Mariama Sylla Faye is a Senegalese film director and producer.

Sylla was born in Dakar and is the younger sister of the writer and filmmaker Khady Sylla.^[1][2] Her mother worked in the cinema office, and Sylla became passionate about cinema at the age of seven, as many films were screened in the family courtyard.^[3]

Sylla founded the production company Guiss Guiss Communication in 2003.^[3] She directed the short film Dakar Deuk Raw in 2008, which examined the ancient tribe of Lesbous in Dakar. In 2010, Sylla directed Skirmisher Marc Gueye: My Pen, My Fight, about a veteran of the First Indochina War.^[3]

Sylla served as co-director of the 2014 film Une simple parole alongside her sister Khady, and finished it when Khady died.^[2] The film examines the storytelling tradition in Senegal and received the Diversity Award from the Women's International Film and Television Showcase.^[4]

Sylla is married to the journalist Modou Mamoune Faye.^[3]

• 2005 : Derrière le silence (director)
• 2006 : Hors Série (director)
• 2008 : Dakar Deuk Raw (short film, director)
• 2010 : Skirmisher Marc Gueye: My Pen, My Fight (director)
• 2014 : Une simple parole (co-director)

• Mariama Sylla at the Internet Movie Database (N.B. this page mixes data from two different people: Mariama Sylla and Mariama Sylla Faye)