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The Night of Truth, 1h40
Directed by Fanta Régina Nacro
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Naky Sy Savané

Quelque part en Afrique. Après dix ans d'une guerre civile sanglante, les Nayaks, ethnie du Président, et les Bonandés, rebelles rassemblés autour du Colonel Théo, sont sur le point de célébrer les accords de paix en organisant une fête de la réconciliation. Mais le souvenir encore vivace des atrocités commises de part et d'autre assombrit peu à peu les festivités.
Grandmother, 1h30
Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa

The film is set in a small African village. Bila (Noufou Ouédraogo) is a ten-year-old boy who makes friends with an old woman called Sana (Fatimata Sanga), who has been accused of witchcraft by her village, and has become a social outcast. Only Bila is respectful of her, and calls her "Yaaba" (Grandmother). When Bila's cousin, Nopoko (Roukietou Barry), falls ill, a medicine man insists that Sana has stolen the girl's soul. Sana undergoes a long and grueling journey to find a medicine to save Nopoko's life. Sana manages to save Nopoko's life, but is still treated as a witch. After Sana dies, the real reason why she is hated in the village is uncovered, but her love and wisdom she invested in Bila and Nopoko lives on.
Sarraounia
Sarraounia (1986)
, 2h
Directed by Med Hondo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, La colonisation française, Histoire de France
Actors Jean-Roger Milo, Féodor Atkine, Didier Sauvegrain, Roger Miremont, Luc-Antoine Diquéro, Jean-Pierre Castaldi

The film takes place in Niger and the surrounding region of the Sahel. It begins with the initiation and establishment as queen of the Aznas of a young girl. The young queen, Sarraounia, becomes an accomplished warrior when she defends her tribe from an enemy tribe. Accomplished in archery and herbalism, she is a renowned sorceress. Meanwhile, French colonialists Paul Voulet and Julien Chanoine set out to conquer new lands for the French colonial empire. As they advance across the land they rape women and leave burning villages in their wake.
Buud Yam
Buud Yam (1997)
, 1h37
Directed by Gaston Kaboré
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama, Historical

The film draws on the African oral tradition. Set in a nineteenth century village, it follows a group of characters from Kaboré's debut film Wend Kuuni. Wend Kuuni (Serge Yanogo) is a young man who is suspected of being responsible, through the use of sorcery, for his adopted sister's ill health. To help his sister, and clear his name, he tries to find a healer who uses the legendary "lion's herbs". He also searches for his own roots.
God's Gift
God's Gift (1983)
, 1h15
Directed by Gaston Kaboré
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children

The movie starts out with a village leader coming into the house of a crying mother. He says to give up hope that your husband is still alive. Resisting from the comments, the mother decides to run away with her child.
Sia, the Myth of the Python, 1h36
Directed by Dani Kouyaté
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on mythology, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Mythologie d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Actors Fatoumata Diawara, Sotigui Kouyate, Habib Dembélé

Kaya Maghan, the despotic king of Wagadou, follows the instructions of his priest by ordering the religious sacrifice to the Python God of Sia Yatabene, the virgin daughter of a notable family. A gift of gold equivalent to Sia’s weight is given to her family as compensation for surrendering their daughter for the sacrifice. However, Sia runs away and finds shelter in the home of a mad prophet who has railed against the king. The king orders his top general to locate Sia, but the general is conflicted since Sia was engaged to marry his nephew, Mamadi, who is in battle on behalf of the kingdom. Mamadi returns and joins his uncle to do battle against the Python God.
Anger of the Gods, 1h35
Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama

After ruling for 20 years, the King is on his deathbed. He summons his son, Tanga, and his brother, Halyare, to avoid a bloody battle for the succession. However, despite his last will, the King cannot prevent Tanga from taking power and instating a reign of terror. A few years later, the tyrant learns that Salam is not his son, contrary to what he believed up until then. A personal battle begins between the two men. One of them must die. A Greek tragedy against an African background.
Delwende
Delwende (2005)
, 1h30
Directed by S. Pierre Yameogo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama

Issa le tisserand, 21minutes
Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement

Issa is a traditional weaver in Burkina Faso who loves his trade. However, so as not to lose his clientele and keep on making enough to keep his wife, Issa finds himself forced to sell Western clothes. He buys a mask, ready-to-wear clothing and… makes a fortune. Shot in 1984, a year after Thomas Sankara’s rise to power, the film perfectly illustrates the Chief of State’s motto: “Let’s use products from Burkina Faso!” A political and philosophical tale intended to warn his fellow-citizens.
The Choice
The Choice (1987)
, 1h15
Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama

The story takes place in Burkina Faso. Poverty grows with each year that passes at Gourga, a village on the borders of the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: either wait for international assistance to arrive or travel to a richer area of the country. Salam, a peasant, and his family opt for the second solution despite the sacrifices that this entails. They begin a new life and they rediscover what hunger had made them forget: love, joy, hate and violence.
Ouaga-Saga
Ouaga-Saga (2004)
, 1h25
Directed by Dani Kouyaté
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Comedy

Each one of the ten children has a goal, although their poverty is in the way of them realising their dreams. In order to make some money, if dishonestly, they steal a bicycle from a wealthy woman and sell it. They divide the money amongst themselves at their compound where they live with Bourémah, an older friend.
Rabi
Rabi (1992)

Directed by Gaston Kaboré
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children

Rabi a dix ans. Il aide son père dans son travail de forgeron. Un jour, celui-ci trouve une tortue sur le marché et l'offre à l'enfant. Rabi est si émerveillé par l'animal qu'il oublie d'actionner le soufflet de la forge. Le père, fâché, se débarrasse de la tortue. Rabi en est meurtri au point qu'un vieil homme du village lui donne une nouvelle tortue, laquelle va accompagner le garçon dans sa découverte de la vie et du respect de la nature.
Keita! The Voice of the Griot, 1h34
Directed by Dani Kouyaté
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films based on mythology, Mythologie d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Actors Sotigui Kouyate, Seydou Boro

Keïta is a retelling of the first third of Sundjata Keita's 13th-century epic, Sundjata. It tells of Mabo Keïta (Dicko), a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in a middle-class family in Ouagadougou and attends a good school. One day he encounters Djeliba Kouyate (Kouyaté), an elderly griot, who wants to tell the young Keïta the origin of his name, being related to Sundata (Boro). Kouyate begins his story with the Mandeng creation myth: As all living beings come together in the newly formed Earth, one man proclaims to the masses that he wants to be their king. They respond, "We do not hate you." The old griot goes on to tell how Keita's family are descended from buffalo, the blackbirds are always watching him, and how people have roots that are deep in the earth. The film shows realistic-looking flashbacks to ancient times and ends with Sundjata Keita being exiled from the Kingdom of Mande, to which he lays claim.
The Bowls
The Bowls (1983)
, 11minutes
Directed by Idrissa Ouédraogo
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Documentary

This short film takes place in northern Burkina Faso, in a Mossi village. There, two old men patiently and skillfully make traditional wooden bowls for everyday use. Meanwhile, the young people leave the village to go to the city and abandon these tricky crafts.