Fanta Régina Nacro
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Fanta Régina Nacro is a film director from Burkina Faso
. She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and also earned a Master’s Degree in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the Sorbonne
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Her first film was a short called Un Certain Matin (1992). Since then she has produced a number of short films, often taking a humorous perspective on the traditions of her country and the complexity of relations between tradition and modernity. Bintou
has won over twenty prizes in international festivals and won the Fespaco prize for best short film in 2001.
Fanta Régina Nacro made her first full length film, Night of Truth
(La Nuit de la vérité) in 2004.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and also earned a Master’s Degree in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
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Her first film was a short called Un Certain Matin (1992). Since then she has produced a number of short films, often taking a humorous perspective on the traditions of her country and the complexity of relations between tradition and modernity. Bintou
Bintou
Bintou is a 2001 Burkinabé short film directed by Fanta Régina Nacro. It formed part of the 2002 collection Mama Africa.-Plot:...
has won over twenty prizes in international festivals and won the Fespaco prize for best short film in 2001.
Fanta Régina Nacro made her first full length film, Night of Truth
Night of Truth
Night of Truth is the African director Fanta Régina Nacro's first full length film.Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandes...
(La Nuit de la vérité) in 2004.
Filmography
- 1991 Un Certain Matin (15 minutes)
- 1993 L'Ecole au coeur de la vie (13 minutes)
- 1995 Puk Nini (32 minutes)
- 1997 Femmes capables (23 minutes)
- 1997 La Tortue du Monde (23 minutes)
- 1998 Le Truc de Konaté (33 minutes)
- 1999 Florence Barrigha (26 minutes)
- 2000 Relou (5 minutes)
- 2000 Laafi Bala (26 minutes)
- 2001 La bague aux doigt (5 minutes)
- 2001 Une volonté de fer (5 minutes)
- 2001 La voix de la raison (5 minutes)
- 2001 BintouBintouBintou is a 2001 Burkinabé short film directed by Fanta Régina Nacro. It formed part of the 2002 collection Mama Africa.-Plot:...
(31 minutes) - 2002 En parler ça aide (17 minutes)
- 2003 Vivre positivement (42 minutes)
- 2004 La Nuit de la Verité (Night of TruthNight of TruthNight of Truth is the African director Fanta Régina Nacro's first full length film.Set in a fictional West-African country, this film tells the story of the night of reconciliation between two ethnic groups, the Nayak and the Bonandes...
, 100 minutes)