List of FESPACO award winners
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The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
(FESPACO) is an important biannual Africa
n film festival
. The most prestigious award given out at the festival is the "Étalon de Yennenga
" (Stallion of Yennenga), named in reference to the mythical founder of the Mossi
empire. The "Étalon de Yennenga" is awarded to the African film that best shows "Africa's realities".
Other special awards include the Oumarou Ganda
Prize, given for the best first film, and the Paul Robeson
Prize for the best film by a director of the African diaspora
.
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Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou is the largest African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The festival is the biggest regular cultural event on the African continent and it mostly focuses on the African film and African filmmakers...
(FESPACO) is an important biannual Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
. The most prestigious award given out at the festival is the "Étalon de Yennenga
Yennenga
Yennenga, also known as Yennenga the Svelte, was a legendary African princess, considered the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous warrior whose son Ouedraogo founded the Mossi Kingdoms.-Biography:...
" (Stallion of Yennenga), named in reference to the mythical founder of the Mossi
Mossi Kingdoms
The Mossi Kingdoms, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Mossi Empire, were a trio of powerful states in modern-day Burkina Faso. Each state possessed similar customs and government, but were ruled independently of each other...
empire. The "Étalon de Yennenga" is awarded to the African film that best shows "Africa's realities".
Other special awards include the Oumarou Ganda
Oumarou Ganda
Oumarou Ganda was a Nigerien director and actor who brought African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s.- Life :...
Prize, given for the best first film, and the Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...
Prize for the best film by a director of the African diaspora
African diaspora
The African diaspora was the movement of Africans and their descendants to places throughout the world—predominantly to the Americas also to Europe, the Middle East and other places around the globe...
.
3rd FESPACO (1972)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Le Wazzou polygameLe Wazzou polygameLe Wazzou polygame is a 1971 Nigerien/French film about polygamy directed by and starring Oumarou Ganda. It was produced by Argos Films in France...
by Oumarou GandaOumarou GandaOumarou Ganda was a Nigerien director and actor who brought African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s.- Life :...
(NigerNigerNiger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
). - Second prize (Prix spécial d'authenticité): Hydre Dyama by Moussa Kemoko Diakité (GuineaGuineaGuinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
). - Third prize: L'Opium et le bâton by Mohamed Rachedi (AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
). - Consolation prize: Pour ceux qui savent by Tidiane Aw (SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
). - First prize - Best Short Film: Moseka by Kouami Mambu Zinga (ZaïreZaireThe Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between 27 October 1971 and 17 May 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the , itself an adaptation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or "the river that swallows all rivers".-Self-proclaimed Father of the Nation:In...
). - Second prize - Best Short Film: Sur le sentier du requiem by Pierre-Marie Dong (GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
).
4th FESPACO (1973)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Les Mille et une mains by Souheil Ben Barka (MoroccoMoroccoMorocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
). - Prize of the most authentic African film (Prix de l'authenticité africaine): Identité by Pierre-Marie Dong (Gabon).
- Prize of the 7th art: Décembre by Mohamed Lakdar Hamina (Algeria).
- Consolation Prize: Le Sang des parias by Mamadou Djim Kola (Upper VoltaRepublic of Upper VoltaThe Republic of Upper Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a self-governing colony within the French Community. Before attaining autonomy it had been French Upper Volta and part of the French Union. On August 5, 1960 it attained full independence from France.Thomas Sankara came to power...
). - Best Short Film: Accident by Benoit-Maurice Ramampy (MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
). - Congratulations of the Jury: Oumarou Ganda (Niger).
5th FESPACO (1976)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Muna Moto by Dikongue Pipa (CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
) - Second Prize: Vent du Sud by Mohamed Slim Riadh (Algeria) and Ndiangane by Mahama Johnson TraoréMahama Johnson TraoréMahama Johnson Traoré was a Senegalese film director, writer, and co-founder of the Ouagadougou-based Pan-African Cinema Festival .-Biography:...
(SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
). - Third Prize: Sur le chemin de la réconciliation by René-Bernard Yonli (Upper Volta)
- Prize of the 7th art: L'Héritage by Mohamed Bouhamari (Algeria)
- Jury Prize: Sejnane by Abdellatif Ben Ammar (TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
) and Nationalité immigrée by Sydney Sokhona (MauritaniaMauritaniaMauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
) - Special mention: Lettre paysanne by Safi FayeSafi FayeSafi Faye is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focussing on rural life in Senegal.-Early life and education:Safi Faye was born in 1943 in...
(Senegal) and Saïtane by Oumarou GandaOumarou GandaOumarou Ganda was a Nigerien director and actor who brought African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s.- Life :...
(Niger). - Another special mention: first participation of GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
.
6th FESPACO (1979)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Baara by Souleymane CisséSouleymane Cissé-Biography:Raised in a Muslim family, Souleymane Cissé was a passionate cinephile from childhood. He attended secondary school in Dakar, and returned to Mali in 1960 after national independence....
(MaliMaliMali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
). - Prize of the most authentic African film: Soleil des hyènes by Ridha Behi (Tunisia).
- Prize of the 7th art: Alyam Alyam by Ahmed El Mahanouni (Morocco).
- Best Short Film : La Boîte dans le désert by Brahim Tsaki (Tunisia).
- Special Consolation prize: Yik-Yan by Hamidou-Benoit Ouedraogo (Upper Volta).
7th FESPACO (1981)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Djeli by Fadika Kramo Lanciné (Côte d'IvoireCôte d'IvoireThe Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
). - Prize of the most authentic African film: La Chapelle by Jean-Michel Tchissoukou (CongoRepublic of the CongoThe Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
). - Prize of the 7th art : West Indies by Med HondoMed HondoMed Hondo is a Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor. He emigrated to France in 1959 and began to work in film during the 1960s. He received critical acclaim for his 1967 directorial début Soleil O.-Biography:Hondo was born in 1936 in Ain Oul Beri Mathar in the...
(Mauritania). - Oumarou Ganda Prize: Love Brewed in African Pot by Kwaw AnsahKwaw AnsahKwaw Ansah is an award-winning Ghanaian film-maker, whose work as writer, director or producer includes Love Brewed In An African Pot and Heritage Africa.His creative family includes:* Kofi Ansah - fashion designer...
(GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
). - Best Short Film: Poko by Idrissa OuedraogoIdrissa OuedraogoIdrissa Ouedraogo is a film director from Burkina Faso. He is best known for his films Yaaba and Tilaï.-Biography:...
(Upper Volta).
8th FESPACO (1983)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Finyè by Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Pawéogo (L'Émigrant) by Kollo Sanou (Upper Volta)
- Best Short Film: Certificat d'indigence by Moussa Bathyli (Senegal)
- Best Actress: Rosine Yanogo in Wend KuuniWend KuuniWend Kuuni is a 1983 Burkinabé drama film directed by Gaston Kaboré.-Plot:The movie starts out with a village leader coming into the house of a crying mother. He says to give up hope that your husband is still alive...
(Upper Volta) - Best Actor: Mohamed Abachi in Le Coiffeur du quartier des pauvres (Morocco)
- Best Screenplay: L'Ombre de la terre by Taëb Louhichi (Tunisia)
- Best Cinematography: Zo Kwe Zo by Joseph Akouissonne (Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
) - Golden Camera: Issaka Thiombiano and Sékou Ouedraogo in Wend Kuuni (Upper Volta)
- Best Operator: L'Ombre de la terre by Taëb Louhichi (Tunisia)
9th FESPACO (1985)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Histoire d'une rencontre by Brahim Tsaki (Algeria)
- Prize of the 7th art: Nelisita by Ruy Duarte (AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
) - Oumarou Ganda Prize: Jours de tourmente by Paul Zoumbara (Burkina FasoBurkina FasoBurkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
) - Best Short Film: Mariaamu's Wedding by Nangaoma Ngoge (TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
) - Best Original Score: Pierre Akendengue for Les Coopérants (Cameroon)
- Public Award: Rue Cases-nègres by Euzhan Palcy (FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
)
10th FESPACO (1987)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): SarraouniaSarraounia (film)Sarraounia is a 1986 historical drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Nigerien author Abdoulaye Mamani, who co-wrote the screenplay. The novel and film concern the real-life Battle of Lougou between Azna queen Sarraounia and the advancing French...
