Ramata-Toulaye Sy

Ramata-Toulaye Sy is a Senegalese-French film director and screenwriter.[1] She is most noted for her 2021 short film Astel, which was the winner of the Share Her Journey award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and the SACD Award and a Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[3]

She was a cowriter of the feature films Sibel[4] and Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame-du-Nil),[5] before making Astel as her first directorial project.

Her feature debut, Banel & Adama, entered production in 2022,[6] and is slated to premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

References
  1. "Ramata-Toulaye Sy : Portrait de la réalisatrice d’"Astel"". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, 21 March 2022.
  2. Matt Grobar, "‘Belfast’ Claims TIFF People’s Choice Award, As Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch & Denis Villeneuve Nab Other Top Prizes — Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood, 18 September 2021.
  3. "Le palmarès du Festival de Clermont-Ferrand 2022 dévoilé". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, 7 February 2022.
  4. Jay Weissberg, "Film Review: ‘Sibel’". Variety, 30 August 2018.
  5. Deborah Young, "‘Our Lady of the Nile’ (‘Notre-Dame du Nil’): Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, 14 September 2019.
  6. Fabien Lemercier, "Arte France Cinéma pledges support to Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel". Cineuropa, 2 March 2022.
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