Burkina Faso Movies

In the first half of the 1990s, Drissa Touré was an auteur fast on the rise, with his first fiction feature, Laada (1991), celebrating its...

On a Monday morning in Berlin, Rachelle is driving home. Issaka, far away in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, writes her a message. Rachelle replies with...

In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man, lives with his adopted family after his mother was killed as a witch. When...

After school closes, the street children roam the streets playing games, an inexhaustible source of learning. First larceny, street fights, the first...

An inside look at slavery in the country of Burkina Faso, The Courage Of Others follows the journey of a slave (played by Sotigui Kouyaté)...

Congolese living in France for some thirty years, Papa Éric le tendre breathes and inspires good humor. From his danceable, swaying gait, to...

Issa is a traditional weaver in Burkina Faso who loves his trade. However, so as not to lose his clientele and continue making enough to keep his...

Suicide bombers are chosen by chance and their funeral rites accomplish the work of God. On this particular day the envoy of God is twelve -year-old...

In Ouagadougou, Konomba Traoré, master balafonist, introduces his son to the making and sanctification of a balafon. Material is transformed,...

The technological and the analogue world intersect in this fictional short film that draws a parallel between the old and the new, through the...

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...

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

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...

The film is homage to the powerful spirit of the 12th-century West African warrior princess, whose presence is still felt by women living there...

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...

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