Burkina Faso Movies

  • 1989
    The Painter's Nephew

    The Painter's Nephew

    The Painter's Nephew

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    With Moustapha Dao’s second short film “The painter’s Nephew” (1989),he is involved in the adaptation of African tales through the story of young Ali...

    The Painter's Nephew
  • 1986
    La Princesse Yennega

    La Princesse Yennega

    La Princesse Yennega

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    Yennenga was a legendary princess and a famous warrior, considered to be the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso who lived between the eleventh...

    La Princesse Yennega
  • 1995
    Open Your Eyes

    Open Your Eyes

    Open Your Eyes

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    A beautiful noble Senegalese woman arrives one day in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and creates chaos through the city with her remarkable...

    Open Your Eyes
  • 2001
    Bintou

    Bintou

    Bintou

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    Bintou wants to make sure that her daughter goes to school, but her husband Abel doesn’t think it’s worth it and claims there is only enough money to...

    Bintou
  • 2005
    Delwende

    Delwende

    Delwende

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    After a young boy dies of meningitis, Napoko Diarrha (Yaméogo) is accused of eating his soul because of a local sexist tradition. While this happens,...

    Delwende
  • 2008
    The Birthday

    The Birthday

    The Birthday

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    The beautiful Awa, from a poor background, decides to marry for money rather than love and ends up with the much older Karim. While married, she conti...

    The Birthday
  • 1991
    The Tradition

    The Tradition

    The Tradition

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    Directed by Drissa Toure.

    The Tradition
  • 2024
    Rising Up at Night

    Rising Up at Night

    Rising Up at Night

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    Kinshasa and its inhabitants are in darkness. They wait and struggle to get access to light. Between hope, disappointment and religious faith, Tongo S...

    Rising Up at Night
  • 2021
    Tama Djan

    Tama Djan

    Tama Djan

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    Since this morning, nothing goes well for Assitan : She just surprised her husband with a beautiful young woman, Djénè, in his car. Later she realizes...

    Tama Djan
  • 1981
    Poko

    Poko

    Poko

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    Koudougou and Poko, a young couple, await the birth of their first child. Unfortunately, the pregnancy does not go well for Poko. First, the village m...

    Poko
  • 1987
    The Last Salary

    The Last Salary

    The Last Salary

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    It's payday and Adama, a factory worker, counts her meager salary trying to reconcile her needs with those of her family back in the village.

    The Last Salary
  • 2011
    Waiting for the Vote...

    Waiting for the Vote...

    Waiting for the Vote...

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    In a ficticious “gulf republic” president Koyaga rules. His countless lies and crimes are revealed in the songs of the griot, the West African story-t...

    Waiting for the Vote...
  • 2013
    Zamaana, il est temps !

    Zamaana, il est temps !

    Zamaana, il est temps !

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    Zamaana, il est temps !
  • 2024
    Un président au maquis

    Un président au maquis

    Un président au maquis

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    It's celebration time in the West African Republic: the national team, the Phacochères, have qualified for the World Cup final. To avoid missing the m...

    Un président au maquis
  • 2023
    Papa Éric le tendre

    Papa Éric le tendre

    Papa Éric le tendre

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    Papa Éric le tendre
  • 1982
    The Courage of Others

    The Courage of Others

    The Courage of Others

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    An inside look at slavery in the country of Burkina Faso, The Courage Of Others follows the journey of a slave (played by Sotigui Kouyaté) being taken...

    The Courage of Others
  • 2009
    La femme porte l'Afrique

    La femme porte l'Afrique

    La femme porte l'Afrique

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    The scene is set in Southern Burkina Faso, and also in different parts of the Ivory Coast. Five women are shown with their daily burdens and one can e...

    La femme porte l'Afrique
  • 2021
    Stay Up

    Stay Up

    Stay Up

    02021HD

    Mariam comes from Fana, a town nearby the Malian capital. At 5, she was sexually abused by a family acquaintance, raped by her cousin at 13 and by her...

    Stay Up
  • 2004
    Sous la clarté de la lune

    Sous la clarté de la lune

    Sous la clarté de la lune

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    Patrick, a young Frenchman in his thirties, has been working for a year in a small village in Burkina Faso. He has a relationship for a few months wit...

    Sous la clarté de la lune
  • 2021
    Maintenant ou Jamais Papi

    Maintenant ou Jamais Papi

    Maintenant ou Jamais Papi

    02021HD

    The technological and the analogue world intersect in this fictional short film that draws a parallel between the old and the new, through the contras...

    Maintenant ou Jamais Papi