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FEPACI: « Finyè » by Souleymane Cissé screened as part of FESPACO Classics

“My deepest hope is to make the sequel to my film because this story is not complete. And if I don’t deliver, let my children do it “, said Souleymane Cissé, Malian director of feature film « Finyè », during the screening at Ciné Burkina on Sunday 26 February 2023.

Bah, a young student, is the grandson of Kansaye, a descendant of the great traditional chiefs of the region. He is the friend of Batrou, the daughter of one of the new government’s representatives. Bah and Batrou belong to a generation that bucks the established order, the society of their fathers, without knowing what to have instead. The tampered exam results trigger a confrontation with the authorities. The repression planned and organized by Governor Sangaré will only add on the discontent of young students…
The idea behind this series of screenings, in collaboration with the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), is to restore a number of historically important films by African authors, said Aboubakar Sanogo, FEPACI Regional Secretary for Northern America. The restoration of films by African authors falls under the FEPACI Archives project.
In total, fifty African films are involved in this project. According to Mr Sanogo, the project was launched at FESPACO 2017, and provides a unique opportunity to show these films to festival-goers from all over the world.

Libation Ceremony: Tradition fulfilled and 2 statues unveiled

Filmmakers from Africa and Diaspora have honoured once again the professionals of the motion picture

The traditional libation ceremony took place yesterday Sunday 26th February 2023 in the morning at the Filmmakers’ Square. As usual, festival-goes did not haggle their participation alongside their peers and Burkinabe authorities including Minister for Culture. They then proceeded to the Avenue of the Stallion Column for the unveiling of the statue of Oumarou Ganda, first winner of the Etalon d’or de Yennenga
in 1972. After that, they headed for FESPACO Headquarters to unveil another statue, the bust of the iconic man with the pipe and pioneer of FESPACO, Sembène Ousmane. The 28th edition of the festival provides an opportunity to celebrate the centenary of the man.
Burkina Faso has just paid tribute to a great Pan-African, said Minister for Culture Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, in the presence of Alain Sembène, son of Sembène Ousmane, who expressed his gratitude to the Burkinabe people. He added that his father was a great fan of FESPACO.
The libation ceremony once again sacrificed to the tradition by going around the Filmmakers’ Square twice, hand in hand, forming a large human chain circle.

Confusion

Synopsis

Ivan is a 9 year old boy who lives with his mother. One day, he receives a new pair of shoes from her that mysteriously disappears while he and his friends are watching a movie. He accuses his friend Junior of the crime, even getting his hands dirty.

Au fil du temps

Synopsis

Mamadou Souaré (known as Modou) is a Senegalese tailor who works in Marrakech. His daily routine is to manage a sewing salon with Senegalese employees. Day after day, his employees carry out with meticulousness a real work of ant by satisfying several orders. His sewing salon receives throughout the day a very special clientele: people of Moroccan, Senegalese, Ivorian, Italian nationality, etc. Through the passing of time, we see the particular links he creates with his customers and employees. Relationships that are sometimes very joyful and sometimes conflicting that are built up over time.

Biofilmography

Fassar Maurice SARR is a laureate of the “Ecole Supérieure de Cinéma du Maroc” (ESAV Marrakech), specializing in directing. He started writing poems, short stories and novels when he was very young. In 2013, he published two collections of poems: Recueil de la fin du monde (Nena Editions), Premiers Vers (Edilivre).

Annaelle

Synopsis

Annaelle Moussavou, 24 years old, shy, passionate about digital technology, works in a computer company where she has difficulty asserting herself. She is harassed by Obiang, a macho man who is the head of her department. Annaelle refuses his advances, and his low blows will cost her her job, but Paul, her colleague who is secretly in love with her, helps her to get out of it.

07-Mars

Synopsis

Victim of an arranged marriage, Sarah finds herself possessed and considered a sexual object by her own husband. After her first wedding night in Marrakech, all she wants is to regain her freedom at any cost.

Biofilmography

Alioune FALL was born in Saint-Louis, Senegal. He is walo-walo and was born on February 1, 1998. Passionate about art in all its dimensions and colors, he integrated the Institut Supérieur d’Enseignements Professionnels de Thiès in the Cinema field for two years before continuing at the “École Supérieure des Arts Visuels de Marrakech”. He is currently doing the Image Cinema option. Alioune FALL has had the opportunity to participate in many fiction and documentary film projects in Senegal. He is the director of the group film “Why not?”, “Terre riche Terre mère” and “Con-Trat” shot in the Senegal River Valley. In Morocco, apart from school films, he has worked on a feature film “Hotel de la paix” at “Jacaranda”.

L’innocence

Synopsis

Agathe is a student in criminology. She has been abused by her brother since her childhood. And from this incestuous relationship, Ines was born with a handicap due to her consanguinity. The three of them live together in a large house they inherited after the accidental death of their parents 15 years ago. Agathe’s daily struggle is to protect her daughter from her brother’s sexual urges.

Biofilmography

Thomas Hénoc OUEDRAOGO is an emerging writer-director. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in film directing from the Institut Supérieur de l’Image et du Son (ISIS/SE) in 2013. He is best known for playing leading roles in many films and series of renowned directors such as Dani KOUYATE, Adama ROAMBA, Guy Désiré YAMEOGO etc. After his studies, Thomas OUEDRAOGO is quickly distinguished by his talent as first assistant director and is regularly solicited by several production structures of the place. Since 2019, he is the author of three (3) films.

Le Botaniste

Synopsis

A specialist in tropical plants, Rayann, 32, is a brilliant scientist who has had an exemplary career. But he loses his family in a terrorist attack. Since then, Rayann has lived apart from the world until the day he is taken hostage in his house by terrorists pursued by the police. By instinct of survival, he plans to neutralize them thanks to his knowledge of plants.

Malla, aussi loin que dure la nuit

Synopsis

When his father dies due to a lack of financial means for an early treatment of his illness, Malla blames the whole world. He blames his older brother Fado, his mother, his late father and even God. He only dreams of one thing, to get out of this misery and avoid his younger sister Kandi, to die from this hereditary disease that took their father. In his quest for a solution, Malla drags his family, in spite of themselves, into a dark adventure.

Biofilmography

OUEDRAOGO Dramane was born in Abobo-Gare, Republic of Ivory Coast, on December 28, 1985. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, and his love for art led him to the cinema for the first time in 2007 as an actor in a short film entitled “Amour sans frontière” (Love without borders) by Laurentine BAYALA, where he plays the main character. He then trained in theater and contemporary dance at the “Atelier Théâtre Burkinabè” (ATB). He then played several roles in forum plays and in about twenty films of all genres.

Mada et Saga

Synopsis

The story takes place in modern-day Burkina Faso. Madi, a child from a small village, is confronted with illness at a very young age and his parents do everything they can to save his life, even if it means going into debt. Thanks to their love and devotion, they allow him to recover. When Madi reaches 20 years old, they are always at his side to offer him a good education and help him to enter the working life with all the assets of success. So why does Madi disown them to the point of cutting them out of his life as soon as he reaches this goal despite all the sacrifices they have made for him? And when illness catches up with him and ruin hits, will he finally understand that family and health are far more precious than money?