# Sahelis Productions

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Sahelis Productions is a film and television video production and post-production company based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The company was founded in 1992 by Sékou Traoré (Director), Issa Traoré de Brahima (Director, Artistic Director) and Dani Kouyaté (Director).

## History

The three founders were studying film together in Paris in 1989 when they decided to found the company. They were assisted in launching Sahelis Production in 1992 by filmmakers Lacina Ouédraogo and Abdoulaye Dao, and by Paris-based Claude Gilaizeau of "Productions de la Lanterne". Sékou Traoré was manager from 1992 to 2007. Dani Kouyaté and Issa Traore de Brahima co-managed the company from 2007 to 2011. Lacina Ouédraogo became manager in March 2011. The company has produced or co-produced six feature films and about fifteen short films. Sahelis has also made many commercials and twenty documentary films.

## Filmography
### Fiction feature films

| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2007 | Le Monde Est un Ballet (The world is a ballet) | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2005 | Rêves de poussière (Dreams of dust or Buried Dreams) | Laurent Salgues |
| 2004 | Ouaga-Saga | Dani Kouyaté. Shot in Ouagadougou, post-production in Paris. |
| 1999 | Sia, le rêve du python (Sia, the dream of the python) | Dani Kouyaté. A traditional tale used to comment on modern-day oppression by African leaders. |
| 2001 | Siraba | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2001 | Voyage a Ouaga | Camille Mouyéké |
| 1997 | La Revanche de Lucy | Henry Y. Mrozowski |
| 1994 | Keïta! l'Héritage du griot | Dani Kouyaté. Won the Junior Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. |

### Fiction short films

| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2001 | GOREL | Sékou Traoré |
| 2001 | FLEURS D'EPINES (Flowers with thorns) | Alidou Badini |
| 1999 | BOUBOU L'INTRUS | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 1998 | A L'OMBRE D'UN TAMARINIER (In the shade of a tamarind tree) | Dramane Démé |
| 1995 | LES ENFANTS DU SOLEIL (Children of the sun) | Issiaka Konaté |
| 1997 | SOUKO (LE CINEMATOGRAPHE EN CARTON) | Issiaka Konaté |
| 1995 | YAANGO | Adama Rouamba |
| 1994 | MARAL TANIE | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
| 1993 | INTERFERENCES | Raymond Tiendré |
| 1993 | LES LARMES SACRÉES DU CROCODILE (The tears of the sacred crocodile) | Dani Kouyaté |
| 1993 | GOMBELE (L'ALBINOS) | Issa Traoré De Brahima |

### Documentaries

| Year | Film | Notes |
| 2011 | L’ENVIRONNEMENT, UN BIEN ECONOMIQUE A GERER DURABLEMENT | Lacina Ouédraogo |
| 2011 | LE PROGRAMME D’URGENCE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE CRIQUET PELERIN EN AFRIQUE | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2010 | GESTION DES PETITS BARRAGES AU BURKINA FASO. QUELLE ALTERNATIVE ? | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2010 | LA TUBERCULOSE, ON EN GUERIT | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2010 | FEMMES RURALES, DROITS HUMAINS ET GOUVERNANCE LOCALE | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2009 | FEMMES HANDICAPEES ET LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2010 | LA MARE D’OURSI, Préservons là ! | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2008 | AQUACULTURE, UNE ALTERNATIVE | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2007 | KALFA | Issiaka Traoré |
| 2006 | Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre | Philippe Baqué and Alidou Badini |
| 2005 | DU VENIN DANS LA SOUPE | Alidou Badini |
| 2006 | LE NAUFRAGE NEGRO-LIBERAL | Bacary Sanon |
| 2004 | Les petits métiers du Sahel (Small trades of the Sahel) | Sékou Traoré 2 parts: GERMAIN ENTRE BOITES & FIL DE FER DE LA TEINTURE AUX MOTIFS |
| 2004 | PROGRAMME DE LUTTE CONTRE LE STRIGA EN AFRIQUE | Sékou Traoré |
| 2004 | UNE EXPERIENCE DE PRISE DE RESPONSABILITE DES POPULATIONS ET DES ORGANISATIONS LOCALES DU ZOUNDWEOGO | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2004 | FEMMES DU SAHEL | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2002 | DANSEUSE D'ÉBÈNE | Seydou Boro |
| 2001 | AFRIQUE RÉSEAU 2000 (PNUD) | Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2001 | LE COMBAT DES ORGANISATIONS PAYSANNES CONTRE LA DESERTIFICATION | Lacina Ouédraogo |
| 2001 | LA RENCONTRE | Seydou Bouro et Issa Traoré De Brahima |
| 2000 | LA FORÊT "DANSE" | Drissa Touré |
| 1998 | WARBASSANGA | Maïmouna N'Diaye |
| 1997 | ISMAËL, UN EXEMPLE DE COURAGE | Sékou Traoré |
| 1997 | UNE FEMME DES ÉLEVEURS | Sékou Traoré |