Burkina Faso Movies

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

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...

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

A close-knit family shelters a generous stranger whose stay lingers. As nearby tragedies emerge, suspicion grows. When the eldest joins a defense...

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...

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

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

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...

Kigali, capital of Rwanda: a motor-bike taxi connects its passengers through the arteries, veins and vessels of the city, weaving a rhizome of...