Born in Senegal and raised in France, Ramata-Toulaye Sy studied at La Fémis in Paris and worked as a writer and director of shorts. Her first feature Banel & Adama (2023), a fable of a young couple in a village in northern Senegal who want to live outside the rules of the community, was in the main competition at Cannes, the first film by a Senegalese woman there, and was cast with local non-professional actors in the Fouta region.
Filmography
- Banel & Adama (2023)