# Alidou Badini

Alidou Badini is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso who has worked on many films and TV productions. He co-directed the widely discussed Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre, which documents the realities of free trade.
Badini has been cameraman or assistant director on various films for the cinema and TV, starting with Keïta! l'Héritage du griot (1994) directed by Dani Kouyaté. His short film Fleurs d'épines (Flowers of thorns) was nominated for a prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou in 2001.
Badini was co-director of Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre, which explores the trade in shea butter made from the nuts of the shea tree, a source of cash to subsistence farmers in Burkina Faso. The almonds and the butter extracted from the nuts are used in cooking and body care. Although attempts have been made to apply "fair trade" principles, the film questions whether the villagers can in practice escape the implacable force of the market. Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre was shown at the Amiens International Film Festival. The film received the Jury Grand Prize at the International Environmental Film Festival of Niamey. It has been used as the basis for discussions by groups who support fair trade.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Keïta! l'Héritage du griot (Keita's griot heritage) | Assistant Director | Dani Kouyaté. Fiction. 90 minutes |
| 1995 | Les enfants du soleil (Children of the Sun) | Assistant Director | Issiaka Konate . 26 minutes fiction |
| 1995 | Mare d'Ourcy, Merveille du Burkina (Mare Ourcy, Burkina Wonder) | Assistant Director | TV by Lacina Ouedraogo, 15min Documentary, |
| 1995 | Protection du cours d'eau du Mouhoun (Protection of the Black Volta river) | Assistant Director | TV of Lacina Ouedraogo, 26 min documentary, |
| 1995 | Yaango, l'émigratio (Yaango, emigration) | Assistant Director | TV of Adama Roamba, Fiction 26 minutes |
| 1995 | Voyage à Ouaga (Journey to Ouaga)' | Assistant Director | Camille Mouyéké. Fiction, 15 min. |
| 1995 | Si longue que soit la nuit (However long the night is) | Assistant Director | Guy Désiré Yaméogo Fiction 24 minutes |
| 1998 | Faire face (Coping) | Assistant Director | TV Guy Désiré Yameogo, Fiction 26 minutes |
| 1999 | Boutons la polio | Camera | Director: Issiaka Ouedraogo, Fiction 26 minutes |
| 2000 | Le poisson | Camera | Director: Sénéfa Coulibaly, Documentary, 26 minutes |
| 2000 | Le gingembre | Camera | Director: Arsène Kafando, Documentary, 15 minutes |
| 2001 | INA | Camera | Director: Issa Traore de Brahima, Fiction 26 minutes |
| 2001 | Fleurs d'épines (Flowers of thorns) | Director | Fiction 26 minutes, Official selection in competition at FESPACO in Ouagadougou in February 2001. Sahelis Productions |
| 2002 | Source d'histoires (Source of stories) | Assistant Director | Adama Roamba, Fiction 26 minutes |
| 2004 | Wande | Camera | Director: Rédo Porgo, Documentary, 26 minutes |
| 2004 | Le nouveau royaume d’Abou | Camera | Series of 20 episodes |
| 2004 | Rencontre en Ligne (Online Dating) | Assistant Director | Adama Roamba, Fiction, 15 minutes |
| 2005 | Du venin dans la soupe (Venom in the soup) | | Sahelis Productions Special mention at International Environmental Film Festival of Niamey. |
| 2007 | Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre (Butter and Butter Money) | Co-director | With Philippe Baqué. Sahelis Productions |