Since 1969, Burkina Faso has been home to the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou, or FESPACO for short. This biennial event celebrates the best of the film industry in Africa. There are two categories of awards: the Etalon d’or de Yennenga for fictional and documentary feature films and the Poulain d’or de Yennenga for short films.
The most recent iteration of the festival took place in October 2021, delayed from its scheduled date in February 2021 due to COVID. This year's big winner was Somali filmmaker Khadar Ahmed, who was recognized for a film he wrote and directed, "The Gravedigger's Wife." Click below for the trailer:
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