Through the stories of his political fights and relations to others, this movie depicts the childhood, adolescence and film career of Malian director Souleymane Cissé.

The story of a filmmaker told by his daughter. Through the testimony of his friends, family and close collaborators, this film traces the life of Souleymane Cissé from his childhood to today.
A documentary retracing the life of Souleymane, recounting his experience since childhood as well as his works in order to highlight his personality as a director.

Voice over / Voix off
Fatou Cissé
, Souleymane Cissé
, feue Andrée Davanture


with / avec
Souleymane CISSÉ, Martin Scorsese, Gaston Kaboré, Costa-Gavras, Baba Diop, Salif Traoré, Serge Toubiana, Feu Idrissa Ouédraogo, Dominique Wallon, Soussaba Cissé, Alain Gomis
, Jihan El-Tahri
, Spike Lee
, Sokona Gakou


a film by / un film de
Fatou CISSÉ

Mali, 2022, Documentaire, 1h13, Portrait

Original Title / Titre original : HOMMAGE D'UNE FILLE À SON PÈRE
English Title / Titre anglais : A DAUGHTER'S TRIBUTE TO HER FATHER: SOULEYMANE CISSE
Year of production / Année de production : 2022
Country / Pays : MALI
Runtime / Durée : 73 minutes (1h13)

With the kind participation of
 / Participation amicale
 de :
Alain Gomis

Jihan El-Tahri

Spike Lee

Sokona Gakou


PARTICIPANTS
Souleymane CISSÉ
Martin Scorsese,
Youssouf Cissé,
N'Fa Cissé,
Sosso Cissé,
Dany Cissé,
Bassolo Cissé,
Soumaila Cissé,
Karim Dramé, N'Bah Cissé
,
Sadibou Cissé,
Seydou Moustapha Keita Chabri

Costa-Gavras
Simon Duflo
Baba Diop
Jeremy Thomas
Nouhoum Cissé
Mamadou Ismaël Konaté
Issiaka Kané
Youssouf Coulibaly
Kadiatou Konaté
Salif Traoré
Serge Toubiana
Gaston Kaboré
Feu Idrissa Ouédraogo
Sékou Tangara
Dominique Wallon
Sayon Cissé
Aminata Cissé
Youssouf Baba Cissé
Soussaba Cissé
Fatou Cissé
Amara Cissé

- Executive Producers / Producteurs Délégués
Youssouf Baba Cissé

Malick Sangaré


- Director / Réalisatrice
Fatou CISSÉ

- Narrators 
/ Narrateurs 

Fatou Cissé

Souleymane Cissé

Feue Andrée Davanture



- Camera Operators / Opérateurs :

Fatou Cissé, Cécile Emond, Hamadi Diallo, Aly Sangaré, Mohamed Hachim Sacko, Yeelen Cohen
, Thomas Robin, Xavier Arias, Mohamed Ag, Aboubacar Souleymane Cissé, Mohamed,, Boureima Adamou, Michèle Ray Gavras, Pape Ba El Diaz, Soussaba Cissé


- Post-Production Manager / Post Production :

Xavier Arias


- Editing / Montage

Cécile Emond



- Mixing / Mixage 

Joël Rangon



- Color grading / Etalonnage 

Mathilde Delacroix



- Music / Musique 

Sékouba Bambino et Kandia Kouyaté

Toumani Diabaté et Mangala Camara

Toumani Diabaté et Sidiki Diabaté



- Publicist / Attaché de Presse
Jamila OUZAHIR (Paris)

- Production
LES FILMS CISSÉ - SISÉ FILIMU (Mali)


CONTACTS

Production
LES FILMS CISSE - Niarela 406 porte 58 BP1236 BAMAKO MALI - T: +223 66790967 - ucecaomali(@)hotmail.fr

French press
Jamila OUZAHIR




SALES / COPY / FESTIVALS :
Visit Films (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
www.visitfilms.com/a-daughters-tribute-to-her-father-souleymane-cisse/




FESTIVALS / AWARDS

* Selection /// 12nd Luxor African Film Festival - LAFF 2023 (Egypt)

* World Premiere - CANNES CLASSICS /// 75th Cannes FilmFest (2022, France) | www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/hommage-dune-fille-a-son-pere