Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision (FESPACO)

Created in 1969 by a group of movie enthusiasts in Ouagadougou, FESPACO is currently the largest film festival in Africa. Institutionalized in 1972 and promoted every two years, the meeting has turned out to be a successful experience in terms of information diffusion and exchange, and the sale of a disperse production that lacks a single launch pad. Financed by institutions from Africa, Europe, and Asia, FESPACO also promotes screenings in the countryside of Burkina Faso, an important initiative in an area where part of the population has no access to cinemas. In Salvador, 18 movies from the “L’Afrique se filme” selection had been screened, including documentary films and fiction, with themes ranging from romance to tradition. Directors Abderrahmane Sissako, awarded at FESPACO 2003 and at the 2002 Cannes Festival for the movie “En attendant le bonheur – Heremakono”, and Moussa Sene Absa, who directed “Madame Brouette”, were present.

ABOUNA _Mahamat-Saleh Harou
1’21’’ | fiction | Chad Republic

CONTES CRUELS DE LA GUERRE | CRUEL WAR TALES
_Ibea Atondi e Karim Miské
51’’ | doc. | Congo-Brazzaville, Mauritânia

EN ATTENDANT LE BONHEUR–HEREMAKONO | WAITING FOR HAPPINESS_Abderrahmane Sissako
1’35’’ | fiction | Mauritania

HOUSE OF LOVE_Cecil Moller
26’’ | doc. | Namibia, South Africa

LE PRIX DU PARDON | THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS
_Mansour Sora Wade
1’30’’ | fiction | Senegal

MADAME BROUETTE | MRS. BROUETTE_Moussa Sene Absa
1’44’’ | fiction | Senegal

MÉMOIRE ENTRE DEUX RIVES | MEMORY BETWEEN TWO MARGINS
_Frédéric Savoye e Wolimité Sié Palenfo
1’30’’ | doc. | Burkina Fasso

MOI ET MON BLANC | ME AND MY WHITE_Pierre Yameogo
1’30’’ | fiction | Burkina Fasso

NHA FALA_Flora Gomes
1’30’’ | fiction | Guinea-Bissau

POUSSIÈRES DE VILLE | URBAN DUST
_Moussa Touré
52’’ | doc. | Congo-Brazzaville, Senegal

RWANDA POUR MÉMOIRE | RWANDA IN MEMORIAM
_Samba Félix N’Diaye
1’08’’ | Senegal | 2003

SI-GUÉRIKI LA REINE-MÈRE | SI-GUÉRIKI, QUEEN-MOTHER
_Idrissou Mora Kpai
1’02’’ | doc. | Benin

TASUMA LE FEU | TASUMA, THE FIRE_Daniel Sanou Kollo
1’30’’ | fiction | Burkina Fasso

TRACES, EMPREINTES DE FEMMES | TRACES, WOMEN'S FOOTPRINTS
_Katy Léna NDiaye
52’’ | doc. | Senegal, Burkina Fasso

VACANCES AU PAYS | HOLIDAYS AT HOME_Jean-Marie Teno
1’15’’ | doc. | Cameroon

WA N'WINA (SINCERELY YOURS)
_Dumisani Phakathi
52’’ | doc. | South Africa

XALIMA LA PLUME | XALIMA, THE FEATHER
_Ousmane William M’Baye
51’’ | doc. | Senegal

ZIMBABWE COUNTDOWN
_Michael Raeburn
55’’ | doc. | Zimbabwe