Mohamed Idoumou
Mauritania
Poet, Journalist, Filmmaker, and Cultural Manager
Cultural Policies, Cultural Management, Cinema, Literature
Poet, journalist, filmmaker, cultural director and trainer in the management of cultural projects and organizations. He holds an MA in literature and translation from the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the University of Nouakchott and an MA in communication and public relations from the National School of Administration, Journalism and Justice. He also studied creative and documentary filmmaking and directed nine documentary films. He serves as the president of the Mauritian Poetry Forum, the CEO of ZM Communication and a member of the Fajr program which funds civil society projects. He also served as the director of the House of Filmmakers from 2013 to 2016, the director of the Nouakchott International Short Film Festival from 2009 to 2016 and the coordinator of the National Group for Cultural Policies from 2013 to 2016.

Mohamed Idoumou
Mauritania
Poet, Journalist, Filmmaker, and Cultural Manager
Cultural Policies, Cultural Management, Cinema, Literature
Poet, journalist, filmmaker, cultural director and trainer in the management of cultural projects and organizations. He holds an MA in literature and translation from the Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the University of Nouakchott and an MA in communication and public relations from the National School of Administration, Journalism and Justice. He also studied creative and documentary filmmaking and directed nine documentary films. He serves as the president of the Mauritian Poetry Forum, the CEO of ZM Communication and a member of the Fajr program which funds civil society projects. He also served as the director of the House of Filmmakers from 2013 to 2016, the director of the Nouakchott International Short Film Festival from 2009 to 2016 and the coordinator of the National Group for Cultural Policies from 2013 to 2016.

Juror

Wijhat
Round 02
2021

Juror

Tajwaal
Round 01
2017

Grantee

Cultural Policies and Research
Cultural Policies Projects
2016
Art is an Asset
This initiative seeks to organise and build the capacities of local cultural leaders in four major Mauritanian cities. The cities were selected on the basis of demographic density, cultural dynamism and the need for the formation and training of cultural workers in these regions.

Grantee

Mawa3eed
Round 02
2014
Arab World Short Movie Festival
Mohamed Idoumou (Mauritania) received a grant to support his travel from Mauritania to Morocco to participate in the Arab World Short Movie Festival (Morocco).

Grantee

Maraheb Program to Support Artistic Residencies in the Arab region
2011
Mohamed Idoumu, of Mauritania received support of USD 3500 to do a residence for six weeks in the field of cultural management in Cairo, Egypt, co-hosted by Culture Resource, to gain professional experience and skills by assisting in the preparations for the annual Cultural Management Workshop, and attending the workshop, in order to develop a cultural management workshop program in Mauritania.