Aya — The Main program
2021
Belgium, France
Hybrid
90 min.
colour
Aya is growing up with her mother on the island of Lahou. Joyful and carefree, she enjoys picking coconuts and sleeping on the sand. However, her paradise is doomed to disappear under the water. As the waves threaten her house, Aya makes a decision: the sea-level may rise, she won't leave her island.
12+
Director
Simon Gillard
WITH
MARIE-JOSÉE DEGNY KOKORA (AYA)
PATRICIA EGNABAYOU (PATRICIA)
JUNIOR ASSE (JUNIOR)
MARIAM TRAORE (COCO)
IMAGE & SOUND
SIMON COULIBALY GILLARD
EDITING
MARIE-HÉLÈNE MORA
BERTRAND CONARD
SIMON COULIBALY GILLARD
PRODUCED BY
MICHIGAN FILMS
SÉBASTIEN ANDRES & ALICE LEMAIRE
KIDAM
FRANÇOIS-PIERRE CLAVEL & ALEXANDRE PERRIER
Director
Simon Gillard
WITH
MARIE-JOSÉE DEGNY KOKORA (AYA)
PATRICIA EGNABAYOU (PATRICIA)
JUNIOR ASSE (JUNIOR)
MARIAM TRAORE (COCO)
IMAGE & SOUND
SIMON COULIBALY GILLARD
EDITING
MARIE-HÉLÈNE MORA
BERTRAND CONARD
SIMON COULIBALY GILLARD
PRODUCED BY
MICHIGAN FILMS
SÉBASTIEN ANDRES & ALICE LEMAIRE
KIDAM
FRANÇOIS-PIERRE CLAVEL & ALEXANDRE PERRIER
Simon Gillard
Born in Bulgaria, Simon Gillard grew up in Brittany. After studying mechanical engineering, he did a U-turn and decided to live of his love for film. Throughout his master's degree in film-directing at INSAS, Simon developed a strong relationship with the people and territories of West Africa where he lives and works part of the year. He made all his films there, alone with his cameras and microphones, accompanied by his assistant, Lassina Coulibaly.