During the Kourigha International African Cinema Festival, which was held from May 6 to 13, 2023 in Morocco, Drissa Touré received a recognition trophy for the production of her film called ”Haramuya”. We received him at the newspaper’s premises on the morning of May 22 with his bonus in hand.
At each edition of the Kourigha International African Film Festival, a tribute is always paid to an African filmmaker who has marked the history of world cinema. At this 23e edition the tribute was paid to Drissa Touré, a Burkinabe filmmaker and director residing in Bobo-Dioulasso. Born on October 24, 1952, Drissa Touré was a driver for the Regional Development Organization (ORD) in Bougouriba. At the time, inspired by the conflict between modern means of water supply and respect for traditional values, he made his first film ”Nasabule” which means ”the new well or the new road” in 1984 .
In 1992, he made his first feature film ”Laada” followed by the film ”Haramuya” made in 1994 which earned him the recognition award at the end of this 23e edition of the International Festival of African Cinema in Kourigha. Haramuya, which means ”Proscription”, portrays the city caught in the traps of modernism and tradition. By realizing Haramuya, “ I wanted to invent a new way of writing cinema because it’s the city that has taken over the lives of its inhabitants in the villages and that has shattered the families into a mosaic “. To do this, ” I wrote in a circle, when I finished writing, I even realized. When I realized we couldn’t proceed with the editing because in no film school we learn that “, he informs us. Adding that ” I then had to go to France to edit Haramuya.
It is thanks to Caïnan Atia that the editing was done “. Drissa Touré, despite her age, still intends to continue her career. ” As Sembène Ousmane said, good wine is always old and expensive. So as a veteran, the films I’m going to make now will be short and feature-length experience films. “, he argues.
Valentine Yéli KAM
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