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Sira (film)
''Sira'' is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Apolline Traoré and starring Nafissatou Cissé, Mike Danon, Lazare Minoungou, Nathalie Vairac and Ruth Werner. The film depicts the story of young nomad named Sira, who after a brutal attack refuses to surrender to her fate without a fight and instead takes a stand against Islamist terror. It is a co-production between Burkina Faso, Senegal, France and Germany. It had its world premiere on 21 February 2023 at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film. It was selected as the Burkinabé entry in the List of Burkinabé submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards. Burkina Faso submitted a film for the first time since 1989. On December 7, it appeared in the eligible list for consideration for the 2024 Oscars, but, it didn't make it to the shortlist. Synopsis The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apolline Traoré
Apolline Traoré (born 1976) is a Burkinabé filmmaker and producer. Biography She was born in 1976 in Ouagadougou. Her father's profession, a diplomat, led to her travelling the world. At the age of 17, her family moved to the United States and she began her studies at Emerson College in Boston, a well known institution in the field of art and communication. In the 2000s, she directed several short films, including ''The Price of Ignorance'' in 2000 (about a Bostonian rape victim) and ''Kounandi'' in 2003, which was selected for the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. She produced her own feature film, ''Sous la clarté de la lune'', in 2004. She returned to Burkina Faso in 2005 and started working with Idrissa Ouédraogo. In 2008, she directed a television series, ''Le testament''. The feature films that made her known were ''Moi Zaphira'' (2013) and ''Frontières'' (2018), a film awards two prizes in February 2017 at Fespaco, a film festival of Ouagadougou. On 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
