Top Africa film festival opens in jihadist-hit Burkina

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 27, 2023 12:02 am

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Africa's biggest film festival kicked off in Burkina Faso on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) with the Sahel nation's long-running jihadist insurgency looming large over the opening night.

A total of 170 entries have been selected for the FESPACO festival in the capital Ouagadougou, including 15 fiction feature films in contention for the Yennenga Golden Stallion award and a prize of around $30,000.

Prime Minister of Mali Choguel Kokalla Maiga (second right), and Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela (right) clap the start of the festival during the opening ceremony of the 28th Pan-African Film and television Festival (FESPACO), in Ouagadougou, on Feb. 25, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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