Simon Panay

At 27, Simon Panay has already directed four short documentaries in West Africa. In 2014 he received the ARP Young Talent of the Year Award and in 2018 the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Documentary Grant. His latest short film, “Ici, Personne ne Meurt”, shot in an illegal mine in Benin, has been screened in 71 countries and has won 133 festival awards. For his first feature film, he further explores the world of gold mining with “If You Are A Man”.