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Étalon De Yennenga
''Étalon de Yennenga'' (English:Stallion of Yennenga) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Burkinabe's silver screen, awarded by the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), in recognition of the grand prize for the Best Film. First commenced in 1972, it is considered as the most prestigious award in Africa cinema. History The 'Étalon de Yennenga' means Stallion of Yennenga refers to Princess Yennenga, the founding myth of the Mossi Empire, the main ethnic group in Burkina Faso. The story of Yennenga dates back to the beginning of the 12th century in the Mossi's Dagomba Kingdom. The soldiers of Dagomba's king, Nedega, were brave and almost always won in any show of force. Nedega's daughter, Yennenga, who was a horse-woman, and adept at using javelins, spears and bows. Award It is shared by Burkina Faso's most popular film makers, Idrissa Ouedraogo. Ouedraogo won the Yennenga prize in 1991 for the film ''Tilai''. The first w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FESPACO
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chiefly produced in Africa. FESPACO is scheduled in March every second year, two weeks after the last Saturday of February. Its opening night is held in the Stade du 4-Août, the national stadium. The festival offers African film professionals the chance to establish working relationships, exchange ideas, and to promote their work. FESPACO's stated aim is to "contribute to the expansion and development of African cinema as means of expression, education and awareness-raising". It has also worked to establish a market for African films and industry professionals. Since FESPACO's founding, the festival has attracted attendees from across the continent and beyond.Fiche Technique du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fadika Kramo-Lanciné
Fadika Kramo-Lanciné (born 1948) is an Ivorian film director as well as a screenwriter and producer of both fiction and documentary films. Biography Kramo-Lanciné was born in Danané in the far west of the Ivory Coast in 1948. He studied modern literature at the University of Abidjan A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which rou ... in his home country, and then studied film at the Louis Lumière School in Paris, France. Kramo-Lanciné joined the National Office of Rural Promotion in 1975 and took charge of educational films and television programs on development issues. Career His first work, La Fin de la Course, was a 14-minute short story film directed in 1974. After joining the office of rural promotion, Kramo-Lanciné directed a dozen educational films and television sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (born 1945 in San, Mali) is a Malian film director and politician. Biography As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales. He then continued his studies in cinema at the Ecole nationale Louis Lumière. On his return to Mali, he took up directing at the ''Centre National de la Production C inématographique (CNPC)'', where he directed ''Sécheresse et Exode rural'' ("Drought and Rural Exodus"). In 1995, he directed ''Guimba'' (The Tyrant), which won special jury prizes at the International Film Festival of Locarno, and ''l'Etalon de Yennenga'' ("Stallion of Yennenga") at FESPACO (the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou). In 1999, '' La Genèse'' (Genesis) was released, which won Sissoko another ''Etalon de Yennenga'' at FESPACO. In 2000, he directed ''Battù'', based on a novel by Aminata Sow Fall whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guimba The Tyrant
''Guimba the Tyrant'' (french: Guimba, un tyran, une époque) is a 1995 Malian comedy drama film in the Bambara language (with some Fula language components), directed by noted Malian director Cheick Oumar Sissoko. The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief ''Guimba'', and his son ''Jangine'' in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali. Some of the storytelling is done through the village griot, and with the film being placed in an old setting, this lends an epic touch to the movie. The exact chronological setting of the movie is difficult to ascertain, since it is set in an isolated village, but the commonly used weaponry shown is the blunderbuss. However, one scene outside the village features a neem tree, a species introduced to Africa in the colonial period. The film has some magical components, including a solar eclipse brought on by magic. Casting was only partially done from among professional actors. The film has well designed, colorful and exoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Nom Du Christ
''Au nom du Christ'' is a 1993 Ivorian film directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala. It won the Grand Prize for Best Film at the FESPACO Film Festival and Nominated for the Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1993. Synopsis In this scathing satirical drama that takes place in a village of West Africa, an untutored pig-keeper who has been thrown out of his home falls into a river and has a vision which sends him back to his people to save them for Jesus Christ, introducing himself as Magloire I, “the cousin of Christ.” A little crazy, a little robber, while some think he is a charlatan and others think he is a prodigy, he reigns as an absolute master and pushes his convictions to extremes, like being crucified. This movie recalls with humour the proliferation of pseudo-Christian sects and the outrageous acts they can convey in a continent like Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idrissa Ouedraogo , Cines Del Sur 2007 (cropped)
