Emersion
Aline-Sitoé N'Diaye
This film is presented during the event Danced Films and Society: For a New Impact on March 17, 2022 at McCord Museum.
Yaa, a multi-ethnic girl, is confronted with her skin colour for the first time when she discovers the shades of ballet shoes in a store. At 15, Yaa hates everything about herself, especially her hair, which is constantly touched by strangers; she decides to straighten it to look like her friends. This is the beginning of a hellish journey that pushes her to want to reflect the world around her. When she can no longer damage her hair, she realizes that she needs a profound change.
Yaa, a multi-ethnic girl, is confronted with her skin colour for the first time when she discovers the shades of ballet shoes in a store. At 15, Yaa hates everything about herself, especially her hair, which is constantly touched by strangers; she decides to straighten it to look like her friends. This is the beginning of a hellish journey that pushes her to want to reflect the world around her. When she can no longer damage her hair, she realizes that she needs a profound change.
Other festival:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2022)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2022)
| Director | Aline-Sitoé N'Diaye |
| Author | Aline-Sitoé N'Diaye |
| Production | Anna Alexandre / DAN.CIN.LAB |
| Associate Producer | Chrysanthi Badeka / MOZ, Lucia Carolina De Rienzo / COORPI, Jukka Rajala / MALAKTA, Marc Wagenbach / TANZRAUSCHEN |
| Executive Production | Anaïs Béal, Adeline Lefièvre, Anna Alexandre, Manon Peguy |
| Editing | Aline-Sitoé N'Diaye |
| Sound Recording | Lucas Boyer |
| Colorization | Olivier Dassonville / Lumières Numériques |
| Choreography | Abdou N'Gom |
| Cast | Woury Salla, Steven Perroud, Abdou N'Gom, Sandrine Melierre, Guerry Lola, Margot Libanga, Stevie Lacote, Mimmy Guerry, Solène Girardin, Nsakala Blaise, Marlène Ahiha |
| Artist | Rose Bocande, Mody Boye Touré, Bounama Touré, Anta Souaré, Racky Boye |
| Cinematographer | Marios Zervas, Néhémie Lemal, Anthony Faye |
| Music | Analia Lentini |
| Costumes | Judith Cortial |
| Lighting | Hervé Holtz |
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Aline-Sitoé N'Diaye
Born in 1995 in France, Aline-Sitoé N’Diaye is a French filmmaker focusing on social injustices and mixing cultures. After graduating from cinema school, she decides to study screenwriting in Montreal where she starts to collaborate as photographer, videomaker and editor with various artists.
Her 3‑min short Ceeb is the French winner of The Nespresso Talents Cannes Film Festival 2019. She is then awarded for The Bronx Berlin Connection, a 80’ documentary she makes in collaboration with Olad Aden, with Best Documentary Prize of the Hip Hop Film Festival Europe and Best Woman Filmmaker Prize at Angeles Doc Festival 2020. In 2021, she releases her new fiction short, Fragments, produced by Black Wealth Media in association with Black on Black Films Montreal, selected by Palm Springs IFF and currently on tour worldwide.
Aline-Sitoé believes art is a bridge to unite communities, educate and create understanding.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Her 3‑min short Ceeb is the French winner of The Nespresso Talents Cannes Film Festival 2019. She is then awarded for The Bronx Berlin Connection, a 80’ documentary she makes in collaboration with Olad Aden, with Best Documentary Prize of the Hip Hop Film Festival Europe and Best Woman Filmmaker Prize at Angeles Doc Festival 2020. In 2021, she releases her new fiction short, Fragments, produced by Black Wealth Media in association with Black on Black Films Montreal, selected by Palm Springs IFF and currently on tour worldwide.
Aline-Sitoé believes art is a bridge to unite communities, educate and create understanding.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Selected films:
Fragments (2020)
Ceeb (2019)
The Bronx Berlin Connection (2019)
The European Hip Hop Exchange (2019)
Heads Down (2018)
Fragments (2020)
Ceeb (2019)
The Bronx Berlin Connection (2019)
The European Hip Hop Exchange (2019)
Heads Down (2018)
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