Khadidiatou Sow

Biography

Khadidiatou Sow was born in 1978 in Dakar, Senegal. Graduated from the Fine Arts School of Dakar, she began a career as a painter and created her gallery / studio. In 2004, she decided to work in the cinema industry. She started working as a scriptwriter, costume designer and assistant director. After a training in Paris (Varan Ateliers / 2007), she started directing her first short films. In 2016, One Seat in the Plane was selected at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, and won the Best African Short Film Award ex-aequo (AMAA 2017, Nigeria), the Jury Special Mention (Écrans Noirs 2017, Cameroon) and the Jury Mention (Nouakshort Film 2017, Mauritania). With this film, Khadidiatou Sow represented Senegal at Clap Ivoire 2017. She is currently preparing a new series of paintings and drawings.