Burkina Faso Movies

Suicide bombers are chosen by chance and their funeral rites accomplish the work of God. On this particular day the envoy of God is twelve -year-old Fatima. She is left in a village market, wearing an explosive belt with ten minutes until she kills the enemies...

Burkina Faso, West Africa. October 15, 1987. Automatic gunfire breaks the evening night’s silence and kills President Thomas Sankara. Had the assassins been sent by his brother in arms, Blaise Compaoré, with whom he had launched the Marxist Burkina Revolution...

At the heart of Africa, a king is poisoned by one of his subjects. An old seer is called to the rescue. Contrary to their expectations, he suggests that two of the palace’s close aids go to the sacred cave to look for an antidote to cure the King of Mabunos.

Burkina Faso, West Africa. October 15, 1987. Automatic gunfire breaks the even night’s silence and kills President Thomas Sankara. Had the assassins been sent by his brother in arms, Blaise Compaoré, with whom he had launched the Marxist Burkina Revolution a f...

Two childhood friends, once inseparable, find their bond twisted into a dark and intense rivalry as adults. One is married, while the other, still single, becomes obsessed with her friend’s husband. Their friendship warps into a dangerous game of manipulation...

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. Confront those who never left. Whether they want it or not, all of them carry the madness of a world split int...

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

A family welcomes a generous stranger into their home, but as his stay lengthens, tragedies begin to occur around them and suspicion grows.

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

This film tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who is looking for his father. It's been three years since the latter left for the USA and since then, he has severed ties with his family since he does not write and he does not call either. The young man is dist...

In a desert savannah, two children named Kodou and Tano meet the caretaker of a century-old tree that a contractor wants to cut down. Seeking their ancestors’ help to protect the tree, Kodou and Ayoka discover that the gigantic baobab is a door between two wor...

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 midwife examines her, but to no avail. The village council meet and decide Poko should go into town for treatme...

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 whose nights are disturbed by the characters’ tales his grandmother tells him.

“Abdoulaye Mamani, a militant and trade unionist, journalist, engaged writer, led a lifelong struggle for people’s freedom and the independence of his country, Niger. Retracing the footsteps of my father, twenty-three years after his death, I gradually redisco...

Congolese living in France for some thirty years, Papa Éric le tendre breathes and inspires good humor. From his danceable, swaying gait, to the sound of his stereo playing upbeat music, to his lilting accent heard through lyrics recounting a very personal phi...

After school closes, the street children roam the streets playing games, an inexhaustible source of learning. First larceny, street fights, the first feelings of love, football, cinema, dance, cooking, making toys or musical instruments.

In a village in Burkina Faso, an old peasant discovers diamonds that will prove harmful to anyone who approaches them too closely. The Ministry of Defense decides to find the diamonds before they fall into the hands of Faso Furie, a criminal organization made...

Young people from a village decide to mass-produce drums so they can find a solution to the development issues.