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Will Niava

1992–

Canada

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Will Niava (born February 17, 1992) is an Ivorian-Ghanaian film director and screenwriter based in Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for his short films Zoo (2019) and Jazz Infernal (2025), the latter of which won the Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

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