
- DAMY Govina, 2min reading
Winner of the "Zébu d'or" award in the "Pan-African Documentary Competition" category at the 19th edition of the Madagascar Film Festival, MFF, and the Rencontres du Film Court , RFC, Gourio Laurino Raoelijaona, aged 28, is increasingly exporting his filmic signature on a different level with his production of "Les Sentiers du doute", The Paths of Doubt, which sets out the major dilemma facing the indigenous Mikea populations, like those around the world. Resist or succumb to the lure of modernity and the cultural concessions it imposes? Their choice defines their future. His work won him the prize for best short documentary in the "Human Rights" category at the "Life After Oil" International Film Festival in Italy, and the "Best Story" award at the "Beneath the River Danube" International Film Festival in Serbia last June. His documentary film, Sihanaky et la disparition des géants , Sihanaky and the disappearance of the giants, won the ePOP Grand Prix at the 4th edition of the video competition entitled "Fais voir ce qu'ils ressentent" , Let them see what they feel, organized by ePOP in Paris, France, in 2022. Standing 1.80 metres tall, he has a multi-dimensional vision for Madagascar, despite the fact that, having studied law, nothing predicted a future in the 7th art. Interview.