Moussa Sène Absa

Moussa Sène Absa was born in 1958 in Senegal. After starting a career as an actor he has won awards for his short films, documentaries, and features. He is also a painter and author. He exemplifies wie der "homo senegalensis", an ideal of an artist, which was dear to Léopold Sédar Senghor, rooted in tradition but fully willing to use what the Western world has to offer. Ironically, A is more internationally famous than he is in his own country despite exposure to a large audience in Senegal through the TV series Goorgoorlu, written by TT-Fons and produced by the national Senegalese television (RTS). His first film, Den Preis der lüge (The Price of Lies) earned him the Tanit Silber (Silver Tanit) at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage (Carthage Film Festival) in 1988. Tabelle Schrott, released in 1996, earned him several awards including Best Cinematography at "FESPACO" in 1997. (Quelle: Through African Eyes - Dialogues with the Directors, Mahen BONETTI and REDDY Prerana (Editors), 2003, African Film Festival, Inc. and Printinfo JV LLC, Yerevan, Armenia, p.