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Sankara is Not Dead

2019109 minPG

Synopsis

Bikontine’s journey after the rebellion in October 2014 in Burkina Faso follows his dreams of looking for a better life as a poet. From south to north, he walks along the only train rail track in his country. Through the journey of his poetry, he learns about people in the villages, cities that keep on changing, also their dreams and disappointments. Another interesting matter is the uncovering of Thomas Sankara’s legacy, “African Che Guevara”, who was killed in 1987.

Credits

Director

    Lucie Viver

    After studies in history and philosophy, Lucie Viver worked as an assistant director. In particular, she worked on movies by Otar Iosseliani, Mati Diop and Rabah Ameur-Zaïmèche. In 2013, she was admitted to La Fémis Screenplay Workshop. Since then, she has been developing several documentary and fiction film projects. Sankara is not dead is her first film.

Details

  • Original TitleSankara N'est Pas Mort
  • Country of ProductionBurkina Faso
  • Spoken LanguagesFrench
  • SubtitleEnglish
  • ColorColor
  • Production HouseLes Films du Bilboquet
  • Awards2020- SPECIAL MENTION DOKer Moscow International Documentary Film Festival 2020
    2020- FIRST PRIZE "Breaking boundaries" RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
    2019- Best Documentary Feature Budapest IFF HUNGARY 2019
    2019- SPECIAL JURY PRIZE in African International Film Festival AFRIFF
    2019- JOHN MARSHALL AWARD for Contemporary Ethnographic Media
    2018- ENTREVUES DE BELFORT, PRIX FILM EN COURS
  • Previous Festival2020 - MUESTRA DE CINE - "Mujeres en Escena"
    2020- MUESTRA INDEPENDIENTE AUDIOVISUAL DE XALISCO
    2020- "POÉSIES & DAVANTAGE" FESTIVAL
    2020- BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA - "A complexion change"
    2020- TRUJILLO INDEPENDANT FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- DOXA
    2020- ETHNOCINEA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- LIBERATION DOC FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- DRAMATIQUE - FETSIVAL DE CINE HECHO POR MUJERES Y DISIDENCIAS
    2020- FESTIVAL NAZIONALE DEL CINEMA E DELLA TELEVISIONE DI BENEVENT
    2020- FLICKERS RHODE ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- DOKer MOSCOX INT. DOC. FILM FESTIVALl
    2020- ORURO FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- GOTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- BUDAPEST INDEPENDANT FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
    2020- FECISLA
    2019- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINEMA FRANCOPHONE EN ARCADIE
    2019- FESTIVAL FILM DOKUMENTER
    2019- CINE DROITS LIBRE OUAGADOUGOU
    2019- AVANT-PREMIERE A BOBO-DIOULASSO AVEC INSTITUT FRANCAIS
    2019- OUT OF AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL
    2019- LES RENCONTRES DE CINESSONNE
    2019- BENIN CITY FILM FESTIVAL
    2019- LES ECRANS DOCUMENTAIRES - In Competition Premiers Films
    2019- AFRIFF (Africa International Film Festival) - In Competition
    2019- LUMIERES D'AFRIQUE
    2019- DOK LEIPZIG
    2019- CORSICA DOC Section "Les Indépendances et après ?"
    2019- CAMDEM IFF
    2019- FIDADOC 2019 International Competition
    2019- ETONNANTS VOYAGEURS Festival du livre et du film
    2019- FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DU REEL In Competition

Festival records

Edition | Program

Under the same program: International Feature-Length Competition

  • Silvia
    2018103 minPG
    Maria Silvia Esteve
  • Lemebel
    201996 minPG
    Joanna Reposi Garibaldi
    Jury Special Mention (2019)