Dani Kouyate’s Katanga, La Danse Des Scorpions, Is Best Film of FESPACO 2025
The 29th Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which attracted filmmakers, industry professionals, policymakers and cinephiles from across Africa and beyond was brought to a beautiful close on March 1 after a colourful closing ceremony witnessed by Burkina Faso leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore. At the ceremony, which ended the week-long festival, Dani Kouyate, gave Burkina Faso something to cheer about, when his film, Katanga, la danse des scorpions, was declared winner of the coveted Golden Stallion of Yennenga. That declaration, which was well received earned host country Burkina Faso its first Étalon d’Or in 28 years. The film received the jury award and the audience award. The Silver Stallion (Étalon d’argent) went to The Village Next to Paradise by Mo Harawe (Somalia), while the Bronze Stallion (Étalon de bronze) was awarded to On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni (Zambia). The documentary prize went to Malauray Éloi Paisley for L’Homme-Vertige (Guadeloupe). The documentary film won both the Golden Stallion (Documentary) and the Paul Robeson Prize for best diaspora film. With African Cinema and Cultural Identities the theme, this edition of FESPACO was entirely devoted to paying tribute to Malian filmmaker, Souleymane Cissé, who passed on days before the festival. The legendary filmmaker was earlier slated to be a juror at the festival, which attracted over 20,000 attendees.


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