Aïda Captijn
Screenwriter, Director
- captijn7@gmail.com
- www.instagram.com/captijnaida_
Born in Geneva, Switzerland. A Senegalese-Dutch director, she grew up between Switzerland and Dakar. In 2025 she graduated with a Bachelor in Cinema from HEAD-Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design). Her films explore the experiences of female characters using the codes of fantasy genre cinema, often from a decolonial perspective. Her workshop film VAMPIRE DÉCADENCE (2024), codirected with Gaetan Carron and Kenza Emery, was selected for NIFF 2024. Her graduation film from the HEAD is MATI.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2025
- Mati by Aïda Captijn
- 2023
- Vampire décadence by Aïda Captijn, Gaétan Carron, Kenza Emery
Screenwriter
- 2025
- Mati by Aïda Captijn
- 2023
- Vampire décadence by Aïda Captijn, Gaétan Carron, Kenza Emery
Editor
- 2023
- Vampire décadence by Aïda Captijn, Gaétan Carron, Kenza Emery
Casting
- 2023
- Vampire décadence by Aïda Captijn, Gaétan Carron, Kenza Emery