Gaston Kaboré

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Gaston Kaboré
BornApril 23, 1951
Bobo-Dioulasso
NationalityBurkinabé
CitizenshipBurkinabé
Alma materSorbonne, France
Occupationfilm director

Gaston Kaboré (born 1951) is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry.[1] He has won awards for his films Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam. He is the founder of Imagine Institute, a school he opened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2003, that provides workshops and residencies for film and television professionals.

Biography

Kaboré was born in 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso in Upper Volta.[2]

He studied history at the

César award
.

In 1997 he won the first prize at the 15th Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) with the film Buud Yam.[2]

From 1985 to 1997 he was the Secretary-General of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI).[3] In 2003 he opened Imagine Institute, a school in Ouagadougou that provides training for television and film professionals.[1][3] Kabore created the school to address the lack of African training schools [1]and in the belief that “cinema is able to play a fundamental role of the restoration of [African] self-confidence, self-esteem.” [4]

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Burkina Faso gets new film school". BBC. 2005-03-01. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ a b "Interview with...Gaston Kaboré". UNESCO. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  4. ^ Dupont, David. "Filmmaker Gaston Kabore sees movies playing role in coming African Renaissance – BG Independent News". Retrieved 2024-02-21.

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