Cinema of Burkina Faso

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The film industry in Burkina Faso is the most advanced in West Africa and the nation is considered one of the key players in the African film industry.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Distribution 3 Festivals and schools 4 Major feature films 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Facilities

Burkina Faso has the most advanced production and distribution facilities in West Africa, if not Africa as a whole. However, while Burkina Faso has several production companies and some camera and production equipment available in the nation, it has no post-production facilities or film laboratories.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Distribution

Many films shot in Burkina Faso by local directors have found distribution in Francophone Europe and several have received assistance from the French Ministry of Co-operation. However, while these films have won awards in Europe and are regularly featured in African Studies courses, in Africa itself they are little known outside of academic circles.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Festivals and schools

Burkina Faso hosts the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) every two years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital.

In 2005 director Gaston Kaboré, who won the top prize at FESPACO in 1997 for his film Buud Yam, opened a training school for new filmmakers in Ouagadougou. The school, named Imagine, was built with millions of CFA of Kaboré's own money and opened its doors for the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou 2005.

[edit] Major feature films

• Silmande Tourbillon (1998), directed by S.PierreYamégo.
• Garba (1998), directed by Adama Roamba.
• Buud Yam (1997), directed by Gaston Kaboré.
• Kini and Adams (1997), directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo.
• Le Truc De Konate (1998), directed by Fanta Regina Nacro.
• Delwende, lève-toi e marche ("get up and walk") (2005), directed by Pierre Yameogo.
• Yaaba (1989)

For other Burkinabe films, sorted by year, see List of Burkinabe films

[edit] See also

• World cinema
• African cinema

[edit] External links

• Burkinabe film at the Internet Movie Database