Ramata-Toulaye Sy (French: [ʁamata tulɛi si]; [1] born 1986/1987 [2]) is a French- Senegalese film director and screenwriter. [3]
Ramata-Toulaye Sy was born in Bezons, Paris to Senegalese parents. [2] [4] She studied at La Fémis in Paris, graduating in 2015. [2] [4] She lived in Dakar, Senegal for several years after graduation. [2]
Sy's 2021 short film Astel was the winner of the Share Her Journey award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, [5] and the SACD Award and a Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. [6]
Sy was a cowriter of the feature films Sibel [7] and Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame-du-Nil), [8] before making Astel as her first directorial project.
Her feature debut, Banel & Adama, entered production in 2022, [9] premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was also screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. [10] The film received praise from critics who described it as an expressive debut from a promising director. [11] [12]
Ramata-Toulaye Sy (French: [ʁamata tulɛi si]; [1] born 1986/1987 [2]) is a French- Senegalese film director and screenwriter. [3]
Ramata-Toulaye Sy was born in Bezons, Paris to Senegalese parents. [2] [4] She studied at La Fémis in Paris, graduating in 2015. [2] [4] She lived in Dakar, Senegal for several years after graduation. [2]
Sy's 2021 short film Astel was the winner of the Share Her Journey award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, [5] and the SACD Award and a Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. [6]
Sy was a cowriter of the feature films Sibel [7] and Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame-du-Nil), [8] before making Astel as her first directorial project.
Her feature debut, Banel & Adama, entered production in 2022, [9] premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was also screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. [10] The film received praise from critics who described it as an expressive debut from a promising director. [11] [12]