Burkina Faso director Dany Kouyaté triumphed on Saturday, winning the Étalon d'Or du Yennega, the top award at the Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival (Fespaco). His film Katanga, the dance of the scorpionsinspired by the work Macbeth by Shakespeare, seduced the jury of the 29th edition of the festival.
This trophy marks a historic victory for Burkinabe cinema, the first since 1997, and confirms the talent of Kouyaté, who had already won a prize in 2001 but was left out of the grand prize.
Katanga stands out for its unique blend of tradition and modernity, tackling the universal theme of power and its corruption, all in black and white. The jury praised the strength of its cultural roots and the magic of its staging, which blends contemporaneity and timelessness.
The film, the fruit of several years' hard work, was shot in the suburbs of Ouagadougou on a budget of one million euros. Kouyaté, an alumnus of the Institut Africain d'Etudes Cinématographiques and son of the famous actor Sotigui Kouyaté, dedicated his prize to the people of Burkina Faso and to those who fell in defense of their homeland. This victory puts the spotlight on Burkinabe cinema on the international scene.
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