Kalifa Dienta

Kalifa Dienta (Arabic: كاليفا دينتا ; January 1940 – June 2021), was a Malian filmmaker. He was best known as the director of critically acclaimed feature film A Banna. In addition to directing, he was also a writer and cinematographer.

Personal life
He was born on 1 January 1940 in Macina, Mali and died in June 2021 in Bamako, Mali. He studied cinema in Moscow.

Career
In 1980, he directed the film A Banna which received mostly positive reviews from critics and selected in several international film festivals.