Toland Samba

Toland Samba was born in Congo(Brazzaville),lived in South Africa for many years where he studied, and worked as a fashion model, casting coordinator, French freelance voice-over artist and translator for BORN FREE MEDIA(Broadcast HIV Africa) a program on HIV AIDS awareness for youth which was broadcast in most francophone countries in Africa, ever since his passion for film took its course. He then moved to New York to study film at the New York Film Academy in 2015. Where He directed,produced and edited the short "Jocelyn the Muralist" which won the Recognition award at Hollywood international Documentary Film Festival September 2016,official selection at DOCS WITHOUT BORDERS and, NEW YORK LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL GLOBAL NETWORK. The second short Doc he produced received an Honorable Mention at International Independent Film Awards in CA. Prior to pursuing his Film career in the US, he completed a Diploma in photography at THE PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE.