Burkina Faso Movies

Between 1983 and 1987, Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and the home city of FESPACO, one of the most important Pan-African film festivals in...

At the time of the 30th anniversary of the death of Thomas Sankara, the African executive of a multinational mining company established in Africa,...

Boromo, Burkina Faso. When Rasmané finds out that his friend Pierre has died, he sets off for his home town to help his family to transport...

In the heart of the city of Ouagadougou, a huge granite crater imprisons men who try their best to get out of it. In the end, only their image will...

After obtaining their Secondary School diplomas, some young people plan to continue their education but are not sure which area to choose.

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

“La loi de Moïse”, a film by Drissa Touré.

For decades, the countries of the African Sahel region have been targets of colonialism and exploitation by France and other Western powers. This...

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...

Ouagadougou – Portraits of Gods (1992) explores contemporary Burkina Faso through the intertwined journeys of two Burkinabè men and a...

Karim's father is missing and presumed dead, which is why his father's brother has taken over the house and is now his stepfather: this is the custom...

At home in Burkina Faso, filmmaker Simplice Herman Ganou usually documents human relationships. A new project takes him to Winterthur in Switzerland,...

Burkina Faso, West Africa. October 15, 1987. Automatic gunfire breaks the even night’s silence and kills President Thomas Sankara. Had the...

When Djénéba returns from the city where she has been visiting her cousin, she brings her husband, Konaté, a wonderful gift: a...

Burkina Faso, West Africa. October 15, 1987. Automatic gunfire breaks the evening night’s silence and kills President Thomas Sankara. Had the...

At a war crimes trial in an African country, an idealistic lawyer delves into the past of a man who, accused of committing unspeakable atrocities, is...

A battle of supremacy between noble and corrupt cowboy groups in the town of Younga. The film is an adoption of typical American Western/cowboy...

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...

Young people call into question their village's customs and create an agricultural co-operative.