Bio: Dyana Gaye studied cinema at Université Paris-8 before finding critical acclaim with her first short film Une Femme pour Souleymane (2000). She then created several other shorts, including Deweneti (2006), which gained a top prize at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand short film festival, and the musical Saint Louis Blues (2009, Sundance, Locarno), both of which were nominated for a César award
