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Djaka Souaré is an actress & filmmaker whose work spans film, television, and video games. She appeared in the HULU special "Black Stories Present: Your Attention Please", directed by Tribeca award-winner Phillip Youmans, and currently stars in the horror-comedy "Cut Me If You Can" , a festival hit distributed on ARTE, YouTube, CANAL + and TF1+ that screened at +50 film festivals and won +15 awards (Woodstock, Cannes Market, Clermont-Ferrand, SCAD, Moscow FF). She produced and acted in "Reunion" by Zainab Jah and Timothy Naylor - executive produced by Danaï Gurira and produced by Lupita Nyong’o - which qualified for the 2025 Academy Awards. Her short film "Jazz in Wakanda", which she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in, screened at Urbanworld, Nitehawk Shorts, and the NY African Film Festival, before being acquired by COMCAST and released on TUBI. Of Guinean and French heritage, Djaka is the face of rebel soldier Halima Zambardi in the internationally renowned video game "Call of Duty." |
CUT ME IF YOU CAN
Distributed by ARTE, YouTube, CANAL +, TF1+
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Directed by Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, a hyper-sexualized black female character decides to reject her fate and rebel against the script. Along with her boyfriend, token black guy who always dies first, they throw the entire movie off course. They try to outwit the serial killer and escape in order to break free... but the film has other plans. Awards FANTASPOA Honorable Mention FENÊTRES SUR COURTS Jury Prize + Audience Award SF ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD Staff Favorite Short Film PARIS IN THE DARK Jury Prize COURT-MÉTRANGE Young Audience Award BROWN SUGAR DAYS Jury Prize NEW ORLEANS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL Best Sound Design NOLLYWOOD WEEK Jury Prize BREF SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Creepshort Award GRINDHOUSE PARADISE Best Short Film HORROR HOUND 10 nominations DARK RED FILM FESTIVAL 6 nominations NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL 2 nominations |
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