". Unifrance. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
2. Clarke, Cath (7 March 2024). "No electricity, first-time actors and 50C heat: how Ramata-Toulaye Sy shot her debut in Senegal – and premiered it at Cannes". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
3. "Ramata-Toulaye Sy : Portrait de la réalisatrice d’"Astel"". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, 21 March 2022.
4. "Banel & Adama". TIFF. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
5. Matt Grobar, "‘Belfast’ Claims TIFF People’s Choice Award, As Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch & Denis Villeneuve Nab Other Top Prizes — Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood, 18 September 2021.
6. "Le palmarès du Festival de Clermont-Ferrand 2022 dévoilé". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, 7 February 2022.
7. Jay Weissberg, "Film Review: ‘Sibel’". Variety, 30 August 2018.
8. Deborah Young, "‘Our Lady of the Nile’ (‘Notre-Dame du Nil’): Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, 14 September 2019.
9. Fabien Lemercier. It won the BRIGHT HORIZONS award at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2023. "Arte France Cinéma pledges support to Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel". Cineuropa, 2 March 2022.
10. Lazic, Elena (2023-08-14). "Toronto unveils the rich line-up of its Centrepiece programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
11. "Banel & Adama, a very promising first film - Review and trailer". Sortir a Paris. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
12. Bradshaw, Peter (2023-05-20). "Banel & Adama review – Senegalese village love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-09-22.

External links

• Ramata-Toulaye Sy at IMDb