Synopsis
In Room n°1, inside the Trauma department of the Bangui Community Hospital, ten women are waiting. Between suffering, melancholy and laughs, they're waiting to be released. Through this room, it is a whole portrait of the Central Africain Republic and its women, whose vitaly transcends their misfortunes.
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
Festival International du documentaire FIDADOC
Festival du film documentaire de Saint-Louis
Vues d'Afrique
Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen Orient
iAfrica Film festival
Afrika Filmfestival
Festival Lumières d'Afrique
Ciné-regards africains
Festival Reflets des cinéma africains
Festival Films Femmes Afrique
Exposition "Un pays sans sommeil"
Leila N'deye Thiam
Director
Leila Thiam is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and director of photography. She is best known for her film ==Chambre n°1 / Room n°1== (2017, Director).
Born in 1987 in Bangui, Central African Republic, Leila Ndéye Thiam has been working for several years with the Central African National Television, where she has directed various reports. In 2017, she was selected to participate in the first Varan workshop for directing in Bangui, organized by Ateliers Varan and the Alliance Française de Bangui. During this workshop, she created ==Chambre n°1==, her first creative documentary, which was one of ten short documentary films selected for numerous international festivals, including Visions du Réel, FIDADOC Agadir, and the Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival. In 2020, she began developing her first feature-length documentary, ==Koli-Wali==.
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