Ellie Foumbi

IN THE PRESS

• ESQUIRE // The 48 Best Movies of 2023 (So Far) (Nov. 7, 2023)

• THR // ‘Past Lives,’ ‘A Thousand and One’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ Top Gotham Awards Film Nominees (Oct. 24, 2023)

• PULSE.NG // Here are the winners at the 2023 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) (Oct. 29, 2023)

• AFRICA NEWS // Director Ellie Foumbi wins top prize at Cameroon film festival (Oct. 22, 2023)

• LA TIMES // Review by Robert Abele: Psychological horror ‘Our Father, the Devil’ conjures a specter in unlikely garb (Sept 1, 2023)
  

• THE NEW YORK TIMES // Critic’s Pick: Wash Away Your Sins (Aug. 25, 2023)

• COLLIDER // Review by Chase Hutchinson (Aug. 25, 2023)

• ROGERTEBERT.COM // Review by Robert Daniels (Aug 25, 2023)

• INDIEWIRE // Critic’s Pick: ‘Our Father, the Devil’ Review: Nobody Can Waterboard Their Sins Away in Ellie Foumbi’s Thrilling Debut (Aug. 22, 2023)
  

• ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS // “Our Father, the Devil: Movie of the Week” (Aug. 21, 2023)

• INDIEWIRE // “Our Father, the Devil Trailer: An African Refugee Faces a Terrifying Past in Surprise 2023 Indie Spirit Best Feature Nominee (July 24, 2023)

•  CINECENTRIC // “Our Father, the Devil” Review by Alex Sitaras - “Our Father, the Devil is Bergman-esque in its tone with weighty concepts of justice and forgiveness.” (April 29, 2023)

• LOUD AND CLEAR: LET’S TALK ABOUT MOVIES // Review by Claire Fulton - “It feels crafted, meticulous with detail and about the way it delivers its emotional blows.” (March 10, 2023)

• BLACK NEWS & VIEWS // Calling the shots: 5 Black female movie directors to watch in 2023 (March 30, 2023)
  

• FILM CARANAGE // Review by Rebecca Cherry - “It’s almost impossible to describe this film in a way that will do it true justice, it needs to be experienced.” (March 8, 2023)
  
  

• OKAYAFRICA // “Ellie Foumbi on Forgiveness, First Films, and the De Niro to Her Scorsese, Babetida Sadjo” (February, 2023)

• UNSEEN FILMS // “Our Father The Devil (2022) Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023” - “Beautifully crafted on every level, the film puts it's audience in a death grip because it takes takes the time to set everything up.” (February 6, 2023)

• DEADLINE // “‘Saint Omer’ Takes Top Honors At 34th Palm Springs Film Festival” (January 15, 2023)
  

• AWARDS DAILY // “34th Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Award Winners”(January 15, 2023)

• EYE FOR FILM // Review by Jennie Kermode - “Awards season is often a long, hard slog for critics. I watched over 250 films in the past two months. This one made the effort worthwhile.” (January 15, 2023)

• VARIETY // Our Father, the Devil’ Review: Past Is Prologue in Ellie Foumbi’s Promising Debut Feature (January 15, 2023)
  

• OKAY AFRICA // “Six African Filmmakers to Watch in 2023” (January 11, 2023)
  
  

• SUNSHINE STATE COMPLEX // Our Father, the Devil Erupts Behind Babetida Sadjo’s Powerhouse Performance
  
  

• THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC // Review by Richard Propes - “…a slow burning thriller devoid of the usual trauma-porn in favor of a realistic portrayal of the devastation of trauma on a soul-level”
  
  

• THE AFRICA REPORT // “With Film ‘Our Father, the Devil’, Director Ellie Foumbi Wants to be Part of the Healing Process” (Sept 22, 2022)

• THE FILM VERDICT // Review by Stephen Dalton - “Revenge is not so sweet in debut director Ellie Foumbi's gripping, horror-tinged thriller about African immigrants with a shared history of violence.” (Sept 15, 2022)

• FILMMAKER MAGAZINE // “There Are Only So Many Ways to Light a Kitchen with a Low Ceiling”: Ellie Foumbi and DP Tinx Chan On Our Father, the Devil” (July 19, 2022)

• AKOROKO AFRICAN CINEMA NEWS // Review by Zélie Asava - “The Visceral Afterlives of Trauma in OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL” (July 6, 2022)
  
  

• DEADLINE // “The American Black Film Festival Announces Festival Award Winners; ‘Our Father, The Devil’ And’ Feels Like Ghosts’ Win Big” (June 27, 2022)
  

• FILM THREAT // Review by Benjamin Franz - “A haunting, demented, and deep look into the psychology of people broken by lawless war in third-world countries.” (June 21, 2022)

• ION CINEMA // "Video Interview: Ellie Foumbi & Joe Mastantuono – Our Father, the Devil" by Dylan Dempsey (June 17, 2021)

• THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER // "Tribeca Festival: ‘Good Girl Jane,’ ‘The Cave of Adullam’ Among Top Competition Winners" by Hilary Lewis (June 16, 2022)

• SCREEN DAILY // "Latvia-set ‘January’, Mexican horror ‘Huesera’ among Tribeca 2022 award winners" by Jeremy Kay (June 16, 2022)

• LA SENTINEL // "Tribeca Film Festival — It’s A Wrap — 2022" by Margrira (June 19, 2022)

• POP CULTURE REVIEWS // Review by Brittany Witherspoon - “In her potent and poignant feature directorial debut, Ellie Foumbi confidently balances a complex narrative with creative simplicity and emotional precision.” (June 12, 2022)
  

• CHERRYPICKS // "Tribeca Film Festival 2022: Standout Narrative Features" by Staff (June 10, 2022)
  
  

• HORROR FUEL //"A Woman’s Past Comes Back To Haunt Her In ‘Our Father, The Devil’" by Kelli McNeely (June 13, 2022)

  
  

• BLACK FILM // "Tribeca Fest Celebrates Black Voices Through Curated Juneteenth Selections" by Rob Smith (June 9, 2022)
  

• VARIETY // “Ellie Foumbi Helps Break Ground with at Venice With Debut ‘Our Father, the Devil’” (Sept 4, 2021)