Abdoulaye Ascofaré
Encyclopedia
Abdoulaye Ascofaré is a Mali
an poet
and filmmaker.
host until 1978, at which point he became a teacher at the Institut National des Arts in Bamako
. In 1984, he received a diploma in film studies from the Moscow
State Institute of Cinematography
, and in 1985 he joined the Centre National de Production Cinématographique in Bamako as a director.
Beginning in 1991, he produced several short films, and in 1997 he produced his first full-length film, Faraw, une mère des sables (Faraw, a mother of the sands), which retraces twenty-four hours in the life of a Songhaï woman. Faraw won the Golden Bayard for Artistic Creation at the 1997 Namur
Film festival
.
As a poet, he has published Domestiquer le rêve (Domesticating the Dream).
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
an poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and filmmaker.
Biography
Ascofaré was a radioRadio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
host until 1978, at which point he became a teacher at the Institut National des Arts in Bamako
Bamako
Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...
. In 1984, he received a diploma in film studies from the Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
State Institute of Cinematography
Cinematography
Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...
, and in 1985 he joined the Centre National de Production Cinématographique in Bamako as a director.
Beginning in 1991, he produced several short films, and in 1997 he produced his first full-length film, Faraw, une mère des sables (Faraw, a mother of the sands), which retraces twenty-four hours in the life of a Songhaï woman. Faraw won the Golden Bayard for Artistic Creation at the 1997 Namur
Namur (city)
Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
Film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
.
As a poet, he has published Domestiquer le rêve (Domesticating the Dream).
Filmography
- Welcome (1981)
- M’sieur Fane (1983)
- L’Hôte (1984)
- Sonatam, un quart de siècle (1990)
- Faraw, une mère des sables (1997)