Simon Gillard Coulibaly

  • Simon Gillard Coulibaly
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Film director, Sound engineer, Screenwriter, Director of photography (d.o.p.), Editor
(Male)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

French Film Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Sound recordist and film editor.

Simon GILLARD COULIBALY (born Simon GILLARD) is a Film Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography, Sound recordist and Film editor

He is known for AYA (2021, Director / Screenwriter / Cinematographer / Sound recordist / Co-Editor), BOLIBANA (2017), YAAR (2014).

Born in Bulgaria, Simon Coulibaly Gillard grew up in Brittany (France). At the end of his studies in mechanical engineering, he changed course and chose to live his passion for cinema.
Throughout his master's degree in directing at INSAS (Brussels), Simon will cultivate a very strong relationship with the people and the territory of West Africa where he lives and works part of the year. He will shoot all his films there, alone with his camera and microphones, accompanied by his assistant, Lassina Coulibaly.


FILMOGRAPHY

(2021) - AYA (Feature / LM)
ACID Cannes 2021 ; 2021 Festival Lumières d'Afrique (Besançon) ; 2021 Salé International Film Festival ; 2021 GZDOC - GUangzhou International Documentary Festival (China) ; 2021 Rabat International Author Film Festival (Morocco)
| Prix du Public (2021 Festival du film insulaire de Groix) ; Prix Cinevox & Prix de la meilleure interprétation (2021 Festival de Namur) ; Green Dog Award (2021 Watch Docs Human Rights Film Festival) ; Gian Paolo Paoli Award / Best Anthropological Film (2021 Festival Dei Popoli)

(2017) - BOLIBANA (Short / moyen-métrage)
| IFFR ; IndieLisboa ; Cinéma du réel France & plus de 30 sélections en festivals
| Prix Héritage Awards CINÉMA DU RÉEL / Mention spéciale à FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI / Mention Spéciale à DOCVILLE / Prix Night Award à SIGNES

(2014) - YAAR (Short / court-métrage)
| Festival dei Popoli ; Etats généraux du film documentaire de Lussas & plus de 50 sélections en festivals
| Prix de la photographie, FIFF / Prix du meilleur film, SIGNES DE NUIT / Prix du meilleur film ethno-anthropologique, FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI / Prix du meilleur documentaire, FESTIMAGES / Prix de la meilleure réalisation internationale, FFEQ / Prix de l'université de Syracuse, FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI

(2013) - ANIMA (Short / court-métrage)
| FIDMarseille ; FIPA ; Traces de Vies

Our Source / Nos Sources :
AYA - Press Kit (2022)
www.25eheure.com/_files/ugd/7871c1_1072c746e132402f9aea9ae10fd58d90.pdf
updated and translated from French by Thierno Dia, on 13 Oct 2022

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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