Cinema of the Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is one of the world's poorest countries and the film industry is correspondingly small. The first film made in CAR appears to have been Les enfants de la danse, a short French-made ethnographic documentary of 1945. Joseph Akouissone was the first Central African to make a film in the country, with his 1981 documentary Un homme est un homme;[1] he was followed by the documentaries made in the 1980s by Léonie Yangba Zowe.[2][3] Since then a series of ongoing conflicts and economic crises have severely limited the potential growth of film-making in the country. The first feature-length drama made in the country was Le silence de la forêt, a 2003 CAR-Gabon-Cameroon co-production about the Biaka people.[4][5][6]

List of Central African films

This is a sortable list of films produced in the CAR.[7][8][9]

Year Title Director Genre Notes
1958 The Roots of Heaven (film) John Huston Documentary short American
1960 boganda films boganda Documentary short English
1970Les enfants de la danseGeneviève Dournon & Arom SimhaDocumentary shortEnglish title: Children of the Dance
1978 Safrana or Freedom of Speech Joseph Akouissone,

Med Hondo

 Documentary short
1981Un homme est un hommeJoseph AkouissoneDocumentary shortEnglish title: A Man is a Man
1985LengueLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary short
1985NzaleLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary short
1985Yangba boloLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary short
1987Paroles de sagesLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary shortEnglish title: Words of Sages
1990Echoes from a Sombre EmpireWerner HerzogDocumentaryEnglish title: Echoes From a Sombre Empire
1992 Bogande Bogande
1993 Un Pygmée dans la baignoire Léandre-Alain Baker
1993 documentary Diogène à Léandre-Alain Baker Drama
1995 Tatie pouvait vivre. Video, color, Opportune Aymadji Drama
1996 Colis postal (1996) Léandre-Alain Baker Documentary short
1998 Au bout du couloir Léandre-Alain Baker Documentary short
2003Le silence de la forêtBassek Ba Kobhio & Didier OuénangaréDramaEnglish title: The Silence of the Forest
2004 Les Oranges de Belleville Léandre-Alain Baker Documentary short
2005 Paris la métisse Léandre-Alain Baker Documentary short
2006 Tchicaya U’Tamsi Léandre-Alain Baker Drama
2007 Ramata (film) Léandre-Alain Baker Documentary short
2008 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis Documentary short
2009World of WitchcraftDaniel BogadoDocumentary short
2009 Saignantes (Les) Jean-Pierre Bekolo Documentary short
2009 Sofie la Banguisoise (Series) 2009 Sylviane Gboulou Mbapondo Documentary short
2010 A Scraming man Mahamat Saleh Haroun Documentary short
2010 White Material Claire Denis

Marie NDiaye

 Documentary short
2011Oka!Lavinia CurrierDramaAmerican drama filmed partly in CAR
2011 The Ambassador (2011 film) Mads Brügger Documentary short American
2011 Love and Bruises Lou Ye Documentary short
2012 magleorie kolisso magleorie kolisso Documentary short
2012 Georgette Florence Koyt Georgette Florence Koyt-Deballé

Tchicaya U’Tamsi

 Documentary short
2013 Aya of Yop City Marguerite Abouet

Clément Oubrerie

 Documentary short
2014 chimende

Loseba

 freed yapandee Documentary short
2015 freed yapandee freed yapandee Documentary short
2016NascentLindsay Branham & Jon KasbeDocumentary short
2017 Sarafina Sarafina Documentary short
2017 Ozagin Dany Grepande Drama
2017 Chambre 1 Leila Thiam Documentary short
2018Elephant Path: Njaia NjokuTodd McGrainDocumentary
2018 Yé mbi Yémbi,

Par Hermann LINGANGUE

Documentary short
2019 demain je pare en Yann harris

Dawro

 Drama
2019 Camille (film, 2019) Boris Lojkine Documentary short

Films made

A Pygmy in the Bathtub,

short film, 1993. Broadcast: Canal Plus, TV5, CFI Festival: Montreal, Fespaco, Amiens…

La Couture de Paris,

short film, 1995. Distribution: CFI, Canal + Horizon, TV5, Festivals: Fespaco, Amiens, Montréal, Namur.

Au Bout du couloir,

short film, 1999. Festivals: Montreal, Amiens.

Diogenes to Brazzaville,

Documentary film, 2004. Portrait of the Congolese writer Sony Labou Tansi. Broadcast: TV 10, CFI, Canal + Horizon, TV5, Festivals: Vue d'Afrique Montreal, Amiens, Fespaco, Namur, Milan, Lisbon.

Tchicaya, the little leaf that sings its country,

Documentary film, 2004. Portrait of the Congolese writer Tchicaya U'Tamsi. Diffusion: Images Plus, CFI, Canal + Horizon, Festivals: Fespaco, Amiens.

Films
  • Yangba bolo, 1985
  • Lengue, 1985
  • N'Zale, 1986
  • Paroles de sages, 1987

Filmography
  • Le silence de la forêt [The Silence of the Forest], 2003

Central African Republic film directors


*Didier Ouénangaré

*Léandre-Alain Baker

  • Léonie Yangba Zowe
  • Mamadou Mahmoud N'Dongo
  • Joseph Akouissone
  • Maurice Alezra
  • Béatrice Boffety
  • Patrick Demeester
  • Georges Durupt
  • Micheline Durupt
  • Richard
  • Bernard Guenau
  • Gérard Guérin
  • Evane Hanska
  • Charles Lescaut
  • harles Leaut
  • Chantal Monstile
  • Denis Parrichon
  • Moussa Ndongo
  • Sylviane Gboulou Mbapondo
  • Leila Thiam
  • Monsieur Habib
  • Fiacre Bindala
  • Camille Lepage
  • Andre kolingbe
  • bocha Sango
  • mokonga Quenitin
  • Alex Ballu
  • Heritter Acteur
  • Djimon Hounsou
  • Mbéni Yé by Sparrow
  • Étienne Goyémidé
  • droite Eric Sabe,
  • Ida Mabaya,
  • lesultan de dekoa
  • Hippolyte Donossio
  • Ousna Ousnabee
  • DRAMAN'S PRODUCTION
  • NGAISSIO Abdoul Karim
  • ASSANAS TEKATA Simon Patrick
  • LAMINE Odilon Alias Cheguevara
  • Andy melo
  • kailou Sylla
  • Nicna Meunrisse
  • Boris Lojkine
  • Didier Flort Ouén
  • Leger Serge kokpakpa
  • Jm wolf Gang
  • lzy Orphelin
  • Brown Goh
  • Eric Yelemou
  • Lassa Kossangue
  • Bande Originale
  • Hurel BenInga

See also

References
  1. Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 29-30
  2. Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 493
  3. Schmidt, Nancy (1997). "Sub-Saharan African Women FIlmmakers". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. pp. 169–70. ISBN 90-420-0154-2.
  4. JC Woodfrok (2006) Culture and Customs of the Central African Republic, Greenwood Press, pg. 150
  5. Blandine Stefanson (2014). "Literary Adaptation". In Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (eds.). Directory of World Cinema Africa. Vol. 39. Intellect Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.
  6. Valérie K. Orlando (2017). New African Cinema. Rutgers University Press. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-8135-7957-3.
  7. IMDb - CAR, retrieved 18 December 2019
  8. IMDb - Filming location: CAR, retrieved 18 December 2019
  9. Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala
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