Sissako Screen Talk

The acclaimed filmmaker looks back over his unique career and discusses his acclaimed film Timbuktu, nominated for the Palme d’Or in 2014.

Celebrated director Abderrahmane Sissako reflects on his craft and how he came to filmmaking, and discusses his acclaimed film Timbuktu, Palme d’Or-nominated in 2014. He shares his philosophy of filmmaking, focussed on representing people and places often absent from the global conversation, and addressing questions of otherness and inequality.