Iman Djionne is a writer and director from Dakar, Senegal. Her work includes short films, music videos and short docs. Her latest short film, Boxing Girl, has travelled to several festivals: Luxor, NYAFF, Koln, or POFF shorts. She also works as a casting director for local and international productions such as Philippe Faucon’s Amin (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2018) or the upcoming Amazon studios series ZeroZeroZero (premiered at Venice Film Festival 2019). She was also part of the casting team for Mati Diop‘s Atlantique (Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival 2019). Iman is currently developing her first feature Coura + Ouleye. She is a Durban Talents (2012), Realness Residency and Locarno Filmmaker’s Academy alumna (2019).
Iman Djionne
Director, Screenwriter
