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

2028
Dysutopia by Alicia Mendy
2025
Souvenirs du sable by Alicia Mendy
2023
Beutset by Alicia Mendy

Screenwriter

2023
Beutset by Alicia Mendy

Composer

2023
Beutset by Alicia Mendy
2023
Gavilán by Myra Lou Ana Thiémard

Awards

(a selection)

2023
Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Prix du meilleur film des écoles de cinéma suisses (Industry Award) (Winner) in Beutset
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