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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

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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

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Fiction feature films

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Year Film Notes
2007 Le Monde Est un Ballet (The world is a ballet) Issa Traoré De Brahima[3]
2005 Rêves de poussière (Dreams of dust or Buried Dreams) Laurent Salgues[4]
2004 Ouaga-Saga Dani Kouyaté. Shot in Ouagadougou, post-production in Paris.[5]
1999 Sia, 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]
2001 Siraba Issa Traoré De Brahima[7]
2001 Voyage a Ouaga Camille Mouyéké
1997 La Revanche de Lucy Henry Y. Mrozowski
1994 Keïta! l'Héritage du griot Dani Kouyaté. Won the Junior Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.[8]

Fiction short films

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Year Film Notes
2001 GOREL Sékou Traoré
2001 FLEURS D'EPINES (Flowers with thorns) Alidou Badini
1999 BOUBOU L'INTRUS Issa Traoré De Brahima
1998 A L'OMBRE D'UN TAMARINIER (In the shade of a tamarind tree) Dramane Démé
1995 LES ENFANTS DU SOLEIL (Children of the sun) Issiaka Konaté
1997 SOUKO (LE CINEMATOGRAPHE EN CARTON) Issiaka Konaté
1995 YAANGO Adama Rouamba
1994 MARAL TANIE Mahamat Saleh Haroun
1993 INTERFERENCES Raymond Tiendré
1993 LES LARMES SACRÉES DU CROCODILE (The tears of the sacred crocodile) Dani Kouyaté
1993 GOMBELE (L'ALBINOS) Issa Traoré De Brahima

Documentaries

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Year Film Notes
2011 L’ENVIRONNEMENT, UN BIEN ECONOMIQUE A GERER DURABLEMENT Lacina Ouédraogo
2011 LE PROGRAMME D’URGENCE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE CRIQUET PELERIN EN AFRIQUE Issa Traoré De Brahima
2010 GESTION DES PETITS BARRAGES AU BURKINA FASO. QUELLE ALTERNATIVE ? Issa Traoré De Brahima
2010 LA TUBERCULOSE, ON EN GUERIT Issa Traoré De Brahima
2010 FEMMES RURALES, DROITS HUMAINS ET GOUVERNANCE LOCALE Issa Traoré De Brahima
2009 FEMMES HANDICAPEES ET LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE Issa Traoré De Brahima
2010 LA MARE D’OURSI, Préservons là ! Issa Traoré De Brahima
2008 AQUACULTURE, UNE ALTERNATIVE Issa Traoré De Brahima
2007 KALFA Issiaka Traoré
2006 Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre Philippe Baqué and Alidou Badini
2005 DU VENIN DANS LA SOUPE Alidou Badini
2006 LE NAUFRAGE NEGRO-LIBERAL Bacary Sanon
2004 Les petits métiers du Sahel (Small trades of the Sahel) Sékou Traoré 2 parts: GERMAIN ENTRE BOITES & FIL DE FER
DE LA TEINTURE AUX MOTIFS
2004 PROGRAMME DE LUTTE CONTRE LE STRIGA EN AFRIQUE Sékou Traoré
2004 UNE EXPERIENCE DE PRISE DE RESPONSABILITE
DES POPULATIONS ET DES ORGANISATIONS LOCALES DU ZOUNDWEOGO
Issa Traoré De Brahima
2004 FEMMES DU SAHEL Issa Traoré De Brahima
2002 DANSEUSE D'ÉBÈNE Seydou Boro
2001 AFRIQUE RÉSEAU 2000 (PNUD) Issa Traoré De Brahima
2001 LE COMBAT DES ORGANISATIONS PAYSANNES CONTRE LA DESERTIFICATION Lacina Ouédraogo
2001 LA RENCONTRE Seydou Bouro et Issa Traoré De Brahima
2000 LA FORÊT "DANSE" Drissa Touré
1998 WARBASSANGA Maïmouna N'Diaye
1997 ISMAËL, UN EXEMPLE DE COURAGE Sékou Traoré
1997 UNE FEMME DES ÉLEVEURS Sékou Traoré

References

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  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