Laza Razanajatovo

• Name — Laza (Laza Razanajatovo) • Occupation — Film director, film producer, screenwriter, festival organiser, director of Rozifilms film production house. • Notable Works — Le Chant des Tlous (2012) with Luck Razanajaona, Fragments de vies (2012), and Tee-shirt man (2014) with Tovoniaina Rasoanaivo

In 2006 Laza founded the Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar, the short film festival of Madagascar, which has organised Pan-African short film competitions, workshops, meetings and international exchanges. He studied cinematography in Paris for eight years and is based in Antananarivo, Madagascar, as director of his own film production house Rozifilms. He was a member of the documentary jury at the 29th Carthage Film Festival (2018 Carthage Film Festival) and a co-organiser of Anim'ato Mada, a 2022 workshop for stop-motion film animators. Laza received the Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of Madagascar distinction and is a president of Pan-African Alliance of Screenwriters and Directors (APASER).

Laza's films include: • Year — Film — Description — Role — Duration (minutes) • 2001 — Même instant de vie — Short — Director • 2004 — La post-prod — Documentary for Malagasy television channels Ma-TV and TVM — Producer • 2008 — 6h58 (6:58 a.m.) — Fiction short — Director — 12 m • 2010 — The pianoman — Fiction short — Producer — 8 m • 2010 — Génération Jazz — Documentary — Producer — 44 m • 2010 — L'Idiot du village — Fiction short — Screenwriter, director and producer — 8 m • 2012 — Le Chant des Tlous by Luck Razanajaona — Historical fiction feature. A 1940 Malgasy rebel fighting the French is proposed a second life. — Producer — 120 m • 2012 — Fragments de vies — Documentary feature on hospital patients and psychiatric music therapy — Screenwriter, director and producer — 70 m • 2014 — Tee-shirt man by Tovoniaina Rasoanaivo — Documentary feature on a Malagy presidential election — Producer — 70 m

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• Illustration — Laza addressing the public at the Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar competition screening, 2016. • Illustration — Opening speech of director Laza at the 13th Rencontres du Film Court Madagascar short film festival, 2018.