Cinema of Benin
De Cinema of Benin dey refer to de film industry of de Republic of Benin insyd West Africa.
Ein History
[edit | edit source]Sources dey differ as na ebe de first Beninese film, plus some wey dey point to de short Lumière des hommes (1954, director be unknown),[1] plus others wey dey point to de work of Pascal Abikanlou, wey make number of documentaries insyd de 1960s, followed by ein first feature film Sous le signe du vaudou insyd 1974.[2][3] Na Richard De Medeiros be another noted director of de early independence years, beginning plus 1970's Le roi est mort en exil, sam examination of Béhanzin, de last king of Dahomey.[4] He go on make de feature-length Le nouveau venu (1972), wey explore de issue of corruption den de conflict between modernity den tradition insyd Benin.[5] François Okioh make sam number of short documentaries insyd de 1980s, as well as se feature-length dramas Ironou (1985) den Enfants de... (1985).[6] Noted filmmakers of de last two decades be Jean Odoutan (Barbecue Pejo, 2000; Pim-Pim Tché, 2010), Idrissou Mora Kpai (Si-Gueriki, la reine-mère, 2002) den Sylvestre Amoussou (Africa Paradis, 2006).
List of Beninese films
[edit | edit source]Dis be sortable list of films wey dem produce insyd Benin.[7][1][8][4][6]
| Year | Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Lumière des hommes | ? | Short | English title: Light of Men |
| 1967 | Ganvié, mon village | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary, short | English title: Ganvié, My Village |
| 1968 | Escale au Dahomey | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary, short | English title: Stopover in Dahomey |
| 1969 | Premières offrandes | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary, short | English title: First Offerings |
| 1969 | Fête de l'igname | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary, short | English title: Yam Festival |
| 1970 | Le roi est mort en exil | Richard de Medeiros | Drama, short | English title: The King Died in Exile |
| 1971 | Opération Sonader | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary, short | English title: Operation Sonader |
| 1971 | De l'eau et de l'ombrage | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary, short | English title: Water and Shade |
| 1972 | Téké, hymne au Borgou | Richard de Medeiros | Documentary, short | English title: Téké, Hymn of Borgou |
| 1972 | Silence et feu de brousse | Richard de Medeiros | Drama, short | English title: Silence and Bushfire |
| 1974 | Sous le signe du vaudou | Pascal Abikanlou | Drama | English title: Under the Sign of Voodoo |
| 1975 | L'Afrique au Rendez-vous de l'Année Sainte | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary short | English title: Africa at the Rendezvous of the New Year |
| 1976 | Le Nouveau venu | Richard De Medeiros | Drama | English title: The Newcomer |
| 1980 | Ces Collines ne sont pas muettes | François Okioh | Documentary, short | English title: These Hills are not Silent |
| 1982 | Le Fleuve a tout emporté | François Okioh | Documentary, short | English title: The River Swept Everything |
| 1983 | Ogu | François Okioh | Documentary, short | |
| 1985 | Enfants de... | François Okioh | Drama | English title: Infants of... |
| 1985 | Ironou | François Okioh | Drama | |
| 1989 | Dan xome royaume des Huegbadjavi | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary | English title: Dan Xome, Kingdom of Huegbadjavi |
| 1991 | Debout les morts | ? | Television production | English title: Up the Dead |
| 1991 | Les Tresseurs de Corde | François Okioh | Drama | English title: The Mat Cutters |
| 1992 | Vent de l'espoir | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary | English title: Wind of Hope |
| 1993 | Ouidah 92 | Pascal Abikanlou | Documentary | |
| 1998 | Divine carcasse | Dominique Loreau | Drama | English title: Divine Carcass |
| 1999 | Génération perdue | M. Pounie | English title: Lost Generation | |
| 2000 | Barbecue-Pejo | Jean Odoutan | Drama | |
| 2000 | Le Pays Idaasha | François Okioh | Drama | English title: Dassa Country |
| 2002 | Si-Gueriki, la reine-mère | Idrissou Mora Kpai | Drama | English title: Si-Gueriki, the Queen Mother |
| 2004 | La Valse des gros derrières | Jean Odoutan | English: The Waltz of the Big Behinds | |
| 2006 | Abeni | Tunde Kelani | Drama | Benin-Nigeria co-production |
| 2006 | Africa Paradis | Sylvestre Amoussou | Drama/comedy | English title: Africa Paradise |
| 2006 | Abeni 2 | Tunde Kelani | Drama | Benin-Nigeria co-production |
| 2006 | Crânes épais... lèvres fausses | François Okioh | Documentary, short | English title: Thick Skulls... False Lips |
| 2007 | L'Amazone candidate | Sanvi Panou | Documentary | English title: The Amazon Candidate |
| 2010 | Pim-Pim Tché | Jean Odoutan | Drama | |
| 2010 | Shed No Tears | Kaitlyn Summerill | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Un pas en avant - Les dessous de la corruption | Sylvestre Amoussou | Comedy | English title: One Step Forward - The Bottom of Corruption |
| 2011 | Indochine, sur les traces d'une mère | Idrissou Mora Kpai | Documentary | English title: Indochina: Traces of a Mother |
| 2011 | Femme d'Afrique | Milja Viita | Documentary short | English title: Woman of Africa |
| 2011 | Larmes de sang | Laitan Faranpojo & Mark Koumagnon | English title: Tears of Blood | |
| 2012 | La personne de Georges Adéagbo | Matteo Fritelli | Documentary | English title: The Person of Georges Adéagbo |
| 2012 | Possessed by Voodoo | Sergey Yastrzhembskiy | Documentary | |
| 2012 | The Camp | Jean-Frédéric de Hasque | Documentary | |
| 2014 | Dreamcycles | Nelson Roubert | Documentary | |
| 2015 | Gangbé! | Arnauld Robert | Documentary | |
| 2016 | Vindicte | Ange-Régis Hounkpatin | Drama, short | English title: Retribution |
| 2016 | Bight of the Twin | Hazel Hill McCarthy III | Documentary | |
| 2016 | Dassa-Zoume | Christophe Blanpied | Documentary, short | |
| 2017 | L'orage africain: un continent sous influence | Sylvestre Amoussou | Drama | English title: The African Storm |
| 2017 | Studio Harmattan | Stefanos Pavlakis | Experimental short | |
| 2018 | In Search of Voodoo: Roots of Heaven | Djimon Hounsou | Documentary | |
| 2018 | ZanKlan | Arcade Assogba | Drama, short | |
| 2018 | When God is Among Us | Aidan Macaluso | Documentary, short | |
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[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 Houngnikpo, Mathurin C.; Decalo, Samuel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin (Fourth ed.). Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 164–65. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.
- ↑ Blaise Ahouansè (13 January 2013), Hommage à Pascal Abikanlou, le précurseur du cinéma béninois, La Nouvelle Tribune, archived from the original on 18 January 2020, retrieved 7 December 2019
- ↑ Pascal Abikanlou, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019
- 1 2 Richard de Medeiros, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019
- ↑ Le Nouveau Venu, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019
- 1 2 François Okioh, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019
- ↑ IMDb - Benin, 6 December 2019
- ↑ Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 18