by Med HondoMed HondoMed Hondo is a Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor. He emigrated to France in 1959 and began to work in film during the 1960s. He received critical acclaim for his 1967 directorial début Soleil O.-Biography:Hondo was born in 1936 in Ain Oul Beri Mathar in the...
(Mauritania) - Prize of the 7th art: Le Choix by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Nyamanton by Cheick Oumar SissokoCheick Oumar SissokoCheick Oumar Sissoko is a Malian film director and politician.-Biography:As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales...
(Mali) - Best Short Film: Le Singe fou by Joseph Koumba (Gabon)
- Best Music: Le Choix by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Public Award: Nyamanton by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
11th FESPACO (1989)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Héritage... Africa by Kwaw AnsahKwaw AnsahKwaw Ansah is an award-winning Ghanaian film-maker, whose work as writer, director or producer includes Love Brewed In An African Pot and Heritage Africa.His creative family includes:* Kofi Ansah - fashion designer...
(Ghana) - Oumarou Ganda Prize: Mortu Nega by Flora GomesFlora GomesFlora Gomes is a Bissau-Guinean film director. He was born in Cadique, Guinea-Bissau on 31 December, 1949 and after high school in Cuba, he decided to study film at the Cuban Film Institute in Havana....
(Guinea-BissauGuinea-BissauThe Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
) - Best Short Film: La Geste de Segou (Segu janjo) by Mambaye Coulibaly (Mali)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Ori by Raquel Gerber (BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) - Best Actress: Bia Gomes in Mortu Nega (Guinea-Bissau)
- Best Actor: Kofi Bucknor in Héritage... Africa (Ghana)
- Best Screenplay: Zan Boko by Gaston KaboréGaston KaboréGaston Kaboré is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry. He has won awards for his films Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam.-Biography:Kaboré was born in 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso in Upper Volta....
(Burkina Faso) - Best Cinematography: La Citadelle by Mohamed ChouikhMohamed ChouikhMohamed Chouikh is an Algerian film-maker.Mohamed Chouikh was born at Mostaganem Algeria on the 3rd of September 1943, where he was to become a stage actor with a troupe which later developed into the Algerian National Theatre. In 1965, he acted in one of Algeria's greatest film productions,...
(Algeria) - Best Original Score: Francis BebeyFrancis BebeyFrancis Bebey was a Cameroonian artist, musician, and writer.Bebey attended the Sorbonne, and was further educated in the United States...
for Yaaba (Burkina Faso) - Special mention for Sound Editing: Testament by John Akomfrah (Ghana)
- Public Award: YaabaYaabaYaaba is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film written, produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. It won the Sakura Gold prize at the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival.-Plot:The film is set in a small African village...
by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) - Voice of Hope Award: Sidiki BakabaSidiki BakabaSidiki Bakaba is an actor, a scenario writer and a director from Ivory Coast.He lives and works in Abidjan. After studying at the National School of Drama of Abidjan, he conducts training at the Living Theatre and with Grotowski ....
in Les Guérisseurs (Ivory Coast)
12th FESPACO (1991)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): TilaïTilaïTilaï is a 1990 award-winning Burkinabé drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. It premiered at the 1990 Toronto Film Festival.-Plot:...
by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) - Prix Oumarou Ganda: Ta DonaFire! (1991 film)Fire! is a 1991 Malian drama film directed by Adama Drabo. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Djeneba Diawara - Koro* Mamadou Fomba* Balla Moussa Keita - Fakoro...
of Adama DraboAdama DraboAdama Drabo was a Malian filmmaker and playwright.- Biography :Adama Drabo showed an interest in film since his childhood in the Malian capital of Bamako...
