Joël Tchédré

Joël Tchédré
Born
Joël M'Maka Tchédré

Alma materStendhal University, University of Lomé
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, festival director
Years active2010–present

Joël M'Maka Tchédré, is a Togolese director, producer, screenwriter.[1] He is best known for the films such as Pacte and T’Bool. He is also an executive producer, and festival director.[2][3][4]

Career

He was studied at the Stendhal University, France in Creative Documentary. After his Baccalaureate in 2006, he enrolled at the University of Lomé to do journalism.[5] In 2014, he created the Emergence Film Festival, in Lome. Meanwhile, he became the General Delegate and later founded his production house called "Les Films du Siècle".[6] Then he joined with Togolese national television as an intern. Meanwhile, he made the entrance test to the Superior School of Visual Arts (ESAV) of Marrakech in Morocco. After admitted to the test, he quit from that and decided to move to Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l'Audio-visuels (ISMA) in Cotonou, Benin in 2009. After winning a scholarship from the Embassy of France, he went France to do a master's degree in production of the documentary cinema of Creation in Niger.[2][7]

In 2010, he made the debut short Reliquat (Le). After the success of the short, he directed two more films: Ajoda, un vieux aux bras valides and Vues d'Afrique.[8] In 2019, he made his directorial debut in cinema with the film T’Bool, which received positive acclaim from critics.[9] Before obtaining a master's II in Production in Grenoble, France in 2013, he made the short The films of the century. In 2014, he won the Kodio Grand Prize at the Clap'Ivoir festival in Ivory Coast for his documentary film Les nanas benz, les reines du textiles . In 2016, he made the film Pacte, which was produced without dialogue was selected at Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in 2017.[2]

Filmography

  • 2010: Reliquat (Le) – Short filmDirector
  • 2011: Ajoda, un vieux aux bras valides – Short film – Director
  • 2013: Vues d'Afrique – Film – Director, Producer, Executive Producer
  • 2014: Nanas Benz, Les Reines du textile africain – Documentary film – Director, Executive Producer
  • 2016: Pacte – Film – Director, Producer
  • 2016: Lomé, La Belle – Film – Director
  • 2018: Bataille intérieure – Short film – Director, Producer
  • 2018: Ou…durée – Short film – Executive Producer
  • 2019: T'Bool – Film – Director, Producer

References

  1. ^ AfricaNews (11 July 2018). "Togolese film industry back on the international scene". Africanews. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Sulunsuku. "Joël M'Maka Tchédré : Une révélation du cinéma togolais - Sulunsuku" (in French). Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Cinéma : la réalisatrice togolaise Anita AFATCHAO gagne une résidence d'écriture en Allemagne - La voix de la nation". lavoixdelanation.info. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Festival Off-Courts Trouville". saisonafrica2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Festivals : FestIC à Ouaga, Emergence à Lomé". www.imagesfrancophones.org. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Personnes - Africultures : Tchédré Joel". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Festival Emergence : La 6ème édition démarre le 09 novembre prochain". news.icilome.com (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2021.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Africiné - Joel Tchédré". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. ^ "SPLA : Joel Tchédré". Spla. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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