Malam Saguirou
Born
Malam Ibrahim Mahaman Saguirou
NationalityNigerien
CitizenshipNigerien
Occupationfilmmaker
Notable workLa Robe du temps

Malam Ibrahim Mahaman Saguirou is a filmmaker from Niger. His documentaries have won various international prizes.[1]

Career

In 2002 Saguirou found work at Stage IFTIC Contrechamps, Niger. He moved to Africadoc, Dakar in 2004. In 2005 he was an intern at Moppan in Jos, Nigeria, and the same year worked at Cinédoc in Annecy, France. He was writer-director for the film producer Kutus from 2005 to January 2007.[2] He attended the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin in 2006.[3] Saguirou founded the Dangarama company in March 2007.[2]

Work

Saguirou became known when the first African Forum of Documentary Film in December 2006 screened his Un Africain a Annecy (an African in Annecy), a candid look at a young African discovering Western society during his first trip to France. His second film, La chèvre qui broute, je mange, tu manges (the Goat grazing, I eat, you eat) deals with the sensitive issue of corruption in Niger.[4] Pour le Meilleur et pour l'Oignon! (For the Best and for the Onion! - 2008) is a documentary about marriage and the role of food in the culture of Niger.[5] It tells of the pressure on a young onion farmer to produce more to gain the money required to marry.[6] The obstacle-filled path of Ousseini, traditional chief of the butchers' guild of Zinder, is the theme of his 2008 film La Robe du temps (The Robe of time).[4] In these two films Saguirou was forced to be his own producer due to the lack of funding endemic in the film industry on his country.[5]

Filmography

Saguirou's films include:[2]

Year Title Company Role
2011 Ah ! Les Indigents Dangarama Director
2008 La Robe du temps Adalios/Dangarama Director, writer, director of Photography
2008 Pour le Meilleur et pour l'Oignon! Adalios/Dangarama/Les Films du Kutus/TV Rennes 35 Producer, director of Photography
2006 Un Africain a Annecy Cinédoc films Director
2005 Le Chasseur de Vent Les Films du Kutus Director, producer, writer

References

  1. ^ "Malam Saguirou, joven cineasta de Níger, presenta su último documental en el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid" (in Spanish). Casa África. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Malam SAGUIROU". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  3. ^ "Malam Ibrahim Malam Mahaman Mahaman Saguirou". Berlinale Talent Campus. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  4. ^ a b "Malam Saguirou" (in French). centre culturel franco nigerien. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  5. ^ a b Mamounia Zakaria. "LA DIFFUSION ET LA CIRCULATION DES FILMS NIGÉRIENS" (in French). Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  6. ^ "Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon ! (2008)". uniFrance Films (in French). Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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