Alliah Fafin
Director
Alliah Fafin was born in Rwanda and raised in Burundi until the 1993 civil war. After studying directing in New-York, she directed music videos for Dominique Fils-Aimé (Révélation Radio-Canada 2019-2020), as well as promotional videos for artists such as Rafael Lozano Hemmer (Winner of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts).
She left Quebec in 2016 for Chad, where she worked with UNICEF on the production of several videos illustrating the problems encountered by local populations, Nigerian refugees and Central African returnees. In 2018, she shot her first short film Amani in Chad, which was inspired by her experience in Burundi. She is currently working on her first feature film, Métis, as well as a web series, Par amour.
Filmography
One Day Maybe (Un jour peut-être)
In development
Short film
Director and screenwriter
Métis
In development
Feature film - Fiction
Director
For Love (Par amour )
In development
Web series
Director
Amani
2018-2020
Short film | 17 min
Director
Produced in Residence with les Films de l’Autre
Prix / Bourse mobilité francophone awarded by LOJIQ at the 38th Festival International de Cinéma Vues d’Afrique – April 2022
Best Canadian Short (jury selection), Kingston Canadian Film Festival – March 2022
Special Audience Mention at the International Film Festival of Ottawa – March 2022
Zébu d’Or « À chacun son cinéma », 16th Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar – November 2021
Poulain d’argent – Pan-African Film Festival Ouagadougou – 2021
Official selection, Festival REGARD in Saguenay and in competition for the Grand Prix canadien – June 2021
Selection to the 17th Gala Prends ça court, winner of PÉRIPHÉRIA award and two jury mentions – May 2021
FESTIVALS
Selection at the 39th Busan International Short Film Festival – May 2022
Selection at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma – April 2022
Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie – Official selection - 2021
Selected by SODEC to represent Québec at Marché du Court de Clermont-Ferrand – January 2021
Education In Emergencies
2017
Short film | 2 min
Director
Produced by UNICEF Chad
Videos for artists
Rafael Lozano Hemmer, winner of a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, administered by le Conseil des arts du Canada
2015
3 min. 55 – HD
Exhibition at National Gallery of Canada - April 9th to August 30th, 2015
Airing on Air Canada national and international flights - April to July 2015
Broadcast at the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival - June 2015
Déprogrammation et formatage - Collective of artists for an exhibition on Alzheimer's disease
2013
Broadcast at the Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal - April 21st, 2015
Selection of the GIV (Groupe Intervention Vidéo)
Videoclips
L’Enfant que je n’ai pas – Mario Pelchat
2022
3 min. 30
Director
Sombras – Mamselle Ruiz (Radio-Canada revelation 2013-2014)
2015
5 min. – HD
Director
Sexy and He knows it – LMFAO covered by Dominique Fils-Aimé
2015
2 min. 30 – HD
Director
Namoya – Moe Clark
2014
5 min. – HD
Director
Dear Ex – Dominique Fils-Aimé
2012
3 min. – HD
Director
FESTIVALS
Official selection at the Toronto Independent Film Festival 2013
Documentary
First Forum of African Elected Women (Premier Forum des Femmes Élues Africaines)
2011
24 min. – HD | Marocco
Produced by the Ministry of the Interior of Morocco and the Canadian International Development Agency
*Broadcast at the 4th UCLG Congress (World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders) - October 2013
*3500 copies distributed in the 1503 communes, the 75 provinces and prefectures and the central administrations of Morocco
Video Capsules
Diversité Artistique Montréal – DAM
2014
Production of a teaser and 10 capsules for Diversité Artistique Montreal's event for the release of the magazine Tic Art Toc at Bain Mathieu on May 22nd, 2014
Other professional experiences
Jury – PRIM
2021
Jury for the PRIM creation program
Communication consultant for multimedia strategy - UNICEF Tchad
2016-2017
Freelance text animator - M&H Graphics
2015-2016
Instructor - NDI (National Democratic Institute)
2011
« Parole, on tourne ! » Training in front of the camera for newly elected women in Niger's parliament - Niger
Teacher's assistant - New York Film Academy
2008 - 2009
Assistant Editor - Documentary "Little White Lie
2008
Documentary directed by Lacey Schwartz - released in 2014 on NETFLIX
New York
Cameraman and editor - Nuevo Mundo Television
2007
Montreal
Education
New York Film Academy
2007-2008
Intensive training (11 months) on the filmmaking process
New York Film Academy
June to August 2006
Intensive summer training (2 months) on the filmmaking process
Cours Florent (France)
2004-2006
Further Training
May 2014 - " University of Montreal " After Effects Workshop
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March to April 2014 - " INIS : Institut National de l'Image et du Son " Microprogram : Photography Direction
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January 2013 - " AQTIS " AQTIS 101 Course