Awa Traoré (actress)

Awa Traoré
أوا تراوري
Born
Mali
Occupation(s)Actress and filmmaker
Years active1995–present

Awa Traoré (Arabic: أوا تراوري), is a Malian filmmaker and film actress.[1] Apart from direction, Traoré is also an assistant director, composer and writer.

Career

Traoré started her career with 1995 film L'enfant noir. Then she acted as the 'huntress' in the 1993 short film Denko directed by Mohamed Camara. The film received critical acclaim and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[2] the award for Best Short film at the Fribourg International Film Festival and the Golden Danzante award at the Huesca Film Festival.[3]

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
1995 L'enfant noir Actress: La chasseresse Feature film
1993 Denko Actress: The huntress Short film
2011 Une journée avec Director, writer TV series documentary
2011 Correspondances Assistant director Documentary
2009 Notre pain capital Composer Documentary short film

References

  1. ^ "Awa Traoré". spla. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ Nesselson, Lisa (2000). "Clermont-Ferrand Festival of Short Films". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  3. ^ "37 Huesca International Film Festival". Huesca Film Festival. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 5 February 2010.


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