Alicia Mendy
Composer, Director, Screenwriter
Born in 2000 in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a Senegalese father and Italian mother. She graduated with a Bachelor in cinema from HEAD-Genève (Haute École d'Art et de Design) in 2023. She is interested in cinema that represents and values African and Afro-descendant peoples through the fantasy and science fiction genres. Spirituality is central to her work, which explores utopias and dystopias. She also composes film music.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Souvenirs du sable by Alicia Mendy
- 2023
- Beutset by Alicia Mendy
Screenwriter
- 2023
- Beutset by Alicia Mendy
Composer
- 2025
- Girls & Gods by Arash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz
- 2023
- Beutset by Alicia Mendy
- 2023
- Gavilán by Myra Lou Ana Thiémard
Awards
(a selection)
- Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Prix du meilleur film des écoles de cinéma suisses (Industry Award) (Winner) in Beutset