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Djaka Souaré is an actress currently starring in the award-winning horror-comedy "Cut Me If You Can" (Woodstock, Cannes Market, Clermont-Ferrand, SCAD, Moscow FF) directed by Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet. In 2024, she acted in & produced "Reunion", Oscar-qualified short film for 2025 , directed by Zainab Jah & Timothy Naylor's, with Danaï Gurira as EP and Lupita Nyong'o as AP. Other credits include the HULU special "Black Stories Present: Your Attention Please", directed by TriBeCa 2019 award winner Philip Youmans.
Djaka's short film as a writer-director, "Jazz in Wakanda", was an Official selection at Urban World, Nitehawk Shorts, NYAFF, sold to COMCAST and is now streaming on TUBI. In 2023, she was one of 25 screenwriters to be selected in the first CANEX & AFRIFF program "Script to Screen." She was one of six screenwriters to win the pitching competition and fly to Algiers to pitch her script to African streaming platforms. Of Guinean & French descent, Djaka is the face of rebel soldier Halima Zambardi in the video game "Call of Duty" and speaks English, French & Spanish fluently. |
CUT ME IF YOU CAN
Cannes Market 2024/EFM Market 2025
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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 HORROR HOUND 10 nominations |
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