Burkina Faso Movies

The death of a Burkinabé family’s patriarch and the division of his estate unearths conflict between his heirs and larger questions...

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

Two childhood friends, once inseparable, find their bond twisted into a dark and intense rivalry as adults. One is married, while the other, still...

In Burkina Faso, young men look under the earth for gold – and a better future. As a result, 16-year-old Rasmané barely seems like a...

Four women become friends and face challenges while traveling through West Africa.

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

October 2014. Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is the scene of an unarmed uprising that ousts the dictator in power since 1987 and later...

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

Thirteen-year-old Opio works on the grounds of the Perkoa Gold Mine in Burkina Faso. His only pay each month is a bag of rocks, which Opio hopes may...

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...

After foiling a plot against the crown, Katanga is named head of the army. Seeking reassurance, he consults a soothsayer who foretells a stark...

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)...

In the first half of the 1990s, Drissa Touré was an auteur fast on the rise, with his first fiction feature, Laada (1991), celebrating its...

Bila, a young peasant, decides to go to Ivory Coast to work and is asked by his parents to accompany Pogbi who is going to meet her fiancé,...

After 10 years of hardship in Italy, Djibi returns to Burkina Faso where he recruits 6 young people to prepare them for the crossing to Europe that...

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

During the civil war in Ivory Coast, as in other countries at war, the unmistakable importance of the media in the dissemination of information and...

Ouagadougou, September 2001: Adamà is a boy who is forced to leave school and work as a newsboy in order to pay for his sick mother's medical...