Sahelis Productions

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Sahelis Productions
IndustryVideo production
Founded1992
Headquarters,
Key people
Lacina Ouédraogo (manager)
Websitewww.sahelis.com

Sahelis Productions is a film and television video production and post-production company based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The company was founded in 1992 by Sékou Traoré (Director), Issa Traoré de Brahima (Director, Artistic Director) and Dani Kouyaté (Director).[1]

History

The three founders were studying film together in Paris in 1989 when they decided to found the company. They were assisted in launching Sahelis Production in 1992 by filmmakers Lacina Ouédraogo and Abdoulaye Dao, and by Paris-based Claude Gilaizeau of "Productions de la Lanterne". Sékou Traoré was manager from 1992 to 2007. Dani Kouyaté and Issa Traore de Brahima co-managed the company from 2007 to 2011. Lacina Ouédraogo became manager in March 2011. The company has produced or co-produced six feature films and about fifteen short films. Sahelis has also made many commercials and twenty documentary films.[2]

Filmography

Fiction feature films

YearFilmNotes
2007Le Monde Est un Ballet (The world is a ballet)Issa Traoré De Brahima[3]
2005Rêves de poussière (Dreams of dust or Buried Dreams)Laurent Salgues[4]
2004Ouaga-SagaDani Kouyaté. Shot in Ouagadougou, post-production in Paris.[5]
1999Sia, le rêve du python (Sia, the dream of the python)Dani Kouyaté. A traditional tale used to comment on modern-day oppression by African leaders.[6]
2001SirabaIssa Traoré De Brahima[7]
2001Voyage a OuagaCamille Mouyéké
1997La Revanche de LucyHenry Y. Mrozowski
1994Keïta! l'Héritage du griotDani Kouyaté. Won the Junior Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.[8]

Fiction short films

YearFilmNotes
2001GORELSékou Traoré
2001FLEURS D'EPINES (Flowers with thorns)Alidou Badini
1999BOUBOU L'INTRUSIssa Traoré De Brahima
1998A L'OMBRE D'UN TAMARINIER (In the shade of a tamarind tree)Dramane Démé
1995LES ENFANTS DU SOLEIL (Children of the sun)Issiaka Konaté
1997SOUKO (LE CINEMATOGRAPHE EN CARTON)Issiaka Konaté
1995YAANGOAdama Rouamba
1994MARAL TANIEMahamat Saleh Haroun
1993INTERFERENCESRaymond Tiendré
1993LES LARMES SACRÉES DU CROCODILE (The tears of the sacred crocodile)Dani Kouyaté
1993GOMBELE (L'ALBINOS)Issa Traoré De Brahima

Documentaries

YearFilmNotes
2011L’ENVIRONNEMENT, UN BIEN ECONOMIQUE A GERER DURABLEMENTLacina Ouédraogo
2011LE PROGRAMME D’URGENCE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE CRIQUET PELERIN EN AFRIQUEIssa Traoré De Brahima
2010GESTION DES PETITS BARRAGES AU BURKINA FASO. QUELLE ALTERNATIVE ?Issa Traoré De Brahima
2010LA TUBERCULOSE, ON EN GUERITIssa Traoré De Brahima
2010FEMMES RURALES, DROITS HUMAINS ET GOUVERNANCE LOCALEIssa Traoré De Brahima
2009FEMMES HANDICAPEES ET LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETEIssa Traoré De Brahima
2010LA MARE D’OURSI, Préservons là !Issa Traoré De Brahima
2008AQUACULTURE, UNE ALTERNATIVEIssa Traoré De Brahima
2007KALFAIssiaka Traoré
2006Le Beurre et l'argent du beurrePhilippe Baqué and Alidou Badini
2005DU VENIN DANS LA SOUPEAlidou Badini
2006LE NAUFRAGE NEGRO-LIBERALBacary Sanon
2004Les petits métiers du Sahel (Small trades of the Sahel)Sékou Traoré 2 parts: GERMAIN ENTRE BOITES & FIL DE FER
DE LA TEINTURE AUX MOTIFS
2004PROGRAMME DE LUTTE CONTRE LE STRIGA EN AFRIQUESékou Traoré
2004UNE EXPERIENCE DE PRISE DE RESPONSABILITE
DES POPULATIONS ET DES ORGANISATIONS LOCALES DU ZOUNDWEOGO
Issa Traoré De Brahima
2004FEMMES DU SAHELIssa Traoré De Brahima
2002DANSEUSE D'ÉBÈNESeydou Boro
2001AFRIQUE RÉSEAU 2000 (PNUD)Issa Traoré De Brahima
2001LE COMBAT DES ORGANISATIONS PAYSANNES CONTRE LA DESERTIFICATIONLacina Ouédraogo
2001LA RENCONTRESeydou Bouro et Issa Traoré De Brahima
2000LA FORÊT "DANSE"Drissa Touré
1998WARBASSANGAMaïmouna N'Diaye
1997ISMAËL, UN EXEMPLE DE COURAGESékou Traoré
1997UNE FEMME DES ÉLEVEURSSékou Traoré

References

  1. "Sékou Traoré - Directeur de SAHELIS Productions". Africinfo. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  2. "History of the company SAHELIS Productions". Sahelis Productions. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  3. "MONDE EST UN BALLET (LE)". Africultures. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  4. "RÊVES DE POUSSIÈRE". Africultures. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  5. Rich Cookson (4 November 2003). "African director slams Western 'partners'". BBC. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  6. "Sia, The Dream Of The Python: Review". TV Guide. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  7. "SIRABA, LA GRANDE VOIE". Africultures. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  8. Gugler, Josef (2003), African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, p. 38, ISBN 0253216435, OCLC 52520253
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