Alain Gomis

Born in 1972 in Paris, France, he studied history of art and film. In 2001, he directed his debut feature film, L’afrance, which won a Silver Leopard at Locarno. His feature films Aujourd’hui and Félicité were both selected for the Berlinale Competition while his first feature-length documentary Rewind & Play, about the jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, screened in the Forum. In 2018, he founded the Yennenga Centre in Dakar, Senegal, a socio-cultural centre and school for cinema with the intention of developing film production and post-production in West Africa.