Burkina Faso Movies

Between Ouagadougou, Niamey, Kigali and Dakar, Éléonore Yameogo follows four African directors competing at the 2021 Ouagadougou...

The animated short film tells the story of Yacouba Sawadogo. It evokes the limits of so-called “modern” production systems, which are...

Mailo is my village, where I was born in 1975. I'm Christian, my father is Muslim. Today, I no longer recognize my village, which is divided by...

In the war-torn Sahel region, Naïma - who has lost her hearing as a child during a terrorist attack - arrives at a refugee camp, unaware that...

This film tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who is looking for his father. It's been three years since the latter left for the USA and since then,...

“Abdoulaye Mamani, a militant and trade unionist, journalist, engaged writer, led a lifelong struggle for people’s freedom and the...

With Moustapha Dao’s second short film “The painter’s Nephew” (1989), he is involved in the adaptation of African tales...

Two childhood friends, once inseparable, find their bond twisted into a dark and intense rivalry as adults. One is married, while the other, still...

“La loi de Moïse”, a film by Drissa Touré.

The scene is set in Southern Burkina Faso, and also in different parts of the Ivory Coast. Five women are shown with their daily burdens and one can...

In a village in Burkina Faso, an old peasant discovers diamonds that will prove harmful to anyone who approaches them too closely. The Ministry of...

Directed by Drissa Toure.

Ouagadougou. Téné, queen of the night, inherits the family stables after the death of her father. While at first she’s determined...

Young people from a village decide to mass-produce drums so they can find a solution to the development issues.

"In a desert savannah, two children named Kodou and Tano meet the caretaker of a century-old tree that a contractor wants to cut down. Seeking their...

During the civil war in Ivory Coast, as in other countries at war, the unmistakable importance of the media in the dissemination of information and...