''The Wedding Ring'' (''Zin'naariyâ!'') is a 2016 Nigerien
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Rahmatou Keïta
Rahmatou Keïta is a Nigerien journalist, writer, and film director, whose film career began in 1990. She won the prestigious for ' (2005) and the Sojourner Truth Award for ''Al'lèèssi…'', her first feature film.
Life and career
Born in ...
. It was selected as the Nigerien entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
91st Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
It was the first film to be submitted by Niger in the Foreign Language Oscar category.
Cast
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Magaajyia Silberfeld
Sarah Magaajyia Silberfeld (born 30 August 1996) is a French actress and film director.
Biography
Silberfeld is the grandaughter of Jacques Silberfeld, the daughter of film director Rahmatou Keïta and French journalist Antoine Silber. She beg ...
as Tiyaa
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Salamatou Kimba Farinwata
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Harouna Amoud
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Yazi Dogo
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Ali Nuhu
Ali Nuhu Mohammed (born 15 March 1974) is a Nigerian actor who is the current managing director of the Nigerian Film Corporation. He was appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday 12 January 2024. Before his appointment, he was a ...
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Mariam Kaba
Mariam Kaba (born 9 August 1961) is a French-Guinean actress.
Biography
Kaba was born in Kankan, Guinea, the daughter of Mohamed Ba Kaba, a diplomat and the author of several books on Islam. She moved to France in the early 1980s. After receiv ...
*Aïchatou Lamine Fofana
*Sandor Funtek
*Aïchatou Moussa
See also
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List of Nigerien submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Nigerien drama films
Zarma-language films
Hausa-language films
Fula-language films
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