Moussa Touré

Born in 1958 in Sénégal, Moussa Touré starts working early for the cinema. Debuting as a technician he soon turns to direction, with a first short in 1987 and a first feature in 1991, the multi-awarded Toubab Bi (1991). As of 1987 he creates his own production firm "Les Films du Crocodile" through which he funds several documentaries. His next fiction film TGV (1998) is the talented account of the eventful journey of a rickety bus between Dakar and Conakry. In 2002 Touré sets up the "Moussa invite" Film Festival in Rufisque, Sénégal, a showcase for African documentaries made by Africans. His most recent achievement is The Pirogue (2012), a striking semi-documentary movie, brilliantly filmed and edited with the efficiency of a Hollywood blockbuster.