By Claire Moses Souleymane Cissé, an award-winning writer and director who became the first Black African filmmaker to win the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, died on Wednesday in Bamako ...

The cause of his death has not been specified. Cissé, who was born in the Malian capital of Bamako and studied film in Moscow, became the first Black African filmmaker to win a prize for a ...

M. Cissé a acquis une reconnaissance internationale en 1987 lorsque son film Yeelen (La lumière) a remporté le prix du jury au festival de Cannes, devenant ainsi le premier cinéaste d'Afrique ...

His daughter, Mariam Cissé, confirmed his death at a clinic in the capital Bamako, expressing shock and mourning "the loss of a man who dedicated his life to film and art". The cause of his death ...

Cissé also twice won the Étalon d’or de Yennenga, the Grand Prize of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival. Born in Bamako, Mali, Cissé studied in Mali, Senegal and Moscow.

the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. “Papa died today in Bamako. We are all in shock. He dedicated all his life to his country, to cinema and to art,” his daughter ...

Le grand réalisateur malien, primé deux fois à Cannes, est mort à Bamako, mercredi, à l’âge de 84 ans. Il y avait tenu, le matin même, une conférence de presse pour promouvoir le cinéma africain.

Ce lundi dans un entretien accordé au Figaro, le ministre français de l'intérieur Bruno Retailleau a déclaré assumer une « ...

Le célèbre réalisateur malien Souleymane Cissé lors du festival du film de Tribeca à New York, le 29 avril 2011. Le réalisateur est décédé à Bamako le 19 février 2025, à l'âge de 84 ...

Cisse is also a two-time winner of the Etalon d’or de Yennenga, the Grand Prize of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival. Born in Bamako, Mali, Cisse studied in Mali ...