Pegasus wins Etalon d'Or in Burkina Faso
Pegasus Etalon d'Or in Burkina Faso, best film of the 2 years in Ouagadougou!
Mohamed Mouftakir's film 'Pegase' (Pegasus) wins Best Picture (Etalon d'Or) in Burkina Faso at FESPACO (Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou). Mohamed's film premiered at the 2011 Dubai Film Festival DIFF and has since won Best Picture (Grand Prix) in Tangier International Film Festival before winning in Ouagadougou.
General delegate of the 22nd Pan-African Film and TV Festival (FESPACO) Michael Ouedrago said this about Moroccan cinema: 'Morocco has become one of the leaders of the African film production', after the Moroccan film Pegase won the Etalon d'Or in Burkina Faso. The Etalon d'Or is the award for the best feature film of fiction selected out of 18 African films in competition. As the festival only takes place every two years, this prize is only given every two years.
written by, Vanessa McMahon March 05, 2011
Read an article about the film Pegase here: http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/pegase_a_new_moroccan_fil…
Other films in competition were:
Compétition officielle des films de fiction long métrage
01 - A small town called Descent, Jahmil X. T. QUBEKA / Afrique du sud
02 - Ad- dar lakbira (la grande villa), Latif LAHLOU / Maroc
03 - Da monzon, la conquête de samanyana, Sidy F. DIABATE / Mali
04 - En attendant le vote …, Missa HEBIE / Burkina Faso
05 - Essaha (la place), Dahmane OUZID / Algérie
06 - Foreign demons, Faith ISIAKPERE / Afrique du sud
07 - La mosquée, Daoud AOULAD-SYAD / Maroc
08 - Le mec idéal, Owell BROWN / Côte d’Ivoire
09 - Le poids du serment, Kollo D. SANOU / Burkina Faso
10 - Notre étrangère, Sarah BOUYAIN / Burkina Faso
11 - Pégase, Mohamed MOUFTAKIR / Maroc
12 - Raconte seherazade… raconte, Yousry NASRALLAH / Egypte
13 - Restless city, Dosunmu Andrew WAHEED / Nigeria
14 - The last flight of the flamingo, Ribeiro JOAO / Mozambique
15 - The wedding, Abdel Aziz SAMEH / Egypte
16 - Un homme qui crie, Haroun Mahamat SALEH / Tchad
17 - Un pas en avant- les dessous de la corruption, Sylvestre AMOUSSOU / Bénin
18 - Voyage à Alger, Abdelkrim BAHLOUL / Algérie
To read more about FESPACO visit their site at: http://www.fespaco-bf.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&lay…