Idrissa is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Idrissa Adam (born 1984), Cameroonian sprinter * Idrissa Camara, Guinean-born dancer and choreographer *Idrissa Camará (born 1992), Bissau-Guinean footballer *Idrissa Coulibaly (born 1987), Malian footballer *Idrissa Dione (born 1929), French boxer * Idrissa Djaló (born 1962), Bissau-Guinean politician *Idrissa Doumbia (born 1998), Ivorian footballer * Idrissa "Idris" Elba (born 1972), English actor, producer and musician *Idrissa Gueye (born 1989), Senegalese footballer *Idrissa Halidou (born 1982), Nigerien footballer *Idrissa Kabore (born 1977), Burkinabé boxer * Idrissa Keita (born 1977), Ivorian footballer *Idrissa Kouyaté (born 1991), Ivorian footballer *Idrissa Laouali (born 1979), Nigerien footballer *Ydrissa M'Barke (born 1983), French sprinter *Idrissa Mandiang (born 1984), Senegalese footballer * Idrissa Niang (born 1992), Senegalese footballer *Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954–2018), Burkinabé filmm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idrissa Ouédraogo
Idrissa Ouédraogo (21 January 1954 – 18 February 2018) was a Burkinabé filmmaker. His work often explored the conflict between rural and city life and tradition and modernity in his native Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. He is best known for his feature film '' Tilaï'', which won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and '' Samba Traoré'' (1993), which was nominated for the Silver Bear award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Early life and education Idrissa Ouédraogo was born in Banfora, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), in 1954. He grew up in the town of Ouahigouya in the northern region of his homeland, and in 1976 he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. To ensure a better life his farmer parents sent him to Ouagadougou for further education, where he attended the African Institute for Cinema Studies () completing his studies in 1981 with a masters. After studying in Kyiv in the USSR he moved to Paris, where he graduated from the (IDHEC) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilaï
''Tilaï'' ("The Law") is a 1990 award-winning Burkinabé drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo. It premiered at the 1990 Toronto Festival of Festivals. Plot Saga returns to his village after a long absence, and finds that his father has married Nogma, his fiancee, during his leave. Nogma has become his second wife, and by law, Saga's mother. Saga runs away and builds a straw hut near the village. Still in love, Saga and Nogma begin an affair, with Nogma telling her parents she is going to visit her aunt, then running to Saga's hut. After the affair is discovered, Saga's father decrees that he must die for dishonoring the family. Nogma's father hangs himself from a tree, and Nogma is disowned by her mother at her father's funeral. Saga's brother Kougri is selected to execute Saga. He pretends to kill Saga so as to restore the family's honor. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwaw Ansah
Kwaw Paintsil Ansah (born 1941) is a Ghanaian film-maker, whose work as writer, director or producer includes ''Love Brewed in the African Pot'' in 1980 and ''Heritage Africa'' in 1989. His first feature, ''Love Brewed in the African Pot'', earned an immediate popular and critical acclaim throughout English-speaking Africa. Despite all the awards and the success, it would be nearly 10 years before Ansah could complete his next major film project, the ambitious ''Heritage Africa'' (1989). Yet again, the film was widely acclaimed and awarded. Since then, Ansah has produced other films, including ''Harvest at 17'' (1994), ''Crossroads of People, Crossroads of Trade'' (1994) and ''The Golden Stool, the Soul of the Asantes'' (2000). Ansah is a crusader for African filmmaking and dramatic art, working ceaselessly for improved funding and distribution of African films within Africa. He has been chairman of FEPACI and a leader in the direction of FESPACO. In 1998, Ansah was awarded the Acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Africa
Heritage Africa is Ghanaian movie which was produced and directed by Kwaw Ansah in 1989. Plot A young man called Kwasi Atta Bosomefi who is a public servant during the colonial period rose up to the ranks power because of his relationship with the colonial masters. He also changed his name from Kwasi Atta Bosomefi to Quincy Arthur Bosomfield abandoned his culture and heritage and adopting that of his colonial masters. Cast * Charles Kofi Bucknor as Quincy Arthur Bosomfield * Ian Collier as Patrick Snyper * Peter Whitbread Peter Bruce Pauling Whitbread (25 October 1928 – 26 October 2004) was an English actor and screenwriter. He was born in Norfolk, England and educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. He had a long career in the theatre, including ... as Sir Robert Guggiswood * Anima Misa as Theresa Bosomfield * Tommy Ebow as Keane Akroma * Evans Oma Hunter as Francis Essien * Martin Owusu * Joy Otoo * Suzan Crowley * Pentsiwa Quansah * Nick Simons * David Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية), is a sovereign country in West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and the 28th-largest in the world, and 90% of its territory is situated in the Sahara. Most of its population of 4.4 million lives in the temperate south of the country, with roughly one-third concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast. The country's name derives from the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania, located in North Africa within the ancient Maghreb. Berbers occupied what is now Mauritania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Med Hondo
Med Hondo (born Mohamed Abid Hondo; 4 May 1935 – 2 March 2019) was a Mauritanian-born French director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issues such as race relations and colonization. His critically acclaimed 1970 directorial début feature, '' Soleil O,'' received the Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno International Film Festival and was chosen in 2019 by the African Film Heritage Project for restoration. His 1979 film ''West Indies'' was the first African film musical and, at $1.3 million, the most expensive production in African film history. In his later years, Hondo became known for dubbing Hollywood hits that included ''Shrek'', ''The Lion King'', ''The Nutty Professor'', and '' Se7en''. Biography Hondo was born in 1936 in Atar, Mauritania His mother was Mauritanian and his father Senegalese.Biography, official site.Sherzer (1996), p. 173. In 1954, Hondo went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
