Mamadou Khouma Gueye

Mamadou Khouma GUEYE is a writer, director and mentor.
He was born in Thiaroye Gare Senegal, a place steeped in tragic history, in 1981.

After studying History at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (Senegal), he launched his career in film by campaigning for access to cinema for the population of the Dakar suburbs, before moving on to directing, after being mentoring for 5 years by the filmmaker Rama Thiaw. He always believed on the strength of the collective energy of his generation to produce and distribute our cinema. He has always defended the idea that art should make room for ordinary people and help to represent and raise awareness of sometimes difficult social and political realities.

His short films Kedougou (Grand prize for short films at Saint louis Docs and Tanit de Bronze at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage 2017) and Xaar Yallà (Professional Jury Prize and Young Festival Jury Prize Festival pêcheurs du monde courts-métrages, Green images award Tokyo and official competition Fespaco of 2023) have made a name for themselves.

Gueye’s first feature documentary, Liti-Liti, was selected in official competition at the Vision du Réel, in 2025.

He is a founding member of Ciné-banlieue, set in the suburbs of Dakar in Senegal, and created by the late Aziz Boye, his first mentor. From 2008 to 2013, he was responsible for coordinating and organising meetings, screenings, debates, communications and human relations for the association.

In 2015, he founded Plan B films Sénégal and created ‘taste of salt’ project, which involves an artistic residency, an image education workshop in working-class neighbourhoods and film festivals at Lac Rose in Senegal.