Hachimiya Ahamada was born in Dunkirk in 1976 , to Comorian parents . She made short documentaries as a teenager at a Dunkirk video studio , and later studied film direction at INSAS in Brussels , graduating in 2004 . Her short drama '' The Ylang Ylang Residence '' ( 2008 ) was shot in the Comoros Islands , and in the Comorian language . The film was screened at over 35 international festivals , including the International Critics Week at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival . It won awards at the 2009 Quintessenve International Film Festival of Ouidah , the 2009 Francophone Festival of Vaulx-en-Velin , and the 2009 African , Asian and Latin American Film Festival of Milan
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
Hachimiya Ahamada