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Mike Leigh OBE ( born 20 February 1943 ) is an ___MASK14___ writer and director of film and theatre . He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) before honing his directing skills at East 15 Acting School and further at the Camberwell School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design . He began as a theatre director and playwright in the mid - 1960s . In the 1970s and 1980s his career moved between theatre work and making films for BBC Television , many of which were characterised by a gritty " kitchen sink realism " style . His well - known films include the comedy - dramas " Life is Sweet " ( 1990 ) and " Career Girls " ( 1997 ), the Gilbert and Sullivan biographical film " Topsy - Turvy " ( 1999 ), and the bleak working - class drama " All or Nothing " ( 2002 ). His most notable works are the black comedy - drama " Naked " ( 1993 ), for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes , the Oscar - nominated , BAFTA and Palme d ' Or - winning drama " Secrets & Lies " ( 1996 ), the Golden Lion winning working - class drama " Vera Drake " ( 2004 ), and the Palme d ' Or nominated biopic Mr . Turner ( 2014 ). Some of his notable stage plays include " Smelling A Rat ", " It ' s A Great Big Shame ", " ___MASK15___ Tragedy ", " Goose - Pimples ", " Ecstasy ", and " Abigail ' s Party ". Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in West Africa . Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north , Mali to the east , Guinea to the southeast , and Guinea - Bissau to the southwest . Senegal also borders The Gambia , a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River , which separates Senegal ' s southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country . Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde . Senegal ' s economic and political capital is Dakar . It is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World , or Afro - Eurasia , and owes its name to the Senegal River , which borders it to the east and north . The name " Senegal " comes from the ___MASK44___ " Sunuu Gaal ", which means " Our Boat ". Senegal covers a land area of almost and has an estimated population of about 13 million . The climate is Sahelian , but there is a rainy season . The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9  20 , 1996 . The Palme d ' Or went to the " Secrets & Lies " by Mike Leigh . Safi Faye ( born November 22 , 1943 ) is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist . She was the first Sub - Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film . She has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal . The Cannes Festival ( ___MASK26___ : Festival de Cannes ), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (" Festival international du film ") and known in ___MASK14___ as the Cannes Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes , France , which previews new films of all genres , including documentaries , from all around the world . Founded in 1946 , the invitation - only festival is held annually ( usually in May ) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès . Mossane is a 1996 Senegalese drama film directed by Safi Faye . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival . Unlike some of Faye ' s earlier films which use a documentary style , Mossane is purely fictional . Un Certain Regard ( is a section of the Cannes Film Festival ' s official selection . It is run at the ", parallel to the competition for the Palme d ' Or . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob .