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Abdi Jama

Abdi Jama
© Festival de Cannes (L'Atelier 2008)
Film director
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

Abdi Ismael Jama was born in Arabsio, Somali, in 1973.
He immigrated during adolescence to the Netherlands. Graduated
from the Nederlandse Film & Televisie Academie in Amsterdam, he directed three shorts: "Noura" (2000), "Arrak" (2001) and "Nolocha" (2002) selected in Amsterdam, Fespaco, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Edimbourgh and Stockholm. In 2007, he shot "Lost Boy", a short produced by MovieTron.

Organizations

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Partners

  • Kenya : Arterial Network chapter
  • Kenya : Ketebul Music
  • Kenya : Studio Vista Network
  • Kenya : Kuona Trust
  • Kenya : The Theatre Company

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