Category: Screening
Issiaka Konaté was born in 1959 in Burkina Faso. He completed theoretical studies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and later in Paris, France. After returning to Burkina Faso, he began directing and made several documentaries focusing on professions and activities in his country. Convinced that the era of cinematic writing fundamentally changed with the advent of digital and new technologies, he turned to institutional and audiovisual productions as well as financing, particularly with the production of short films and television series. His first film, a documentary titled “Yiri Kan,” is a portrait of Mahama Konaté, a traditional musician from Burkina Faso. The film won the Best Short Film award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in 1992. In 1998, he directed his first feature film, “Souko.” The film won the Cannes Junior Jury Prize and the French Film Promotion Prize. It also received a special mention from the jury at FESPACO.
