Ouagadougou (AFP) – FESPACO grand festival of African cinema, ended on Saturday in Ouagadougou with the coronation of the film “Fever” by Moroccan director Hicham Ayouch the featured film “Timbuktu” to settle prices minors.
Hicham Ayouch received the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, which crowns the best feature, hands Burkina Faso President Michel Kafando, to the applause of the approximately 4,000 people attending the ceremony fence. “He presented a gigantic work,” exclaimed Mr. Kafando “I want to congratulate the”
Emu, the winner has launched. “I am African, and proud of it. It has stolen our past, we tried to steal our history, but our culture is ours and it is time to take things in hand now. ” “We are a continent beautiful, rich and noble, we are the mother of all the earth, we are the wise men of the world.”
The silver and bronze Stallions were awarded, respectively, the film “Fadhma N’Soumer” Algerian director Belkacem Hadjadj and “The Eye of the Storm” of the Burkinabé Sékou Traoré.
This is also the great revelation of FESPACO, winning the prize Oumarou Ganda rewarding “first work”, as well as Best Actress (Maimouna N’Diaye) and Best Actor (Fargass Assandé).
Morocco was also honored in the short film category this 24th FESPACO. “Water and blood” of Abdelilah Eljouhary won first prize in the category
A journalist by training, Hicham Ayouch is the younger brother Nabil Ayouch, winner of . ‘Gold Standard in 2001 with the film “Ali Zaoua”
His speech was at times turned into rant against neo-colonialism: “I do not need help, I’ I need a cooperation ceases to operate our continent and who ceases to flow rivers of blood “.
Filmed in France, in a city,” fevers “tells the story of Benjamin, 13 years old, whose mother can not take care, and therefore share to her father Karim.
The latter, who himself lives with his parents, finds himself completely helpless against this boy, insolent as endearing, which upsets his life
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The film featured the festival, “Timbuktu” merely prices Best Production Design and Best Music, having been crowned the end of February in France seven Cesars, including best film.
The Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako has shown good loser, falling into the arms of winner: “This is the Vibrant Africa”
“+ + Timbuktu has won awards already, + + Timbuktu has sufficient light to exist and the Stallion is a light more and when. light is given another director is the film and victory is my victory too, “he said.
patrols on the outskirts of the event, spectators thorough search , gantries detecting metals: the safety device was new for this FESPACO, which began Feb. 28
The authorities had feared “security problems” because of the dissemination of “Timbuktu” film. recounting everyday life in northern Mali under the control of jihadists who have controlled the area for several months in 2012 and 2013.
“FESPACO is the translation of the African desire for expression and express African culture in freedom, in any democracy, and therefore in these circumstances, we could not set aside a so-called film because it was more or less threatened by terrorists, “said Michel Kafando, recalling that he had discussed not to broadcast the film at FESPACO.
Founded in 1969, FESPACO is held every two years in Burkina Faso, a poor country of which it is the business card to International.
The 2015 edition is the first since the fall of President Blaise Compaoré in October following a popular revolt, this watermark at the festival.
A documentary shown at the festival traces indeed the life of a figure widely claimed during the popular uprising: Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara was assassinated in 1987 during a coup that brought Compaoré to power
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