(Mali) - Prize of the best short film: La Transe (El Hadhra) of Moncef Dhouib (Tunisia)
- Prize of the best documentary film: Yiri Kan of Issiaka Konaté (Burkina Faso)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Almacita Di Desolato by Felix de Rooy (The Netherlands)
- Special mention (Paul Robeson Prize): Twilight City by Auguste Reece (United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) - Another special mention: Sango Malo by Bassek Ba Kobhio (Cameroon)
- Best Actress: Mariatou Kouyaté in Bamunan (Mali)
- Best Actor: Balla Moussa KeitaBalla Moussa KeïtaBalla Moussa Keïta was a Malian actor and comedian, and a West African cinema pioneer who was well known in the West . Born in the Ségou Region of Mali, he was originally a radio producer. He later turned to acting and acted in a number of movies by notable Mali directors like Cheick Oumar...
in Sere (Guinea) - Best Screenplay: Louss by Rachid Benhadj (Algeria)
- Best Cinematography: Jit by Michael Raeburn (ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
) - Best Original Score: Abdallah Ibrahim for Tilaï (Burkina Faso)
- Best Sound Editing: Leila, ma raison by Taëb Louhichi (Tunisia)
13th FESPACO (1993)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Au nom du Christ by Gnoan Roger M'Bala (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Gito l'ingrat by Léonce N'Gabo (BurundiBurundiBurundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
) - Best Short film: Denko by Mohamed Camara (Guinea)
- Best Documentary Film: Femmes d'Alger by Kamal Dehane (Algeria)
- Jury Prize: Les étrangers by Djim Kola (Burkina Faso)
- Jury Prize (Short Films): Boxumalen by Amet Diallo (Senegal)
- Paul Robson Prize: Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète by Raoul Peck (HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
) - Best Actress: Maysa Marta in Les yeux bleus de Yonta (Guinea-Bissau)
- Best Actor: Joseph Kumbela in Gito l'ingrat (Burundi)
- Best Screenplay: Contre le gouvernement by Atef el-Tayeb (Egypt)
- Best Film Editing: Bezness by Nouri Bouzid (Tunisia)
- Best Cinematography: SankofaSankofa (film)Sankofa is a 1993 Burkinabé drama film directed by Haile Gerima.-Plot:The story follows Mona, a contemporary model, as she is visited by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past, where, as a house servant named Shola she is constantly abused by her slave masters...
by Haïlé Guerima (Burkina FasoBurkina FasoBurkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
/GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
) - Best Original Score: Cheick Tidiane Seck for Yelema (Mali)
- Best Sound Editing: Quartier Mozart by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)
14th FESPACO (1995)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Guimba the TyrantGuimba the TyrantGuimba the Tyrant is a 1995 Malian comedy drama film in the Bambara language , directed by noted Malian director Cheick Oumar Sissoko. The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali...
by Cheick Oumar SissokoCheick Oumar SissokoCheick Oumar Sissoko is a Malian film director and politician.-Biography:As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales...
(Mali) - Best Short Film: Le franc by Djibril Diop Mambéty (Senegal)
- Best Actor: Mohamed Ali Allalou in Youcef (Algeria)
- Best Actress: Yousra in Mercedes (Egypt)
- Jury Prize: A la recherche du mari de ma femme by M.A. Tazi (Morocco)
- Special Mention: Le grand Blanc de Lambaréné by Bassek Ba Kobhio (Cameron)
- Paul Robeson Prize: L'exil de Behanzin by Guy Deslauriers (MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
) - Oumarou Ganda Prize: Keïta by Dany Kouyaté (Burkina Faso)
- Best Costumes and Decoration: Guimba by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
- Best Editing: Kahena Attia (Tunisia)
- Best Screenplay: Khaled Al-Haggar for Ahlam Saghira (Egypt)
15th FESPACO (1997)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Buud YamBuud YamBuud Yam is a 1997 Burkinabé historical drama film written and directed by Gaston Kaboré. As of 2001, it was the most popular African film ever in Burkina Faso.-Plot:...
by Gaston KaboréGaston KaboréGaston Kaboré is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry. He has won awards for his films Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam.-Biography:Kaboré was born in 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso in Upper Volta....
