Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) is an important biannual African
film festival. The most prestigious award given out at the festival is the "Étalon d'or de
Yennenga" (Golden Stallion of Yennenga), named in reference to the mythical founder of the
Mossi empire.
[1] The "Étalon d'or de Yennenga" is awarded to the African film that best shows "Africa's realities". Originally the festival just handed out one "Étalon de Yennenga", however in 2005 it introduced with the "Étalon d'argent de Yennenga" (Silver Stallion of Yennenga) and the "Étalon de bronze de Yennenga" (Bronze Stallion of Yennenga) two additional awards and renamed the main award to "Étalon d'or de Yennenga".
Other special awards include the
Oumarou Ganda Prize, given for the best debut film, and the
Paul Robeson Prize for the best film by a director of the
African diaspora.
1st Semaine du cinéma africain (1969)
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Festival was non-competitive. Eighteen African films were shown from: Senegal, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Niger, Benin, Congo and Cameroon selection also included five movies from France and Niderlands.
The selection included among others:
Borom Sarret by
Ousmane Sambene (Senegal),
La Noire de... by
Ousmane Sambene (Senegal),
Le Retour d'un aventurier by
Moustapha Alassane (Niger), La Bague du roi Koda by
Moustapha Alassane (Niger), Aoure by
Moustapha Alassane (Niger),
Cabascabo by
Oumarou Ganda (Niger),
Black Orpheus by
Marcel Camus (France / Brazil), Moro Naba by
Jean Rouch (France / Upper Volta), Bataille sur le grand fleuve by
Jean Rouch (France / Niger),
Jaguar by
Jean Rouch (France / Niger), Bambo by members of Film Club of Lycée Technique de Bamako (Mali), Mouna ou le rêve d'un artiste by
Henri Duparc (Ivory Coast) and Kaka Yo by
Sébastien Kamba (Republic of Congo).
2nd Semaine du cinéma africain (1970)
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Festival was non-competitive. 37 films were shown from: Senegal, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Niger, Benin, Congo, Cameroon, Tunisia, Algieria and Ghana.
The selection included among others:
Mandabi by Ousmane Sembène (Senegal),The Woman with the Knife by
Timité Bassori (Ivory Coast) and La Voie by Mohamed Slim Riad (Algeria).
3rd FESPACO (1972)
4th FESPACO (1973)
5th FESPACO (1976)
6th FESPACO (1979)
7th FESPACO (1981)
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 Kuuni (Upper Volta)
- Best Actor: Mohamed Abachi in Le Coiffeur du quartier des pauvres (Morocco)
- Best Screenplay:
L'Ombre de la terre by
Taïeb Louhichi (Tunisia)
- Best Cinematography: Zo Kwe Zo by Joseph Akouissonne (
Central African Republic)
- Golden Camera: Issaka Thiombiano and Sékou Ouedraogo in Wend Kuuni (Upper Volta)
- Best Operator:
L'Ombre de la terre by
Taïeb 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 (
Angola)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Jours de tourmente by Paul Zoumbara (
Burkina Faso)
- Best Short Film: Mariaamu's Wedding by Nangaoma Ngoge (
Tanzania)
- Best Original Score:
Pierre Akendengue for Les Coopérants (Cameroon)
- Public Award: Rue Cases-nègres by
Euzhan Palcy (
France)
10th FESPACO (1987)
- First prize (Étalon de Yennenga):
Sarraounia by
Med Hondo (Mauritania)
- Prize of the 7th art: Le Choix by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Nyamanton by
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (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 Ansah (Ghana)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Mortu Nega by
Flora Gomes (
Guinea-Bissau)
- Best Short Film: La Geste de Segou (Segu janjo) by
Mambaye Coulibaly (Mali)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Ori by Raquel Gerber (
Brazil)
- Best Actress: Bia Gomes in Mortu Nega (Guinea-Bissau)
- Best Actor: Kofi Bucknor in Héritage... Africa (Ghana)
- Best Screenplay: Zan Boko by
Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
- Best Cinematography:
La Citadelle by
Mohamed Chouikh (Algeria)
- Best Original Score:
Francis Bebey for Yaaba (Burkina Faso)
- Special mention for Sound Editing: Testament by John Akomfrah (Ghana)
- Public Award:
Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
- Voice of Hope Award:
Sidiki Bakaba in Les Guérisseurs (Ivory Coast)
12th FESPACO (1991)
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 (
Burundi)
- 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 Film): Boxumalen by Amet Diallo (Senegal)
- Paul Robeson Prize:
Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète by
Raoul Peck (
Haiti)
- 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:
Sankofa by
Haïlé Guerima (
Burkina Faso/
Ghana)
- 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 Tyrant by
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (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 (Cameroon)
