Deweneti
Director:
Dyana Gaye
Producer:
Year:
2006
Length:
15 min
Land of origin:
Senegal/France
Category:
Fiction
Language:
Wolof/French
Subtitles:
English
Orphan Ousmane is a beggar on the streets of Dakar. Everyone who helps him gets mentioned in the letter he is planning to write to Santa Claus. Dyana Gaye was born in Paris, where she graduated in Film. In 1999 she won a scholarship for her script Une femme pour Souleymane which she filmed a year later. Her film Deweneti (2006) was shown at various international film festivals, such as in Montreal en Brooklyn.
Film schedule