Aïda Captijn

Screenwriter, Director

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
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