Ramata-Toulaye Sy is a French-

Senegalese Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

film director and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Ramata-Toulaye Sy was born in

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and studied at

La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the '' Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a Fre ...

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Career

Sy's 2021 short film '' Astel'' was the winner of the

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award at the

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, and the SACD Award and a Special Jury Prize at the 2022

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. Sy was a cowriter of the feature films ''

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'' and '' Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame-du-Nil)'', before making ''Astel'' as her first directorial project. Her feature debut, '' Banel & Adama'', entered production in 2022,Fabien Lemercier. It won the BRIGHT HORIZONS award at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2023.
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''Cineuropa'', 2 March 2022. premiered at the

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and was also screened at the

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. The film received praise from critics who described it as an expressive debut from a promising director.

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