Chantal Youdum is a Cameroonian film director and producer.

Chantal Youdum
NationalityCameroonian
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer
Years active2011-present

Biography

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In 2011, Youdum created the TV series Au coeur de l'amour, which aired on TV5 and Canal 2. It was a soap opera of intrigue and lies about a young woman who did not know her father, which featured the performance of Valérie Duval, who replaced the previous actress who was Rouène.[1] She directed the film Sweet Dance in 2014, starring Pélagie Nguiateu and Alain Bomo Bomo. Sweet Dance is about Tatiana, who is torn between two loves, that of dancing and Jacques.[2]

In 2016, Youdum was selected as one of seven women reshaping the African narrative by Femmes Lumiere.[3] She served as the stage manager for the web series Aissa in 2017, which was directed by Jean Roke Patoudem. It tells the story of a young woman growing up without a mother and has to go live with her father in another village. Aissa premiered at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou and the Vues d'Afrique festival.[4] Also that year, Youdum directed the film Rêve corrompu.[5] It tells the tale of a young man who leaves his village hoping to thrive in the city, and it was selected in the Central African Documentary category at the 2018 Écrans Noirs Festival.[6]

In 2018, Youdum co-created the TV series Mimi la Bobonne, alongside Francis Tene. It was screened at the Festival International de Films de Femmes in Yaoundé.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Bangoua, Prince De (1 November 2013). "Valérie Duval : " On ne valorise pas le mannequinat et la culture au Cameroun "". Culturebene (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Longs Métrages, France". Patou Films International (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ Bomo, Andrea (7 August 2016). "Reshaping The African Women Narrative". Femmes Lumière. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Avant-première de la série web 'AISSA' dans les Salles Canal Olympia". Cameroun Web (in French). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Le cinéma féminin célébré pour la 8ème fois au Cameroun". Africine (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. ^ "RECOMPENSES: DEUX FILMS CAMEROUNAIS EN LICE AUX TROPHÉES FRANCOPHONES DU CINEMA 2018". Le Film Camerounais (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. ^ Medjorn, Colbie (21 June 2018). "Festival International de Films de Femmes Mis Me Binga 2018 : Du 26 au 30 Juin 2018". Kulture Master Online (in French). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2020.