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Burkina Faso


10 articles available in total starting from 04/03/2021. Last article published on 14/10/2024.

Fabien Dao, Moustapha Sawadogo • Director and producer of Princesse Téné

Interview: Fabien Dao, Moustapha Sawadogo • Director and producer of Princesse Téné

“Horsemen are of great importance to Burkina Faso but remain absent from the screens”

The brains behind the project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal break down the origins of their film and what they hope to gain by attending the Canadian event  

14/10/2024 | Nouveau Cinéma Montréal 2024 | Nouveau Marché

Nelson Makengo • Director of Rising Up at Night

Interview: Nelson Makengo • Director of Rising Up at Night

"After making my short film, I realised there was a need to tell a longer story together with the protagonists"

BERLINALE 2024: The Congolese filmmaker delves into his portrait of the residents of Kinshasa as they face the challenges of life in an environment coloured by the uncertainty of tomorrow  

06/03/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Review: Rising Up at Night

Review: Rising Up at Night

BERLINALE 2024: The new offering from Nelson Makengo attempts to convey what it’s like to live in a constantly dark and flooded Kinshasa  

26/02/2024 | Berlinale 2024 | Panorama

Review: Al Djanat, the Original Paradise

Review: Al Djanat, the Original Paradise

Burkinabé filmmaker Chloé Aïcha Boro tells her complicated family story in a sober, thoughtful and intriguing way  

09/05/2023 | Hot Docs 2023

Review: A Golden Life

Review: A Golden Life

Boubacar Sangaré's first feature-length documentary follows a teenager mining for gold in Burkina Faso  

03/04/2023 | Movies That Matter 2023

Review: Sira

Review: Sira

BERLINALE 2023: Apolline Traoré's Panorama Audience Award-winning film transcends the limits of its rape-revenge premise with a broad political background and intense acting  

27/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Apolline Traoré • Director of Sira

Interview: Apolline Traoré • Director of Sira

“I wanted to enable the audience to feel what the community in that area is feeling right now”

BERLINALE 2023: We met up with the Burkinabé director, who presents a thriller about terrorism in which a woman finds superhuman strength to fight for the future  

25/02/2023 | Berlinale 2023 | Panorama

Christian Carmosino Mereu • Director of Land of Upright People

Interview: Christian Carmosino Mereu • Director of Land of Upright People

"This kind of impassioned involvement in politics took me back to my childhood years"

VENICE 2022: The Italian helmer chats about his documentary, which he shot in Burkina Faso from the 2014 revolution up until the most recent political developments  

04/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Giornate degli Autori

The Wallonia Brussels Federation signs a co-production agreement with Burkina Faso

The Wallonia Brussels Federation signs a co-production agreement with Burkina Faso

The Federation has signed its 13th bilateral co-production agreement, opening itself up to new opportunities for film and audiovisual co-operation  

25/11/2021 | Industry | Market | Belgium/Burkina Faso

Review: Night Nursery

Review: Night Nursery

BERLINALE 2021: Moumouni Sanou’s first documentary feature is a lively if underdeveloped work examining a childcare home used by Burkina Faso sex workers  

04/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

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