Cinematography: Issaka Thiombiano

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Issaka Thiombiano. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Zan Boko

1988 · Movie · 95 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Gaston Kaboré

Cast Mathias Bayili · Colette Kaboré · Joseph Nikiema · Gady Pafadnam

Plot In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta....

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Parlons grand-mère

1989 · Documentary · 34 min. · Senegal

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The Vessels (S)

1983 · Documentary · 11 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Idrissa Ouedraogo

Plot This short film takes place in northern Burkina Faso, in a Mossi village. There, two old men patiently and skillfully make traditional wooden bowls for everyday use. Meanwhile, the young...

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Bilakoro (S)

1989 · Movie · 15 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Dani Kouyaté · Issa Traoré · Sekou Traoré

Plot A group of children get together after school in a makeshift workshop, where they make toys: cars, catapults, guns, etc. This film takes us into their world: their games, their...

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The Choice

1986 · Movie · 78 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Idrissa Ouedraogo

Cast Aoua Guiraud · Moussa Blogo · Assita Ouédraogo · Fatima Ouedraogo

Plot The story takes place in Burkina Faso. Poverty grows with each year that passes at Gourga, a village on the borders of the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: either wait...

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