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IFF Message to Man > 2023 > International Competition: Documentary films > AYA

AYA

Information about the film

Genres: Documentary, Full-length

Director: Simon Coulibaly Gillard

Operator: Simon Coulibaly Gillard

Editor: Marie-Hélène Mora, Bertrand Conard, Simon Coulibaly Gillard

Producer: Sébastien Andres, Alice Lemaire, François-Pierre Clavel

Producer company : Michigan films

Year: 2021

Country: Belgium / France

Duration: 1 h. 30 min.

Description

Synopsis:
Aya is growing up with her mother on the island of Lahou. Joyful and carefree, she enjoys picking coconuts and sleeping on the sand. However, her paradise is doomed to disappear under the water. As the waves threaten her house, Aya makes a decision: the sea-level may rise, she won’t leave her island.

About the director:
Born in Bulgaria, Simon Gillard grew up in Brittany. After studying mechanical engineering, he did a U-turn and decided to live of his love for film. Throughout his master’s degree in film-directing at INSAS, Simon developed a strong relationship with the people and territories of West Africa where he lives and works part of the year. He made all his films there, accompanied by his assistant, Lassina Coulibaly.

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