| Kalifa Dienta | |
| Native Name: | كاليفا دينتا |
| Birth Date: | January 1, 1940 |
| Birth Name: | Kalifa Dienta |
| Birth Place: | Macina, Mali |
| Death Date: | June |
| Death Place: | Bamako, Mali |
| Years Active: | 1967–2021 |
| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Director, writer, filmmaker |
Kalifa Dienta (Arabic: كاليفا دينتا ; January 1940 – June 2021), was a Malian filmmaker.[1] He was best known as the director of critically acclaimed feature film A Banna.[2] In addition to directing, he was also a writer and cinematographer.
He was born on 1 January 1940 in Macina, Mali and died in June 2021 in Bamako, Mali . He studied cinema in Moscow.[3]
In 1980, he directed the film A Banna which received mostly positive reviews from critics and selected in several international film festivals.