Connexions
Amath Mbaye · Ndioro Thiam
One vision, two shoots, and the start of a story that would go all the way to Cannes.
- Type
- Short film
- Released
- 2024
- My role
- Amath Mbaye · Ndioro Thiam
A short film by Ndioro Thiam, part of the SHELT project. Screened in Paris, at the Pullman in Dakar and at Noman Art.
Ndioro’s vision
Connexions comes from Ndioro Thiam, artist, painter and writer, as part of a larger project, SHELT. She brought the energy and the vision. My job: turn them into images without losing anything on the way.
Starting over
The first shoot didn’t hold: technical problems, images that weren’t good enough. Six months later, we did it all again. This time with Jean-Karim Dangou as director of photography, who did remarkable work, while I ran a second camera and the drone.
Doing it again was the price of doing it right.
What came next
The film was screened in Paris, at the Pullman in Dakar and at Noman Art, then shown again during the 2024 Biennale. Above all, it opened the way to a second film with Ndioro: Nūūn ni Nëën.
What I took from it
- Average images cost more than a second shoot.
- Pick a great director of photography, then let them shine.
- One good collaboration calls for the next.
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