This week, Fespaco unveiled the official selection for its 27th edition, which will take place from October 16 to 23, 2021, in Ouagadougou.
The CANAL+ Group appears 17 times in this official selection with co-productions, pre-purchases, or acquisitions of series or films.
Fiction section
BAAMUM NAFI by Mamadou Dia (Senegal), CANAL+ co-production (Africa)
LA NUIT DES ROIS by Philippe Lacôte (Ivory Coast), CANAL+ co-production (Africa) and CANAL+ pre-purchase (France)
LES TROIS LASCARS by Boubacar Diallo (Burkina Faso), CANAL+ co-production (Africa)
LINGUI, LES LIENS SACRES by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad), CANAL+ co-production (Africa) and CANAL+ pre-purchase (France)
UNE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR ET DE DESIR by Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia), pre-purchase by CANAL+ Group
FESPACO series section
HANTES, a CANAL+ Original series, by Gareth Crocker (South Africa)
MAMI WATA, a CANAL+ Original series, by Samantha Biffot, Olivier Messa, and Olivia Biffot (Gabon)
LA VILLA D’A COTE, by Jacques Gohi Trabi (Ivory Coast), Pre-purchase A+
MADAME…MONSIEUR, by Ebenezer Kepombia (Cameroon), Pre-purchase A+
FESPACO shorts section
ANONYMES by Fama Reyane Sow (Senegal), Pre-purchase
GWAKOULOU by Moïse Togo (Mali), Purchase
NOS VOISINS by Delphine Kaboré (Burkina Faso), Purchase
TABASKI by Laurence Attali (Senegal), Purchase
Documentary section
MAKONGO by Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino (Central African Republic) Purchase CANAL+ (Africa)
Panorama section
(out of official competition)
ALOEVERA by Kofi Peter Sedufia (Ghana) Co-production CANAL+ (Africa),
HAINGOSOA by Edouard Joubeaud (Madagascar), Purchase CANAL+ (Africa)
L’HOMME QUI A VENDU SA PEAU by Hania Ben Kaouther (Tunisia), Pre-purchase CANAL+ Group
In addition, the film Atlantique (co-production CANAL+ Africa and pre-purchase CANAL+ France), directed by Mati Diop and awarded the Grand Prix at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in 2019, will be screened at the opening of FESPACO.