Wendemi, l’enfant du bon Dieu (1993) Duration: 1H35M Description: Wendemi would like to marry, but this is impossible because society does not officially recognize him. He decides to find the mother who abandoned him, as she’s the only one to know the truth about his identity… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France 1993 Drama
Ashakara (1991) Duration: 1H40M Description: An African doctor finds a cure to a deadly virus and decides to mass produce the drug at low cost in Africa. However, a pharmaceutical multinational does not want the doctor to succeed and sends an agent to Africa first to buy the….. Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso Togo Switzerland 1991 […]
Zan Boko (1988) Duration: 1H35M Description: In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta is buried is called ‘Zan Boko’ – a phras….. Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso […]
Kounandi (2004) Duration: 49M Description: A dwarf born into an intolerant village meets a farmer who teaches her about love, friendship and sacrifice… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso 2004 Drama
Rabi (1992) Duration: 1H2M Description: A blacksmith falls off his bicycle when he tries to avoid a tortoise which crosses his path. He brings the animal home to his twelve year old son, Rabi, who becomes so fascinated that he forgets his chores at this father’s shop. W….. Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso United Kingdom 1992 […]
Delwende (2005) Duration: 1H30M Description: Delwende draws on a true story of a mother and daughter who are accused of witchcraft following the death of a boy who had meningitis. Despite the knowledge that there is an epidemic of meningitis throughout rural areas of Burkina….. Trailer ↗ Switzerland France Burkina Faso 2005 Drama
Yam Daabo (1987) Duration: 1H20M Description: Poverty and misery are rife in Gourga, a village in the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: stay and await international assistance or leave for more fertile regions in the country… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France 1987 Drama
Kini & Adams (1997) Duration: 1H33M Description: Kini and Adams are two friends leaving in a Zimbabwe village who dream of repairing an old broken car, and moving to the city and starting life over… Trailer ↗ France Burkina Faso 1997 Drama
La colère des dieux (2003) Duration: 1H35M Description: A king’s son takes over when his father dies… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France 2003 Drama
Rêves de poussière (2006) Duration: 1H26M Description: A Nigerien peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him… Trailer ↗ France Canada Burkina Faso 2006 Drama
Sango Malo (1990) Duration: 1H33M Description: Sango Malo contrasts two views of education. The traditional headmaster represents a rigid, “Eurocentric.” curriculum designed to produce docile colonial administrators. Malo, the radical young teacher, emphasizes the practical sk….. Trailer ↗ Cameroon Burkina Faso 1990 Drama
Daresalam (2001) Duration: 1H40M Description: Koni and Djimi, two childhood friends, flee their village after a tax collector’s visit degenerates into a riot. They join the rebels in the bush, convinced that they can at last bring justice to their put-upon compatriots. In bot….. Trailer ↗ France Burkina Faso Chad 2001 Drama War
Notre étrangère (2010) Duration: 1H22M Description: A biracial woman travels from France to Burkina Faso in search of her mother. In France, a white woman seeks to learn an African language for reasons unknown… Trailer ↗ France Burkina Faso 2010 Drama
Ouaga saga (2004) Duration: 1H25M Description: In the capital of Burkina Faso, a band of young people tries to survive and thrive vis-a-vis the thousand and one temptations. Adventures of a band of youngsters, living in a stripped district of Ouagadougou, who seek hopes. The e….. Trailer ↗ France Burkina Faso 2004 Comedy
Tasuma (2003) Duration: 1H30M Description: A village elder veteran expecting his pension buys a mill on credit for the community, but the repeated requests ignored by the government bring back his fighting spirit… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France 2003 Drama
L’oeil du cyclone (2015) Duration: 1H40M Description: In an African country plagued by civil war, a young idealistic lawyer is officially assigned to defend a rebel accused of war crimes… Trailer ↗ France Burkina Faso 2015 Drama
Samba Traoré (1992) Duration: 1H25M Description: Samba Traore returns to his village flush with funds. Soon enough he manages to charm the beautiful Saratou into marrying him and, along with another friend, builds the first bar their village has ever seen. But his conscience kee….. Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France Switzerland 1992 Drama
Mama Africa: Growing Up Urban (2002) Duration: 1H18M Description: Three African short films about young people facing social, economic and personal hardships… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France 2002 Drama
La nuit de la vérité (2004) Duration: 1H40M Description: La Nuit de la Vérité is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war between the government army of the Nayak, led by ‘Le président’, and the Bonande rebels led by Colonel Theo, there is some sign of….. Trailer ↗ Burkina […]
Tilaï (1990) Duration: 1H21M Description: Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga’s promised bride, for himself…… Trailer ↗ Burkina Faso France United Kingdom Switzerland Germany 1990 Drama Romance