Idrissa Ouédraogo

Idrissa Ouédraogo was born on 21 January 1954 in Banfora, in Upper Volta. Top of his class at the African Institute of Cinematographic Studies in Ouagadougou, he made short films that won prizes at the Pan-African festival, worked in the directorate of film production, then trained in Kyiv and Paris. His first feature film was noticed at Cannes, the third won the Grand Prize there in 1990 and the Étalon de Yennenga the following year. His work revolves around the clash of village and city, of tradition and the present. He died on 18 February 2018 in Ouagadougou.

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• CinemaYaabaIdrissa Ouédraogo · 1989Cinema