- Paul Robeson Prize: L'exil de Behanzin by Guy Deslauriers (
Martinique)
- 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 Yam by
Gaston Kaboré (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: Leao Lopes for Ilheu, de contenda (
Cape Verde)
- 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 Congo)
- Special Mention: La vie sur terre by
Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania)
- Best Actor: Fats Bookholane in Chikin Biznis (
South Africa)
- Best Actress: Dominique Mesa in Pièces d'identités (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Paul Robeson Prize:
Sucre Amer by
Christian Lara (
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 (
Nigeria)
- 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 (Étalon 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 (Gabon)
- Best Short Film (Fiction): Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro (Burkina Faso)
18th FESPACO (2003)
- First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga):
Heremakono 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
Abouna (
Chad)
- 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)
20th FESPACO (2007)
- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga):
Ezra by
Newton Aduaka (Nigeria)
- Second Prize:
Les Saignantes by
Jean Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)
- Third Prize:
Daratt (Saison Seche) by
Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize:
Barakat! by
Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Le President a-t-il le sida by
Arnold Antonin (Haiti)
- Best Documentary: Ejido, La loi du profit by
Rhalib Jawad (Morocco)
- Best Short Film: Menged by
Daniel Taye Workou (Ethiopia)
- Best Actor:
Lotfi 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: Djamila Sahraoui for Barakat! (Algeria)
- Best Sound Editing: L'ombre de Liberty by
Imunga Ivanga (Gabon)
21st FESPACO (2009)
- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga):
Teza by
Haile Gerima (Ethiopia)
- Second Prize: Nothing but the truth by
John Kani (South Africa)
- Third Prize: Mascarades by
Lyes Salem (Algeria)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize:
Le fauteuil by Missa Hebié (Burkina Faso)
- Paul Robeson Prize: La passion d’un pays by
Arnold Antonin (Haiti)
- Best Documentary: Nos lieux interdits by Kilani Leila (Morocco)
- Best Short Film:
Sektou (Ils se sont tus...) by Benaissa Khaled (Algeria)
- Best Actor:
Rapulana Seiphemo in Jerusalema by Ralph Ziman (South Africa)
- Best Actress:
Sana Mouziane in Les Jardins de Samira by Latif Lahlou (Morocco)
- Best Screenplay: L'Absence by
Mama Keita (Guinea)
- Best Photography: Jerusalema by Ralph Ziman (South Africa)
- Best Editing: Jerusalema by Ralph Ziman (South Africa)
- Best Set: Wadaan Oummahat (Adieu Mères) by Mohamed Ismaïl (Morocco)
- Best Music: Wadaan Oummahat (Adieu Mères) by Mohamed Ismaïl (Morocco)
- TV and Video Prize: When we were black by Khalo Matabane (South Africa)
22nd FESPACO (2011)
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- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga): Pegasus by Mouftakir Mohamed (Marrocos)
- Second Prize:
A Screaming Man by
Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad)
- Third Prize:
The Ideal Guy by Owell Brown (Costa do Marfim)
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Our foreign by Sarah Bouyain (Burkina Faso)
- Paul Robeson Prize: The Loves of a zombie by Arnold Antonin (Haiti)
- Best Documentary: Oh whites by Fatima Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
23rd FESPACO (2013)
- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga):
Tey by
Alain Gomis (Senegal)
- Second Prize: Yema by
Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
- Third Prize: La Pirogue by Moussa Touré (Senegal)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Le Bonheur d'Elza by Mariette Monpierre (Guadeloupe).
- Best First Feature Film: Les Enfants De Toumaron by
Harrikrisna Anenden and Sharvan Anenden (Mauritius)
- Best Actor: Saul Williams in Tey by Alain Gomis (Senegal)
- Best Actress: Mariam Ouedraogo in Moi Zaphira by Apolline Traore (Burkina Faso)
- Best Feature Documentary: Meme Pas Mal by
Nadia El Fani (Tunisia)
- Best Short Film: Les Souliers de l'Aid by Anis Lasoued (Tunisia)
24th FESPACO (2015)
- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga): Fievres by Hicham Ayouch (Morocco)
- Second Prize: Fadhma N’Soumer by Belkacem Hadjadj (Algeria)
- Third Prize:
L’Oeil du Cyclone by
Sékou Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Morbayassa, le serment de Koumb by
Cheikh Fantamady Camara (Guinée-Conakry)
- Best First Feature Film: L’Oeil du Cyclone by Sékou Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Best Actor: Assande Fargas in L’Oeil du Cyclone by Sékou Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Best Actress:
