The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) has announced the official selection of films for its 29th edition, scheduled to take place from February 22 to March 1, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
FESPACO is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Africa, providing a platform for filmmakers to showcase their work and connect with industry professionals.
This year’s festival features a diverse selection of films from different categories, ranging from Feature Length, Feature Documentary, Competition FESPACO Shorts, Competition Burkina Films, Competition Semaine de la Critique, Competition FESPACO Series, Competition Animations, Competition Films des Écoles de Cinéma, Section Sukabè, Section Panorama, Section Diversités, and FESPACO VR.
Here are some of the selected films for each category:
Feature Length
– All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White directed by Babatunde Apalowo (Nigeria)
– Dembà directed by Mamadou Dia (Senegal)
– Diya directed by Achille Ronaimou (Chad)
– Everybody Loves Touda directed by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
– Hanami directed by Denise Fernandes (Cape Verde)
– Malês directed by Antônio Pitanga (Brazil)
– Nome directed by Sana Na N’Hada (Guinea Bissau)
– On Becoming a Guinea Fowl directed by Rungano Nyoni (Zambia)
– The Bride/La Mariée directed by Myriam Birara (Rwanda)
– The Village Next to Paradise directed by Mo Harawe (Somalia)
Feature Documentary
– As Noites Ainda Cheiram a Polvora/Les Nuits Sentent Encore la Poudre à Canon by Inadelso Cossa (Mozambique)
– Sitabaomba, Chez les Zébus Francophones by Nantenaina Lova (Madagascar)
– Abo Zaabal by Bassam Mortada (Egypt)
– Ammakki by Celia Boussebaa (Algeria)
– Didy by Gaël Kamirindi (Rwanda)
– Donga by Muhannad Lamin (Libya)
– Fatow/Les Fous by Fousseny Maïga (Mali)
– L’Homme Qui Plante les Baobabs by K. Michel Zongi (Burkina Faso)
– L’Oubli Tue Deux Fois by Pierre Michel Jean (Haiti)
– Loin de Moi la Colère by Joel Akafou (Côte d’Ivoire)
FESPACO Shorts
– 2002, Bataille Contre l’Oubli by Abdoul Aziz Bassé (Senegal)
– A Radical Duet by Onyeka Igwe (Nigeria)
– Alazar by Beza Hailu Lemma (Ethiopia)
– Better Than Earth by Sherif El Bendary (Egypt)
– Beutset by Alicia Mendy (Senegal)
– Bord à Bord by Sahar El Echi (Tunisia)
– Boussa / Le Bisou by Azedine Kasri (Algeria)
– Victoria by Sam Soko (Kenya)
– Zion by Licínio Januário (Brazil)
– Katope by Walt Mzengi Corey (Tanzania)
Competition Burkina Films
– L’Appel de Ouaga by Abdoul Aziz Sawadogo
– L’Inconditionnel by Isabelle Christiane Kouraogo
– Mon Avenir, Ton Avenir by Saïdou Derra
– Dans la Peau de l’Autre by Patindé Constant Ouédraogo
– Lala by Oumar Sambassekou
– Le Grand Mystique et les Cousins Zinzins by Dramane Gnessi
– Le Retour by Yacouba Kanou
– Lionne by Rodrigue R. Kaboré
Competition Semaine de la Critique
– Agora by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisia)
– Alger le Bonheur Zinet by Mohamed Latrèche (Algeria)
– In Transit by Samuel Tomisin Aderuku (Burkina Faso)
– Lukas by Philippe Talavera (Namibia)
– Mikoko by Angela Aquereburu Rabatel (Togo)
Competition FESPACO Series
– Ankara, l’Héritage des Nanas Benz by Sitou Ayité (Togo)
– Bienvenue à Kikidéni by Aminata Glez Diallo (Burkina Faso)
– Cicatrices by Anurin Nwunembom (Cameroon)
– Debbo by Abdoulahad Wone (Senegal)
– La Veuve by Fousseny Maïga (Mali)
– Le Cavalier et les Siffleurs by Nadine Otsobogo (Gabon)
Competition Animations
– Ban’a Mayi by Maud-Salomé Ekila Bofunda (DR Congo)
– Bilichi by Mahamet Koné (Mali)
– Hadu by Damilola Solesi (Nigeria)
– Jussara by Camila Ribeiro (Brazil)
– Kondekie by Kadidiatou Konaké (Mali)
– La Belle et le Serpent by Ahissi Quenum (Côte d’Ivoire)
Competition Films des Écoles de Cinéma
– Baddjo an on by Alhassane Balde (Guinea)
– Chut by Jean Eric Oka (Côte d’Ivoire)
– Decide by Jude Koudaya (Togo)
– Ebu/Perdue by Thompson Lordson (Ghana)
– Imihanda/Quartier by Azam Ndahiro (Rwanda)
Section Sukabè
– Dans l’ombre des plumes by Armel Pouya (Burkina Faso)
– Kondekiè by Kadidiatou Konaké (Mali)
– Les remplaçants by Hadiza Abdou Idé (Niger)
– Madjbara (L’arc-en-ciel) by Khalil Salma (Chad)
– Redemption by Alfred Zakro (Côte d’Ivoire)
– Toile de papillon by Alexandre Madina N’Fallé (Togo)
– Totem by Claver Yameogo (Burkina Faso)
– Frère et sœur by Issiaka Sanni (Bénin)
Section Panorama
– A quand l’Afrique by David Pierre Fila (Congo)
– Banel & Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Sénégal)
– Behind the Mountains by Mohamed Ben Attia (Tunisia)
– Half Heaven by Enah Johnscott (Cameroon)
– La destinée d’une camionneuse by Yssouf Kousse (Burkina Faso)
– Les divorcées de Casablanca by Ahed Bensouda (Morocco)
– Les filles d’Olfa by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
Section Diversités
– Dans la peau by Pascal Tessaud (France)
– Fight Like a Girl by Matthew Leutwyler (Rwanda)
– Kanaval by Henri Pardo (Haiti)
– Ni chaines ni maitres by Simon Moutaïrou (Bénin)
– This Jungo Life by David Fedele (Australia)
– Latitude Fénix by Welket Bungué (Guinea Bissau)
FESPACO VR
– Dakar Faan Club (Senegal)
– Dreaming of Lebanon by Cynthia Sawma & Martin Wählsch (UN)
– El Beat by Irene Lema (Colombia)
– Ndokette by Atelier N’dokette Emilia (Senegal-Ghana)
– Origen by Emilia Sanchez (Brazil)
– The Soil of Namib by Christian Zipfel (Namibia)
