Fatima, a 16-year-old girl decides to go to war against the traditions of his country. Raped by her uncle, she runs away and finds herself in the street where she keeps the secret of her pregnancy which, however, grows irreversibly.

a film by Inoussa KABORÉ

Burkina Faso, 2009, short narrative, 28 mins, drama

Duration / Length: 28 mins
Type: Fiction, short film
Format: HDV / DVCAM 16: 9
Versions: French
Tags: Incest, Family, Violence

Director: Inoussa Kaboré
Camera: Gideon Vink
Sound: Parfaite Kiéma, Serge Ilboudo
Editing: Ernest Kaboré
Original music: Khanzaï
Sound mixing: Alain Kempinaire

Official site
https://droitlibre.tv/semfilms/www.semfilms.org/spip8346.html?article18

Production: Association Semfilms
Co-production: Parabole Burkina
With financial support from the Dutch Embassy in Burkina Faso

TV broadcast: RTB, BF1

FESTIVALS

2011 l 22nd FESPACO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | from February 26 to March 5, 2011 | www.fespaco.bf (Burkina Faso, 2011)
* Nominee: TV Video Panorama
* Wamdé Award - Alliance francophone [Prix spéciaux].
* Special mention from the Burkinabè Ministry for the Promotion of Human Rights.

2009 l Vues d'Afrique Film Festival, Quebec (Canada, 2009)
* Short Film Competition

2008 l Ciné Droit Libre (Burkina Faso, 2008)
* Best Human Rights Screenplay Award

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