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.
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 Mambar Pierrette2024 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Prism2021 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Delphine’s Prayers2021 · Writer, Director of Photography, Director | Writer, Director of Photography, Director |
 Cinetracts '202020 · Director | Director |
 Chez Jolie Coiffure2019 · Director of Photography, Director | Director of Photography, Director |
 The Two Faces of a Bamileke Woman2018 · Director of Photography, Writer, Director | Director of Photography, Writer, Director |
 You Will Be My Ally2012 · Director | Director |
 Doors of the Past2011 · Director | Director |