(Burkina Faso) - Best Short Film (Fiction): Bouzié by Jacques Trabi (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Best Actor: Belkacem Hadjadj in Machaho (Algeria)
- Best Actress: Aminata Ousmane Maïga in Faraw, mère de sables (Mali)
- Jury Prize: Taafe Fanga by Adama Drabo (Mali)
- Paul Robeson Prize: The Last Angel of History by John Akomfrah (United Kingdom)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Miel et cendres by Nadia Fares Anliker (Tunisia)
- Best Editing: Kahena Attia for Miel et cendres (Tunisia)
- Best Screenplay: Merzak Allouache for Salut Cousin! (Algeria)
- Best Soundtrack: Le complot d'Aristote by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Zimbabwe)
- Best Original Score: Ilheu, de contenda by Leao Lopes (Cape VerdeCape VerdeThe Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
) - Best Cinematography: Tableau Ferraille by Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal)
16th FESPACO (1999)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Pièces d'identités by Mwezé Ngangura (Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
) - Special Mention: La vie sur terre by Abderrahmane SissakoAbderrahmane SissakoAbderrahmane Sissako is an award-winning film director and producer who has often worked in Mali and France. Sissako is, along with Ousmane Sembène, Souleymane Cissé, Idrissa Ouedraogo and Djibril Diop Mambety, one of the few filmmakers from Sub-Saharan Africa to reach a measure of international...
(Mauritania) - Best Actor: Fats Bookholane in Chikin Biznis (South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
) - Best Actress: Dominique Mesa in Pièces d'identités (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Sucre amer by Christian Lara (GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
, France) - Paul Robeson Prize (Short Film): Blue Note by Rahdi Taylor (United States)
- Best Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid for La vie sur terre (Mauritania)
- Best Set Design: F. Baba Keïta for La Genèse (Mali)
- Best Original Score: Wasis Diop for Silmandé (Burkina Faso)
- Best Sound Editing: Tawsi Thabet for Lalla Hobby (Morocco)
- Best Cinematography: Mustapha Ben Mihoub for L’Arche du désert (Algeria)
- Best Screenplay: Mtutuzeli Matshoba for Chikin Biznis (South Africa)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Fools by Ramadan Suleiman (South Africa)
- Best Short Film: On The Edge by Newton Aduaka (NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
) - Best Short Film - Special Mention: Souko, cinématographe en carton by Issiaka Konaté (Burkina Faso)
- Best Documentary Film: Hot Irons by Andrew Dosunwu (Nigeria)
- Best Documentary Film - Special Mention: Sarah Maladoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie by Anne-Laure Folly (Burkina Faso)
17th FESPACO (2001)
- First Prize (Etalon de Yennenga): Ali Zaoua by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
- Jury Prize: Sia, le rêve du python by Dani Kouyté (Burkina Faso)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Rage by Newton I. Aduaka (Nigeria)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Lumumba by Raoul Peck (Haiti)
- Best Actor: Makéna Diop (Sénégal) in Battu by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
- Best Actress: Albertine N’Guessan in Adanggaman by Roger Gnoan M’Bala (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Best Cinematography: Mohamed Soudani for Adanggaman (Algeria)
- Best Screenplay: Dolè by Imunga Ivanga (Gabon)
- Best Sets: Nacer Ktari and Larbi Ben Ali for Sois mon amie by Nacer Ktari (Tunisia)
- Best Cinematography: Nacer Ktari and Larbi Ben Ali for Sois mon amie by Nacer Ktari (Tunisia)
- Best Sound Editing: Fawzi Thabet for Siestes Grenadines by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia)
- Best Original Score: Wasis Diop for Les Couilles de l’éléphant by Henri Joseph Koumba Bibidi (Gabon)
- Best Short Film (Fiction): Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro (Burkina Faso)
18th FESPACO (2003)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yenenga): HeremakonoHeremakonoHeremakono may refer to:*Waiting for Happiness - a Mauritanian film*Heremakono, Mali* an alternative spelling of Hérémakonon, a town in Guinea...
by Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania) - Jury Prize: Kabala by Assane Kouyaté (Mali)
- Jury Prize (Short Film): A drink in the passage by Zola Maseko (South Africa)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: L’Afrance by Alain Gomis (France, Senegal)
- Best Actor: Cheick Doukouré in Paris selon Moussa (Guinea)
- Best Actress: Awatef Jendoubi in Fatma (Tunisia)
- Best Cinematography: Abraham Haile Biru in AbounaAbounaAbouna is a 2003 award winning film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun. It was filmed on location in Gaoui and N'Djamena, Chad.- Plot synopsis :...
(ChadChadChad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
) - Best Screenplay: Assana Kouyaté for Kabala (Mali)
- Best Editing: Ronelle Loots for Promised Land (South Africa)
- Best Sound Editing: Hachim Joulak for Fatma (Tunisia)
- Best Original Score: Wasis Diop & Loy Ehrlich for Le prix du pardon (Senegal)
- Best Set Decoration: Joseph Kpobly for Heremakono (Mauritania)
- Best Short Film: Source d’histoire by Adama Rouamba (Burkina Faso)
19th FESPACO (2005)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yenenga): DrumDrum (2004 film)Drum is a 2004 film based on the life of South African investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo, who worked for the popular Drum magazine, called "the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa." It was director Zola Maseko's first film and deals with the issues of apartheid and the forced removal of...
by Zola Maseko (South Africa) - Second Prize: La Chambre Noire by Hassan Benjelloun (Morocco)
- Third Prize: Tassuma by Daniel Kollo Sanou (Burkina Faso)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Max and Mona by Teddy Makera (South Africa)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Beah: A Black Woman SpeaksBeah: A Black Woman SpeaksBeah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress Beah Richards. Directed by Lisa Gay Hamilton, it won the Documentary Award at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival in 2003.-People featured:...
by Lisa Gay HamiltonLisa Gay HamiltonLisa Gay Hamilton is an American film, television, and theater actress known for her role as attorney Rebecca Washington on the ABC legal drama The Practice, and for her critically acclaimed performance as young Sethe in Jonathan Demme's film adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved...
(United States) - Best Short Film: L’autre mal by Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Best Actor: Sid Ali Kouiret in Les suspects (Algeria)
- Best Actress: Pamela Nomvete in Lettre d'amour zoulou (South Africa)
- Best Screenplay: La Nuit de la Verite by Fanta Régina Nacro (Burkina Faso)
- Best Cinematography: Un heroes by Zézé Gamboa (Angola)
- Best Sound Editing: El Manara by Belkacem Hadjadj (Algeria)
- Best Set Design: Drum by Zoal Maseko (South Africa)
- Best Original Score: Sous la clarté de la lune by Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Best Editing: Le Prince by Mohamed Zran (Tunisia)
20th FESPACO (2007)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yenenga): EzraEzra (film)Ezra is a 2007 drama film directed by Newton I. Aduaka. It was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival where it won the Grand Prize.The story concerns a child soldier in Sierra Leone....
by Newton Aduaka (Nigeria) - Second Prize: Les SaignantesLes SaignantesUtterly singular, Les Saignantes is a futuristic, sci-fi, erotic, political thriller that traverses all of these genres while bringing a strong political sensibility to proceedings. Two sexy young women win the favors of the corrupt political elite, but when one of these leaders dies in the middle...
by Jean Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon) - Third Prize: DarattDarattDaratt is a 2006 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun.The film was one of seven films from non-Western cultures commissioned by Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope Festival to commemorate the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
(Saison Seche) by Mahamat Saleh HarounMahamat Saleh HarounMahamat-Saleh Haroun is a film director from Chad who has lived in France since 1982. He made his first feature film, Bye Bye Africa, in 1999. His second feature, Abouna, won best cinematography award at FESPACO, while his third, Daratt, won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice...
