Malian Production manager, Producer, director and screenwriter.

Fatou CISSÉ is a Production Manager, Film Producer, Film director and screenwriter.

She is known for A DAUGHTER'S TRIBUTE TO HER FATHER - HOMMAGE D'UNE FILLE À SON PÈRE - A DAUGHTER'S TRIBUTE TO HER FATHER (2022, Director), O KA - OUR HOUSE (2017, Production Manager).

She is the daughter of the Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé to whom she dedicated HOMMAGE D'UNE FILLE À SON PÈRE, a portrait documentary, World Premiered at 2022 Cannes, France.

BIOGRAPHY:
After her secondary school in Ouagadougou, Fatou Cissé attended Caen University (France) to study psychology. Then she left for Canada to follow a degree in tourism and travel. She returned to Mali in 2003 to open
the DELI communication company.
After two years, she returned to cinema to help her father to manage UCECAO (Union of Creators and Entrepreneurs of Cinema and Audiovisual in West Africa). She works within the structure as a Mission Manager. She is also production director of Films Cissé and co-manager.
In 2003, she was appointed as Project Manager in the organization of the Bamako Cinematographic Meetings and the Nyamina International Festival which aim is to enable directors from the 15 countries of the sub-region to share their difficulties and to find solutions. Due to insecurity in
Mali, the activities had to be suspended.
Regarding her father's productions, she was Production Manager in: "Min Yé... (Tell me who you are)" in 2009 which reflects the contradictions of a Malian bourgeoisie in search of meaning ; in 2013 for the documentary "O. Sembène" that Souleymane made in tribute to his deceased friend, and "O Ka (Our House)" which was presented in the official selection at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in 2015. This film relates Souleymane's fight for the truth that pushes the artist to speak up and get involved.


FILMOGRAPHY
(2022) - A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father (Hommage d'une fille à son père) /// Director & Screenwriter (World Premiere at 2022 Cannes Film Festival, section Cannes Classics)
(2015) - O Ka (Notre Maison) /// Directed by Souleymane Cissé /// Official Selection at Cannes 2015 /// Production manager
(2013) - O. Sembène /// Directed by Souleymane Cissé /// Production manager
(2009) - Min Yé... (Dis-moi qui tu es) /// Directed by Souleymane Cissé /// Production manager

Source : English Presskit from HOMMAGE D'UNE FILLE À SON PÈRE
Updated by Thierno Dia, on 31 May 2022