Mohamed Saïd Ouma
# Mohamed Saïd Ouma

Mohamed Saïd Ouma is a film director and screenwriter who has been responsible for production and a programming assistant for the International African Film Festival of Africa and the Islands (FIFAI) in the city of Port à l'Ile in Réunion Island since 2004. Before that he worked as a journalist in England for several years. FIFAI is organized by Alain Gili and Mohamed Said Ouma. The festival honors productions that are often ignored on the African continent, and also honors works made in the islands.

His 2007 documentary film Le Mythe de la cinquième île (The myth of the fifth island) explores how an immigrant from the Comoros islands adjusts to living in Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, London with men from Croatia and Sicily, girls from Spain and Norway. The short sequel, Matso, épilogue du mythe de la cinquième île is a political documentary about illegal migration between the Comoros Island and Mayotte.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | !Type | Length | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Le mythe de la cinquième île | documentary | 56 mins | Director | Production : Les films façon façon |
| 2007 | Matso, épilogue du mythe de la cinquième île | Documentary | 5 mins | Director | Production : Les films façon façon |
| 2006 | Les mariés de l'Isle Bourbon | Téléfilm | 2x90 mins | Script from Euzhan Palcy | Production : Exilènes films &France 3 |
| 2005 | Stealing a nation | Documentary | 52 minutes | Translation to French version from John Pilger | Production : ITN &Imago Production |
| 2002 | De la visibilité | Documentary | 12 minutes | Director | Production : Collectif B.I.Z |
| 1999 | Je rap donc je suis de Philipes Roizes | Documentary | 76 minutes | Assistant Director | Production : Arte France&Panoptique |
| 1997 | Aktuel Force | Documentary | 26 minutes | Director | Production :Sp 35 |
