The 2019 edition of Africa’s largest film festival, FESPACO, came to a close Saturday night at an event that saw over 100,000 people watch over 450 films submitted to the festival, in various cities in Burkina Faso.
So who took prizes home? Here’s the full list of winners! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.

ETALON D’OR DE YENNENGA / GOLDEN STALLION:
The Mercy of the Jungle by Joel KAREKEZI (Rwanda)
ETALON D’ARGENT/ SILVER STALLION:
Karma by Khaled YOUSSEF (Egypt)
ETALON DE BRONZE / BRONZE STALLION:
Fatwa by Mahmoud BEN MAHMOUD (Tunisia)
MEILLEURE INTERPRETATION MASCULINE / BEST ACTOR:
Marc Zinga in The Mercy of the Jungle by Joel KAREKEZI (Rwanda)
MEILLEURE INTERPRETATION FEMININE/ BEST ACTRESS:
Samantha Mugatsia in Rafiki by Wanuri KAHUI (Kenya)
MEILLEUR SCENARIO / BEST SCRIPT:
Regarde-moi (Look at me) by Nejib BELKHADI (Tunisia)
Keteke by Peter SEDUFIA (Ghana)
MEILLEURE IMAGE / BEST IMAGE:
Mabata Bata by Joao Luis SOL DE CARVALHO (Mozambique)
MEILLEUR SON/BEST SOUND: Karma by Khaled YOUSSEF (Egypt)
MEILLEURE MUSIQUE: BEST MUSIC:
Sew the Winter To My Skin by Jahmil XT Qubeka (South Africa)
MEILLEUR DECOR/BEST SET:
Desrances by Apolline TRAORE (Burkina Faso)
MEILLEUR MONTAGE/BEST EDITING:
Mabata Bata by Joao Luis SOL DE CARVALHO (Mozambique)
PRIX OUMAROU GANDA DU MEILLEUR PREMIER LONG-MÉTRAGE/ OUMAROU GANDA PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE:
Jusqu’à la fin des temps Yasmine Chouikh (Algeria)
COURTS-METRAGES FICTION
POULAIN D’OR/ GOLDEN FOAL:
Black Mamba by Amel GUELLATY (Tunisia)
POULAIN D’ARGENT/ SILVER FOAL:
Une place dans l’avion by Khadidiatou SOW (Sénégal)
POULAIN DE BRONZE/ BRONZE FOAL:Un air de Kora by Angèle DIABANG (Sénégal)
COMPETITION DOCUMENTAIRE: DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
ETALON D’OR DE YENNENGA / GOLDEN STALLION:
Le loup d’or de Baolé by Aïcha Boro (Burkina Faso)
ETALON D’ARGENT/ SILVER STALLION:
Au temps où les arabes dansaient by Jawad RHALIB (Morocco)
ETALON DE BRONZE / BRONZE STALLION:Whispering Truth To Power by Shameela SEEDAT (South Africa)
PRIX PAUL ROBESON DE LA DIASPORA / DIASPORA PRIZE PAUL ROBESON:
Meu amigo Fela (Mon ami Fela) by Joel Zito ARAUJO (Brazil)
COURTS-METRAGES DOCUMENTAIRE
POULAIN D’OR/ GOLDEN FOAL:
Against all odds (Contre toute attente) by Charity Resian NAMPASO/ Andréa IANNETTA (Kenya)
POULAIN D’ARGENT/ SILVER FOAL:
Zanaka-Teny Nomen’i Felix (Ainsi parlait Félix) by Nantenaina LOVA (Madagascar)
POULAIN DE BRONZE/ BRONZE FOAL:
Tata Milouda by Nadja HAREK (Algeria)
SERIES TV
PREMIER PRIX/FRIST PRIZE:
Petites Histoires, Grandes Vérités (PHGV) by Ambrose B. COOKE (Ghana)
DEUXIEME PRIX/SECOND PRIZE:
Blog by Akre Loba Diby MELYOU (Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast)
COMPETITION ANIMATION
PREMIER PRIX/FRIST PRIZE:
Briska by Nadia RAIS (Tunisia)
DEUXIEME PRIX/SECOND PRIZE:
A kalabanda ate my homework by Raymond MALINGA (Uganda)
PRIX DU JURY/JURY AWARD:
Da Tsysy Da by Tojo Niaina RAJAOFERA (Madagascar)
COMPETITION FILM DES ECOLES: SCHOOLS CATEGORY
PREMIER PRIX/FRIST PRIZE:
Incompris by Jaurès KOUKPEMEDJI from l’Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l’Audiovisuel (ISMA) – Bénin
DEUXIEME PRIX/SECOND PRIZE:
Maison de retraite by N. Ismaël Césaire KAFANDO from l’Institut Supérieur de l’image et du Son/ Studio Ecole / ISIS/SE – Burkina Faso
Hello!
My name is Fidel Tetteh from Ghana.
I was at the 2019 FESPACO and I really enjoyed the Festival; It was my first time in Burkina Faso.
I am a graduate student reading Communication at the University of Ghana, Accra.
Currently, I am working on a number of stories and they are all related to my experiences at FESPACO. I need some help.
I am working on story in relation to a Ghanaian film screened at FESPACO, Heritage Africa by Kwaw Ansah. The film screened three times at FESPACO.
I will be grateful if I can get some answers to the questions below:
1. Why did organizers at FESPACO decide to screen a 1989 film three times at FESPACO when there are a lot more current films that never had any chance to screen on such a huge platform as FESPACO?
2. What made Heritage Africa relevant to the 2019 FESPACO?
Please, kindly help me find answers to these questions and I will be eternally grateful. It is for an academic work in Journalism.
Thank you.