Biography
Moussa Sène Absa was born in 1958 in Senegal. After starting a career as an actor, he has won awards for his short films, documentaries, and features. He is also a painter and author. He exemplifies the “homo senegalensis”, an ideal of an artist, which was dear to Léopold Sédar Senghor, rooted in tradition but fully willing to use what the Western world has to offer. Ironically, Absa is more famous internationally than he is in his own country despite exposure to a large audience in Senegal through the TV series Goorgoorlu, written by TT Fons and produced by the national Senegalese television (RTS). His first film Le Prix du mensonge (The Price of Lies) earned him the Tanit d'Argent (Silver Tanit) at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage (Carthage Film Festival) in 1988. Tableau Ferraille, released in 1996, earned him several awards including Best Cinematography at FESPACO in 1997. (Source: Through African Eyes - Dialogues with the Directors, BONETTI Mahen and REDDY Prerana (Editors), 2003, African Film Festival, Inc. and Printinfo JV LLC, Yerevan, Armenia, p.84)
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Xalé
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2023
Xalé
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
Xalé
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 2023
Black and White
Role: Director
TV • 2020
Yoole, The Sacrifice
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Téranga Blues
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2007
Ngoyaan, le chant de la séduction
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2004
Ngoyaan, le chant de la séduction
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2004
Madame Brouette
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2002
Madame Brouette
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2002
And So Angels Die
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2001
Blues pour une diva
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1999
Jëf Jël
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1998
Tableau Ferraille
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1997
Tableau Ferraille
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1997
Yalla Yaana
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
Rocking Poponguine
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1994
Rocking Poponguine
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1994
Rocking Poponguine
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1994
Ken Bugul
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1990