Madanie Boussaïd is a documentary director and mentor. After being supported by the OMJA d'Aubervilliers as part of the Génération Court programme, and then by Gindou Cinéma as part of the La Ruche writing residency, he took a documentary filmmaking course at the Ateliers Varan in Paris in 2016, where he directed the short documentary Le Gaston. He then joined la FEMIS film school, where he directed ==Nordine Des Presles==.