The selected projects of the 5th edition of the Ouaga Film lab are known

The 5th edition of the Ouga Film Lab will be held from October 27 to November 7, 2020 in Ougadougou, a moment of connection between young project leaders and international consultants.

For 5 years now, the Ouaga Film Lab has positioned itself as a bridge between young leaders of African film projects and international consultants as well as potential sources of funding. For this fifth edition to be held in november in Ougadougou – Burkina faso, the organizing team has selected 10 projects from several countries around africa.

The Ouaga Film Lab is the first development and co-production laboratory in west africa and it is organised by a collective of producers, directors, film critics and cultural consultants based in Burkina Faso called Generation Films. The platform establishes a 2-way dialogue between African talents and professionals from across the world, for the purpose of networking, and to exchange experiences on the difficulties inherent to film production.

With a main aim to make strong, the competitiveness of directors, producers, from countries of concerned regions in the various international bodies, and also, to facilitate their access to local financial fundings, international co productions and working in close collaboration with mentors from the continent.

For this edition over 100 applications were recorded from 25 countries (West, Central Africa, Great Lakes) and 10 was selected. The criterion of selection was based on the quality and sensitivity of the subject addressed.

The selected projects

And who will cook ? documentary project Samira VERA-CRUZ (Cape Verde), produced by Pedro SOULÉ – “Kriolscope Filmes” (Cape Verde)
Conversations with my mother, fiction project by Samuel TEBANDEKE (Uganda), produced by Juliana KABUA – ” Aftales Film Hub ”(Kenya)
Debout mon enfant, fiction project by Pape Abdoulaye SECK (Senegal), produced by Baila SY -“ Proxycom ”(Senegal)
Doxandem : The dream hunters, documentary project by Saliou SARR (Senegal) ), produced by Yanis GAYE – “Gorée Island” (Senegal)
Identity, documentary project by Inès SORGHO (Burkina Faso), produced by Claver ZONGO – “Yira Entertainment” (Burkina Faso)
Le retour de Job, documentary project by Inoussa BAGUIAN (Burkina Faso), produced by Hassane SANFO – ” Fama Films ”(Burkina Faso)
Oil companies, documentary project by Aboubacar ASSOUMANE (Niger), produced by Moumouni BAKABÉ “ Agence Intermedia ”(Niger)
Minimals in a titanic world, fiction project by Philbert MBABAZI (Rwanda), produced by Samuel ISHIMWE – “Imitana Productions” (Rwanda)
Tam-tam, fiction project by Mireille NIYONSABA (Burundi), produced by Laurent BITTY – “Les films du continent” (Ivory Coast)
The new man, documentary project by Yuri CEUNINCK (Cape Verde), produced by Natasha RODRIGUES – “Korikaxoru Films” (Cape Verde)