Yanis Gaye

Yanis Gaye is a French-Senegalese creative producer, co-founder of the boutique production houses Goree Cinema (SN) and Strange Fruit Production House (FR). Dedicated to both fiction and creative documentaries, his films garnered recognition at international festivals such as the Hamburg Shortfilm Festival, New York African FF (Mbas Mi, 2020, Joseph Gaï Ramaka), and FESPACO (Doxandeem, 2023, Saliou Sarr). Yanis has participated in esteemed industry programmers and is an alumni of EFM Toolbox, the EAVE Producers’ Workshop (2023) and Torino Script Lab/Story Editor (2024). He is a mentor for Durban Talents and a trainer for DFM’s Future Mentors Programme. In 2023, he co-founded YETU (Un)Limited – a multi-venture African film studio.

YETU ULIMITED

Founded in 2023, YETU UNLIMITED is a unique multi-venture film studio founded on a sustainable business model and endogenous creative processes. YETU aims to foster elevated, authentic cinematic storytelling to meet the need of growing diverse African, diasporic and global audiences.

YETU Members: Yanis Gaye (Goree Cinema - Senegal), Melissa Adeyemo (Ominira Studios Nigeria), Carol Kioko (Lemon Slice Pictures, Kenya), Chloe Ortolé (Tangerine Production, Senegal), Ike Yemoh (AKA Entertainment Ghana)