Burkina Faso Movies

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...

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

Patrick, a young Frenchman in his thirties, has been working for a year in a small village in Burkina Faso. He has a relationship for a few months...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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,...

In northern Burkina Faso, water is a scarce commodity. The effects of human activity on the climate have caused migration, and the Oursi pond is the...