Translating interviews with African filmmakers for MOMI's First Look Festival 2021

Interview with Aïcha Macky, director of ZINDER (Niger, 2021)

Interview with Aïcha Macky, director of ZINDER (Niger, 2021)

I was privileged to be asked to act as interpreter for the Nigerien filmmaker Aïcha Macky and the Malagasy filmmaker Michaël Andrianaly when they were interviewed by Edo Choi for the presentation of their films (respectively, ZINDER and NOFINOFY) on the first weekend of MOMI’s 2021 First Look Festival.

Both films can be viewed in the links below:

ZINDER (2021)

Director: Aicha Macky. Camera: Julien Bossé. Editor: Karen Benainous. Music: Dominique Peter. Production: (Documentary – France-Niger-Germany) A Point du Jour, Les Films du Balibari, Tabous Production, Corso Film, Arte France presentation. (World sales: Andana Films, Lussas.) Producers: Clara Vuillermoz, Ousmane Samassekou, Erik Winker.

Reviewed in Variety by Guy Lodge: https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/zinder-review-1234952400/

NOFINOFY (2019)

Director: Michaël Andrianaly. Camera: Michaël Andrianaly. Editor: Denis Le Paven. Music: Nonoh Romaro. Production: (Documentary – Madagascar-France) Producer: Sylvie Plunian

Julien Allen