Born in Paris in 1972 to a Senegalese father and a French mother, Alain Gomis grew up between the two countries and has made films in Senegal, Congo and France. L'Afrance (2001) was about a Senegalese student in France. Tey (Today, 2012) follows a man who knows he has one day left. Félicité (2017), the story of a Kinshasa singer who looks for money to save her son, won the Grand Jury Prize (Silver Bear) in Berlin. Saint Omer (2022), a courtroom drama about a woman accused of killing her child, won the Silver Lion for best first feature and the Grand Jury Prize at Venice.
Filmography
- L'Afrance (2001)
- Andalucía (2008)
- Tey (2012)
- Félicité (2017)
- Saint Omer (2022)