Rosine Mbakam
Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam grew up in a traditional family in Cameroon. She chose cinema very early, training in Yaoundé after learning about the Italian NGO, COE (Centro Orientamento Educativo) where, beginning in 2000 she was introduced to image making, editing and production. While there, she collaborated on and directed several films. After a meeting with Mactar Sylla in 2003, she joined the team of STV (Spectrum Television) where she directed and edited several audiovisual programmes. In 2007, she left Cameroon and enrolled at INSAS in Brussels for a training course. In 2014, she founded with Geoffroy Cernaix, Tandor Productions and directed The Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman, her first creative documentary. Mbakam’s 2019 Chez Jolie Coiffure, a documentary capturing the day-to-day lives and concerns of immigrant West African women in a small hair salon in Brussels, screened at several festivals and won the Spirit of the Festival Prize at Light Film Festival 2019.
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DirectingBirthday
January 1, 1980Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
10Also known as
Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam, Rosine MbakamCast credits
Crew credits
Delphine’s Prayers
Writer, Sound, Director of Photography, DirectorDoors of the Past
DirectorThe Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman
Writer, Director of Photography, DirectorPrism
Director, WriterYou Will Be My Ally
DirectorChez Jolie Coiffure
Director of Photography, DirectorMambar Pierrette
Director, WriterThe Roller, The Life, The Fight
ProducerCinetracts '20
Director