Direction and camera

TRAILERS

Dj Besho is back from exile in Germany and intends to bring
the Hip Hop movement to Afghanistan.
Portrait of a young afghan hip hop singer.

A letter to my grandfather. A trip back into the Afghanistan of my
memory, my imagination.
Archives of Afghanistan in the 50's provided by the NFB.

Every year in Montreal, a hairdresser opens the doors of her salon
to a group of homeless women. Hair cuts, mirrors, nail polish and
a lot of emotion.





A visit of afghan prisons, in the women section. Their crime:
Having married without their parents approval or having refused
arranged marriages.

Camera work

TRAILERS





Broadcasted from Kabul on Tolo TV since 2004, the show "Afghan Star" draws a big audience and has become a new way of artistic expression and cultural identity rebuilding.
Portraits of some of the participants.





A trip back in the Afghanistan of the 70's, on the hippy trail.
A meeting with hippies who have settled and stayed in Afghanistan
through the years of war.

Ali Begum Nawazish is the controversial Tv host of the Begum show, in Pakistan. Dressed as a woman, Ali actually invites politicians and officials on his show to talk about the most burning issues of the moment.
Portrait of the Pakistani underground transexual scene.

CV

French and Afghan nationality
Born 20 July 1979 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Languages: French, English, Italian, Persian, German,
written Arabic (notions)


EDUCATION

2008
Documentary direction course, INIS, Montreal, Canada
1997/98
Sound engineer/music production certificate, SAE, London, UK
1996/97
High school diploma, International Studies, Denver West High, USA
1996
Secondary studies diploma in Vevey, Switzerland


FILM DIRECTION

June 2008
Direction and script - « Princesses d’un Jour » - INIS – short doc. 9 min – DigiBeta - Nominated at Festival des Films du Monde 2008 and FICFA New Brunswick, Canada and Off-Courts 2009, France

April 2008
Direction, script and narration - « Hadji Baba » - INIS/NFB – short doc. 3 min – DVC - Nominated at Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2008, Canada

April 2007
Direction and camera - « Hip Hop Afghan » - NOUVO, TSR – 6 min TV report – HDV - Afghanistan

November 2006
Direction and camera - « Moral Crimes » - doc. 26 min – HDV - Afghanistan – Nominated at Leipzig DOK 08 Festival, Germany and Human Rights Film Festival of Montreal 2009, Canada


PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE

February 2009
Sound engineer – « High Life » – dir. J. Kalimunda – Simba Notes/Canal + Horizon - Feature fiction – HD – Ivory Coast

July/August 2008
Cameraman – « Pakistani Transsexuals » – dir. S.Guilguet and C. Mercier – 66 minutes, Tony Comiti/M6 - TV report 13 min – DVC – Pakistan

July/August 2008
Cameraman – « Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation » – dir. C. Mercier – CMDV production/ARTE - documentary 26 min – DVC – Pakistan

November 2007
Sound engineer – « Afghanistan, Between Hope and Fear» – dir. D. Morissette and A. Thiels – Doc Zone, CBC-Radio Canada - TV documentary – HD – Afghanistan

Aug. - Oct. 2007
Video editor - series of 3 mins TV news subjects - France 24/Une Semaine en Asie - Final Cut Pro - DVCAM - Afghanistan

July – Nov. 2007
Video manager for Sayara Media & Communication in Kabul, Afghanistan. Production of institutional, public and private TV spots, short dramas, PSAs, fiction and documentary films. Video and photography training

June 2007
Production director and sound - « Bâmyan » dir. Patrick Pleutin – Les Films de l’Arlequin/Arte - Anim. 14 min - Afghanistan

April 2007
Cameraman - « Hippy Trail » dir. Maren Niemeyer - Zero Film/Arte G.E.I.E - 26 mins documentary - DVCAM - Afghanistan

August 2006
Sound engineer - « Under the Hood, Voyage into the World of Torture » dir. Patricio Henriquez - Macumba International - Feature documentary – HD - Afghanistan

April 2006
Cameraman - « Star Ac’ Afghane » dir. Sophie Guilget and Célia Mercier - Arte Reportages/Jigsaw Films - Documentary 26 mins – HD - Afghanistan

2005 - 2006
Production manager for Awaz Production in Kabul, Afghanistan. Responsible for the company, concept of production projects, donors and clients relations. Communication/production staff management and finances

June 2005
Cameraman/editor - « Enfants Soldats » and « Camp de Réfugiés » dir. Eric De Lavarenne - Arte and TV5 Europe - News reports 3 min - DVC/FCP - Afghanistan

April 04 - Aug. 2005
Technical coordinator for Awaz Production in Kabul, Afghanistan. Training of video staff in DV shooting and editing for institutional and commercial films, musical clips and documentaries

April 02 - Nov. 2004
Video workshop manager. Maintenance of audiovisual complex/post production equipment and devices management. Training of architecture students/teachers in shooting/editing skills. Higher School of Architecture of Marseille-Luminy - France

March 2002
Sound engineer - « Chaussée Glissante » - dir. Pierre-François Brodin and Pascal Letenneur - Mercure Création - short fiction S.16 mm - DAT - France

February 2002
Sound operator - « Akhenaton » - Entropie Prod. - Clip S.16mm

January 2002
Grip - « Les Caïds » - dir. Ramid Issad - Zarma Production - short fiction 16 mm - France

December 2001
Grip - Music clip « Psy 4 de la Rime » - dir. Tous des K - DVC - France

September 2001
Sound engineer - « Imago » - dir. Pascal Guérin - Canaille Production - short fiction S.16 mm - DAT - France

November 2001
Sound operator - « Coralie Clément » - Canaille Prod. – clip 16mm
- DAT - France

May 2001
Sound engineer - « Allô Jean-Luc » - dir. Raphaël Michoud
- ECAL/FEMIS - short fiction 16 mm - DAT - Switzerland

April 1999 & May 2000
Set grip assistant for the annual short film direction workshop, Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne in co production with FEMIS in Paris

Feb. - April 2000
Assistant sound engineer (circus/cinema) - « Circus Baobab » - Guinea Conakry - dir. Laurent Chevalier - Le Poisson Volant Production - feature documentary 35 mm - DAT - Guinea, Africa

July 1998
Sound operator - « Montreux Jazz Festival » - daily live TV broadcast - ICI TV - Warner Bros. – Switzerland