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Cinema is Magic (2023)
Directed by Silvia Voser
“If you want to know it all, you’ll shatter magic. Cinema is magic.”
Documentary · 27m
Cinema is Magic offers a rare insight into the filmmaking process of one of African cinema’s foremost directors Djibril Diop Mambéty. Interspersed with clips from his films, Mambety poetically discusses his deep love of cinema and philosophical approach to life and making art. Director Silvia Voser, had a long-standing working relationship with Mambéty having worked as a producer on Le Franc (1994). Her documentary captures the auteur’s hopeful outlook on cinema and its infinite possibilities.
Cast
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Crew
- Director
- Silvia Voser
- Editor
- Souleymane K. Seck, Paul Champart
Details
- Original title
- Le cinéma c'est de la magie
- Release date
- 2023-10-15
- Runtime
- 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Wolof
- Countries
- France, Senegal, Switzerland
- Production
- Waka Films