Claire Diao

Role at the 2025 DFM Event:

Moderator

Bio

Claire Diao is a French-Burkinabè film critic and distributor. She founded the short film program Quartiers Lointains in 2013, co-founded the Pan-African film critic magazine AWOTELE in 2015, and has been the CEO of the Pan-African film distribution company Sudu Connexion since 2016. She joins the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025 as a Program Advisor fro Africa and the Middle-East.

Company

Sudu Connexion

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