(Chad) - Oumarou Ganda Prize: Barakat!Barakat!Barakat! is a 2006 French/Algerian drama film directed by Djamila Sahraoui. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 2006.-Plot:...
by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria) - Paul Robeson Prize: Le President a-t-il le sida by Arnold AntoninArnold AntoninArnold Antonin is a Haitian film director.Man of diverse careers, Arnold Antonin is known both inside and outside of Haiti for his social, political and cultural commitment. He was honored for lifetime achievement with the Djibril Diop Mambety award at the International Film Cannes Festival in 2002...
(Haiti) - Best Documentary: Ejido, La loi du profit by Rhalib Jawad (Morocco)
- Best Short Film: Menged by Daniel Taye Workou (Ethiopia)
- Best Actor: Lofti Abdelli in Making Off (Tunisia)
- Best Actress: Adèle Ado & Calmel Dorelia in Les saignantes (Cameroon)
- Best Screenplay: Barakat by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
- Best Cinematography: Daratt (Saison Seche) by Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Best Editing: Nouri Bouzid for Making Off (Tunisia)
- Best Original Score: Barakat by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
- Best Sound Editing: L'ombre de Liberty by Imunga IvangaImunga IvangaImunga Ivanga: is a Gabonese filmmaker.He was born in 1967 in Libreville, Gabon. He studied at University of Libreville and has a masters in literature. Also, he speaks several languages like Mpongwe, French, English, Spanish and Italian. After a year studying film at the FEMIS in Paris, he...
(Gabon)
21st FESPACO (2009)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yenenga): TezaTeza (film)Teza is a 2008 Ethiopian drama film about the Derg period in Ethiopia. Teza won the top award at the 2009 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. The film was directed and written by Haile Gerima.-Synopsis:...
by Haile GerimaHaile GerimaHaile Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker, who resides in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. His films have received wide international acclaim. Gerima has also been an influential film professor at...
(Ethiopia) - Second Prize: Nothing but the truth by John KaniJohn KaniBonsile John Kani is a South African actor, director and playwright.He was born in New Brighton, South Africa.Kani joined The Serpent Players in Port Elizabeth in 1965 and helped to create many plays that went unpublished but were performed to a resounding reception.These...
(South Africa) - Third Prize: Mascarades by Lyes Salem (Algeria)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Le fauteuilLe fauteuilThe Armchair is a 2009 Burkinabé film directed by Missa Hebié. It was written by Hebié and Noraogo Sawadogo. It won the Oumarou Ganda Prize at the 21st Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. It was also screened at the 2009 Pusan International Film Festival in South...
by Missa Hebié (Burkina Faso) - Paul Robeson Prize: La passion d’un pays by Arnold AntoninArnold AntoninArnold Antonin is a Haitian film director.Man of diverse careers, Arnold Antonin is known both inside and outside of Haiti for his social, political and cultural commitment. He was honored for lifetime achievement with the Djibril Diop Mambety award at the International Film Cannes Festival in 2002...
(Haiti) - Best Documentary: Nos lieux interdits by Kilani Leila (Morocco)
- Best Short Film: Sektou (Ils se sont tus...) by Benaissa Khaled (Algeria)
- Best Actor: Jerusalema - Rapu-lana Sei-phemo (South Africa)
- Best Actress: Les Jardins de Samira - Sana Mousiane (Morocco)
- Best Screenplay: L'Absence - Mama Keita (Guinea)
- Best Photography - Jerusalema - South Africa
- Best Editing: Jerusalema - South Africa
- Best Set: Wadaan Oummahat (Adieu Mères) - Morocco
- Best Music: Wadaan Oummahat (Adieu Mères) - Morocco
- TV and Video Prize: When we were black (Southafrica) by Khalo Matabane
Sources
http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/062/article_34288.aspList of Winners from Radio France InternationaleRadio France Internationale
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