Alliance Francaise hosts Gilberte’s World

Gilberte’s World, a film by the award- winning Ghanaian filmmaker, David Asare Masterwille, will  be screened on Thursday,  November 17   at the Alliance Française in Accra.

Shot in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, the documentary explores the dynamic life of Gilberte Marimootoo-Natchoo, a Mauritian painter as she battles with challenges  emanating from family, work and life in general.

It chronicles a tumultuous period in the life of the painter as she struggles with severe mental breakdown while hosting Masterwille, who dons his  filmmaker hat  and records the impact of a troubled mind which increasingly becomes suicidal. Master wille, who is the founder and CEO  of TransSahara Pictures, is also a prolific scriptwriter with about 10 years of film making experience behind him.

He was trained at the Vancouver Film School and the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT)  in Toronto and also studied Creative Writing at Camosun College  in Victoria, all in Canada.A member of the Vancouver (Canada) based Praxis Centre for Screenwriters, he has produced and directed  a number of films including  ‘Ananke’, ‘Y’ello Café’, ‘The Most Beautiful Hour’, ‘Nzulezu’ and ‘Gold Is Here.’