Biography

Marie-Clémence Andriamonta-Paes is both Malagasy and French. She has a master degree in Sociology and a Marketing CELSA-Sorbonne Diploma . In 1988, she launched Laterit Productions, an independent production company based in Paris, also committed in distribution and publishing. With her husband, the Brazilian DOP and director Cesar Paes, she wrote and produced documentaries such as "Angano...Angano... Tales from Madagascar", "Songs and Tears of Nature", and "Awara Soup" that have won top awards at Cinema du Réel, Festival dei Popoli or Leipzig Film Festival. Previous films "Saudade do Futuro", "Mahaleo", "An Opera from the Indian Ocean" and "Songs for Madagascar" have been theatrically released in France and in the USA, and some of them have been screened by Arte, WDR, WNYC, Canal+, and Taiwanese public TV. "FAHAVALO, Madagascar 1947" is her first film as director.
- IMDb mini biography by: Laterit Productions