{{Short description|Mauritian filmmaker}} {{For|those of a similar name|Constantin David (disambiguation)|David Constantine}} {{Infobox person | name = David Constantin
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'''David Constantin''' (born 1974) is a filmmaker from Mauritius.
==Career==
Constantin was born in Mauritius Island in 1974. He obtained a degree in Information and Communication, and then attended the ESAV (Higher School of Audiovisuals) in Toulouse.<ref name=mubi/> He made his first short film in 1998.<ref name=COE/> After spending five years in France studying cinematography he returned to Mauritius in 2002.
Constantin directed and produced the short film ''Diego l'interdite'' (Diego the Forbidden). This is a documentary about the deportation of the people of the Chagos Island in the Indian Ocean by the US and UK governments.<ref name=mubi/> The film won the European Grand Prix of First Films 2002 and Vues d'Afrique 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcat.es/FCAT/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=248&Itemid=37 |title=Diego l'interdite |work=FCAT |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> In the years that followed he directed and produced a number of documentaries and short films. He won awards in film festivals such as Vues d’Afrique (Montreal), Amiens (France), Réunion and Milan.<ref name=mubi/> His 2005 short ''Bisanville (l'Autobus)'' won prizes at the International Film Festival of Amiens in 2005 and the 12th Film Festival of Africa and the Islands, Reunion 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=film&no=5796 |title=BISANVIL (L'AUTOBUS) |work=Africultures |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> His short comedy ''Made In Mauritius'' was screened at the 2010 African Film Festival of Cordoba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcat.es/FCAT/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=430&Itemid=37 |title=Made in Mauritius |work=FCAT |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> It was also screened at the 22nd African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival in Milan in March 2012.<ref name=COE/>
In 2007 he organized ILE COURTS, the first short film festival in Mauritius.<ref name=mubi/> David Constantin has established an audiovisual research laboratory at the Charles Baudelaire Cultural Centre. He gives introductory courses for teachers on analysis of the image.<ref name=COE/> He has given seminars on aspects of film for the Université populaire de l'Ile Maurice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upim.info/intervenants/david-constantin/ |title=David Constantin |publisher=Université populaire de l'Ile Maurice |accessdate=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314085554/http://www.upim.info/intervenants/david-constantin/ |archive-date=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Filmography== {|class=wikitable |- !Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |2002 || ''Diego l'interdite'' (Diego the forbidden) || Director, producer, screenwriter || 52 minutes. Islanders were evicted to make way for the Diego Garcia naval base |- |2003 || ''Colas'' || Director || 15 minutes. Short fiction. |- |2005 || ''Bisanvil (l'Autobus)'' || Director || 13 minutes. Portrait of Mauritian people on a bus journey |- |2007 || ''Les Accords de Bella'' || Director, screenplay, editor || 52 minutes. Documentary about accordions on Rodrigues Island |- |2009 || ''Made In Mauritius'' || Director, screenwriter || 7 minutes. Short comedy |- |2009 || ''Ruz'' || Cinematography, editor || 6 minutes. Directed by Gopalen Parthiben Chellapermal |- | 2012 || ''Dibut Lor Nu Lipié'' || Director, screenplay || Documentary on poverty eradication in Mauritius<ref>https://vimeo.com/34611064?autoplay=1&muted=1&stream_id=Y2xpcHN8OTMzNzE2MXxpZDpkZXNjfFtd</ref> |- |2014 || ''Lonbraz Kann<ref>http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/720-sugarcane-shadows{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>'' || Director, producer, Co-screenwriter || 1hr 28 minutes. Drama |- |}
==References== {{Reflist |refs= <ref name=COE>{{cite web |url=http://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/eng/index.php?pag=vis_film&id_film=735 |title=Made in Mauritius |publisher=C.O.E. Association |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> <ref name=mubi>{{cite web |url=http://mubi.com/cast_members/324253 |work=Mubi |title=David Constantin Director |accessdate=2012-03-11}}</ref> }}
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