Burkina Faso Movies

A young biracial woman raised in France travels to Burkina Faso in search of the mother she hasn’t seen in many years. Meanwhile, in Paris, an...

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

A film by Burkina Faso filmmakers Drissa Touré and Stephane Mbanga. Made in Dioula / Dyala lanugage which is closely related to Bambara.

Mina, CEO of a large company, decides to take a second partner. It is a daring and cavalier decision, in an environment where polyandry is viewed...

1968: Justin Ohounou is the Minister of the Interior Department. He is involved in scheming with a corrupt business man. His goal is to eliminate by...

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A former world champion dies in oblivion. Defying all obstacles, his fellow wrestlers organise one last...

Scarification on the face and body has existed since the dawn of time in the Bwaba ethnic group, but there is no precise information on the meaning...

This documentary offers the reflections of filmmakers shot at FESPACO 1991. Djibril Diop Mambéty, David Achkar, Moussa Sene Absa, Mambaye...

The time it takes to travel through a city, the time for encounters, the time for space and silence, the time for words forgotten and letters sent...

Happy are those who, like Sekou, have had a great journey. A storyteller like his parents, he perfects his apprenticeship on a pilmigrage through...

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...

Directed by Mustapha Diop.

Many people died in the village of Ziglo, in western Côte d’Ivoire, during the 2011 civil war. Having waited too long for state justice,...

An African student stranded in Paris after losing his government grant discovers a bag of drugs and money while working as a parking garage attendant.

When Cecile (Sylvie Yameogo), an unwed mother-to-be, refuses to identify the father of her child, she is thrown out of her parents' home and...

For Lickma, Bienvenue, Mathilde and Victor life is one of financial insecurity. Taking inspiration from a close friend, they let Herman get them...

After the brutal massacre of his family in Haiti, Francis Desrances resettles in the Ivory Coast. Years later Francis, his wife Aissey and...

Karim lives in Brest and works at the local airport. Every two years he returns to Ouagadougou, to be with his family and friends, do some business....

Does farmer Ly have dealings with the Chinese, who have recently been tampering with the infrastructure of the village of Sitabaomba, not far from...