Maïmouna Ndiaye in L’Oeil du Cyclone by Sékou Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Best Feature Documentary:
Miners Shot Down by Rehad Desai (South Africa)
- Best Short Film: Zakaria by
Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia)
25th FESPACO (2017)
- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga):
Félicité by Alain Formose Gomis (Sénégal)
- Second Prize: A Mile in My Shoes by
Saïd Khallaf (Morocco)
- Third Prize: L'orage africain – Un continent sous influence by
Sylvestre Amoussou (Bénin)
- Paul Robeson Prize: Frontières by Apolline Woye Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Best First Feature Film: Le Puits Mohamed Yacine Belhadji by
Lotfi Bouchouchi (Algeria)
- Best Actor:
Ibrahim Koma in
Wùlu by Daouda Coulibaly (Mali)
- Best Actress:
Noufissa Benchehida in A la recherche du pouvoir perdu by Mohammed Ahed Bensouda (Morocco)
- Best Feature Documentary: Kemtiyu, Séex Anta (Kemtiyu, Cheikh Anta) by
Ousmane William Mbaye (Sénégal)
- Best Short Film: Hymenee by Violaine Maryam Blanche Bellet (Maroc)
26th FESPACO (2019)
27th FESPACO (2021)
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- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga):
The Gravedigger's Wife by
Ahmed Khadar (Somalia)
- Second Prize:
Freda by
Gessica Généus (Haiti)
- Third Prize: A Story of Love and Desire by
Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia)
- Best Actor: Alassane Sy in
Baamum Nafi by
Mamadou Dia (Senegal)
- Best Actress: Zainab Jah in
Farewell Amor by
Ekwa Msangi (Tanzania)
- Best decor:
Night Of The Kings by
Philippe Lacote (Ivory Coast)
- Best Editing:
Souad by Amin Ayten (Egypt)
- Best screenplay: Nameless by
Mutiganda Wa Nkunda (Rwanda)
- Image prize:
This is not a burial, it is a resurrection by
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Lesotho)
- Sound Award: Freda by Gessica Geneus (Haiti)
- Best Music: The Gravedigger’s Wife by Ahmed Khadar (Somalia)
- Gold standard documentary feature film: Garderie Nocturne by Moumouni Sanou (Burkina Faso)
- Silver standard documentary feature film: Marcher sur l’eau by
Aissa Maiga (Senegal-Mali)
- Bronze standard documentary feature film: Makongo by Elvis Sabin Ngaibino (Central African Republic)
- Poulain d’or short film: Serbi (Les Tissus blancs) by Moly Kane (Senegal)
- Silver foal fiction short film: Amani by Alliah Fafin (Rwanda)
- Short film fiction bronze foal: Zalissa by Carine Bado (Burkina Faso)
- Poulain d’Or documentary short film: Ethereality by
Kantarama Gahigiri (Rwanda)
- Silver foal short film: I bit my tongue by
Nina Khada (Algeria)
- Bronze foal short film: Nuit Debout by Nelson Makengo (DRCongo)
28th FESPACO (2023)
- First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga): Ashkal by Youssef Chebbi (Tunisia)
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- Second Prize:
Sira by
Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
- Third Prize: Shimoni by Angela Wamai (Kenya)
- Special Mention of the Jury: Regarde les Etoiles by David Constantin (Mauritius)
- Best Actor: all actors in
Under the Fig Trees by Erige Sehiri (Tunisia)
- Best Actress: all actresses in
Under the Fig Trees by Erige Sehiri (Tunisia)
- Best Set:
Mami Wata by
C. J. Obasi (Nigeria)
- Best Editing: Abu Saddam by Nadine Khan (Egypt)
- Best Screenplay:
The Blue Caftan by
Maryam Touzani (Morocco)
- Best Cinematography:
Mami Wata by
C. J. Obasi (Nigeria)
- Best Sound: Ashkal by Youssef Chebbi (Tunisia)
- Best Music:
Our Lady of the Chinese Shop by Ery Claver (Angola)
- Paul Robeson Prize for best non-competition movie: The Specter of Boko Haram by Cyrielle Raingou (Cameroon)
- Golden prize documentary feature film: The New Man by Carlos Yuri Ceunick (Cape Verde)
- Silver prize documentary feature film: We, students by Rafiki Farala (Central African Republic)
- Bronze prize documentary feature film: Guardian of the Worlds by Leila Chaibi (Algeria)
- Poulain d’or short film: Come to See Me by Mo Harawe (Somalia)
- Silver Poulin fiction short film: A Doll by Andriaminosa Hary and Joel Rakotovelo (Madagascar)
- Short film fiction Bronze Colt: Tsutsue by Amartei Armar (Ghana)
- Special Jury Mention for short film fiction: The Messenger of God by Amina Mamani (Niger)
- Poulain d’Or documentary short film: Blind Spot by Lotfi Achour (Tunisia)
- Silver foal documentary short film: Katanga Nation by Beza Hailu Lemma (Ethiopia)
- Bronze foal documentary short film: Kalasi by Fransix Tenda Lomba (DR Congo)
- Special Jury Mention for documentary short film: Cuba in Africa by Negash Abdurahman (Ethiopia)
- Best Burkinabè film: Laabli the Elusive by Luc Youlouka Dambia
- Best Burkinabè hope: La Botaniste by Floriane Zoundi
- Revelation of Burkinabè cinema: Malla, As Far as the Night Least by Dramane Ouédraogo
- Oumarou Ganda Prize: Soula by Salah Issaad (Algeria)
See also
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