Cinema of the Central African Republic

The cinema of the Central African Republic refers to the films and the film industry of Central African Republic. The country is one of the world's poorest countries and the film industry is correspondingly small. The first film made in CAR appears to have been Les enfants de la danse, a short French-made ethnographic documentary of 1945. Joseph Akouissone was the first Central African to make a film in the country, with his 1981 documentary Un homme est un homme;Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 29-30 he was followed by the documentaries made in the 1980s by Léonie Yangba Zowe.Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 493 Since then a series of ongoing conflicts and economic crises have severely limited the potential growth of film-making in the country. The first feature-length drama made in the country was Le silence de la forêt, a 2003 CAR-Gabon-Cameroon co-production about the Biaka people.JC Woodfrok (2006) Culture and Customs of the Central African Republic, Greenwood Press, pg. 150

More recently, director and producer Elvis Sabin Ngaibino has feature documentaries Makongo and Le Fardeau (The Burden) screened at international film festivals.

List of Central African films

This is a sortable list of films produced in the CAR.Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala

Year Title Director Genre Notes1958The Roots of Heaven (film) John HustonDocumentary shortAmerican1960boganda films bogandaDocumentary shortEnglish 1970 Les enfants de la danse Geneviève Dournon & Arom Simha Documentary short English title: Children of the Dance1978Safrana or Freedom of Speech Joseph Akouissone, Med HondoDocumentary short 1981 Un homme est un homme Joseph Akouissone Documentary short English title: A Man is a Man 1985 Lengue Léonie Yangba Zowe Documentary short 1985 Nzale Léonie Yangba Zowe Documentary short 1985 Yangba bolo Léonie Yangba Zowe Documentary short 1987 Paroles de sages Léonie Yangba Zowe Documentary short English title: Words of Sages 1990 Echoes from a Sombre Empire Werner Herzog Documentary English title: Echoes From a Sombre Empire1992BogandeBogande1993Un Pygmée dans la baignoire Léandre-Alain BakerBroadcast: Canal Plus, TV5, CFI Festival: Montreal, Fespaco, Amiens...1993documentary Diogène à Léandre-Alain BakerDrama1995Tatie pouvait vivre. Video, color,Opportune AymadjiDrama1996Colis postal (1996)Léandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short1998Au bout du couloir Léandre-Alain BakerDocumentary shortFestivals: Montreal, Amiens. 2003 Le silence de la forêt Bassek Ba Kobhio & Didier Ouénangaré Drama English title: The Silence of the Forest2004Les Oranges de BellevilleLéandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short2005Paris la métisse Léandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short2006Tchicaya U’TamsiLéandre-Alain BakerDrama2007Ramata (film)Léandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short200835 Shots of Rum Claire DenisDocumentary short 2009 World of Witchcraft Daniel Bogado Documentary short 2009Saignantes (Les)Jean-Pierre BekoloDocumentary short2009Sofie la Banguisoise (Series) 2009Sylviane Gboulou MbapondoDocumentary short2010A Screaming Man Mahamat Saleh HarounDocumentary short2010White MaterialClaire Denis Marie NDiayeDocumentary short 2011 Oka!Lavinia Currier Drama American drama filmed partly in CAR2011The Ambassador (2011 film) Mads BrüggerDocumentary shortAmerican2011Love and Bruises Lou YeDocumentary short2012magleorie kolissomagleorie kolissoDocumentary short2012Georgette Florence KoytGeorgette Florence Koyt-Deballé Tchicaya U’TamsiDocumentary short2013 Aya of Yop CityMarguerite Abouet Clément OubrerieDocumentary short2014chimende Losebafreed yapandee Documentary short2015freed yapandeefreed yapandeeDocumentary short 2016 Nascent Lindsay Branham & Jon Kasbe Documentary short 2017SarafinaSarafinaDocumentary short2017Ozagin Dany GrepandeDrama2017 Chambre 1 Leila ThiamDocumentary short 2018 Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku Todd McGrain Documentary 2018Yé mbiYémbi, Par Hermann LINGANGUEDocumentary short2019demain je pare en Yann harris DawroDrama2019Camille Boris LojkineDocumentary short

Films made La Couture de Paris,

short film, 1995. Distribution: CFI, Canal + Horizon, TV5, Festivals: Fespaco, Amiens, Montréal, Namur.

Diogenes to Brazzaville,

Documentary film, 2004. Portrait of the Congolese writer Sony Labou Tansi. Broadcast: TV 10, CFI, Canal + Horizon, TV5, Festivals: Vue d'Afrique Montreal, Amiens, Fespaco, Namur, Milan, Lisbon.

Tchicaya, the little leaf that sings its country,

Documentary film, 2004. Portrait of the Congolese writer Tchicaya U'Tamsi. Diffusion: Images Plus, CFI, Canal + Horizon, Festivals: Fespaco, Amiens.

Central African Republic film directors

Léandre-Alain Baker Didier Ouénangaré Elvis Sabin Ngaibino Léonie Yangba Zowe Mamadou Mahmoud N'Dongo Joseph Akouissone Maurice Alezra Béatrice Boffety Patrick Demeester Georges Durupt Micheline Durupt Bernard Guenau Gérard Guérin Evane Hanska Charles Lescaut Charles Leaut Chantal Monstile Denis Parrichon Moussa Ndongo Sylviane Gboulou Mbapondo Leila Thiam Monsieur Habib Fiacre Bindala Camille Lepage Andre kolingbe Bocha Sango Mokonga Quenitin Alex Ballu Heritter Acteur Djimon Hounsou Mbéni Yé by Sparrow Étienne Goyémidé droite Eric Sabe, Ida Mabaya, lesultan de dekoa Hippolyte Donossio Ousna Ousnabee NGAISSIO Abdoul Karim ASSANAS TEKATA Simon Patrick LAMINE Odilon Alias Cheguevara Andy melo kailou Sylla Nicna Meunrisse Boris Lojkine Didier Flort Ouén Leger Serge kokpakpa Jm wolf Gang lzy Orphelin Brown Goh Eric Yelemou Lassa Kossangue Bande Originale Hurel BenInga

See also

Culture of the Central African Republic List of African films

References