List of FESPACO award winners connects with Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) is an important biannual African film festival. The most prestigious award given out at the festival is the "Étalon d'or de Yennenga" (Golden Stallion of Yennenga), named in reference to the mythical founder of the Mossi empire.  The "Étalon d'or de Yennenga" is awarded to the African film that best shows "Africa's realities". Originally the festival just handed out one "Étalon de Yennenga", however in 2005 it introduced with the "Étalon d'argent de Yennenga" (Silver Stallion of Yennenga) and the "Étalon de bronze de Yennenga" (Bronze Stallion of Yennenga) two additional awards and renamed the main award to "Étalon d'or de Yennenga".
Other special awards include the Oumarou Ganda Prize, given for the best first film, and the Paul Robeson Prize for the best film by a director of the African diaspora.6th FESPACO (1979)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Baara by Souleymane Cissé (Mali).
Prize of the most authentic African film: Soleil des hyènes by Ridha Behi (Tunisia).
Prize of the 7th art: Alyam Alyam by Ahmed El Mahanouni (Morocco).
Best Short Film : La Boîte dans le désert by Brahim Tsaki (Algeria).
Special Consolation prize: Yik-Yan by Hamidou-Benoit Ouedraogo (Upper Volta).7th FESPACO (1981)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Djeli by Fadika Kramo Lanciné (Côte d'Ivoire).
Prize of the most authentic African film: La Chapelle by Jean-Michel Tchissoukou (Congo).
Prize of the 7th art : West Indies by Med Hondo (Mauritania).
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Love Brewed in the African Pot by Kwaw Ansah (Ghana).
Best Short Film: Poko by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Upper Volta).8th FESPACO (1983)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Finyè by Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Pawéogo (L'Émigrant) by Kollo Sanou (Upper Volta)
Best Short Film: Certificat d'indigence by Moussa Bathyli (Senegal)
Best Actress: Rosine Yanogo in Wend Kuuni (Upper Volta)
Best Actor: Mohamed Abachi in Le Coiffeur du quartier des pauvres (Morocco)
Best Screenplay: L'Ombre de la terre by Taïeb Louhichi (Tunisia)
Best Cinematography: Zo Kwe Zo by Joseph Akouissonne (Central African Republic)
Golden Camera: Issaka Thiombiano and Sékou Ouedraogo in Wend Kuuni (Upper Volta)
Best Operator: L'Ombre de la terre by Taïeb Louhichi (Tunisia)9th FESPACO (1985)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Histoire d'une rencontre by Brahim Tsaki (Algeria)
Prize of the 7th art: Nelisita by Ruy Duarte (Angola)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Jours de tourmente by Paul Zoumbara (Burkina Faso)
Best Short Film: Mariaamu's Wedding by Nangaoma Ngoge (Tanzania)
Best Original Score: Pierre Akendengue for Les Coopérants (Cameroon)
Public Award: Rue Cases-nègres by Euzhan Palcy (France)10th FESPACO (1987)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Sarraounia by Med Hondo (Mauritania)
Prize of the 7th art: Le Choix by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Nyamanton by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
Best Short Film: Le Singe fou by Joseph Koumba (Gabon)
Best Music: Le Choix by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Public Award: Nyamanton by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)11th FESPACO (1989)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Héritage... Africa by Kwaw Ansah (Ghana)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Mortu Nega by Flora Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)
Best Short Film: La Geste de Segou (Segu janjo) by Mambaye Coulibaly (Mali)
Paul Robeson Prize: Ori by Raquel Gerber (Brazil)
Best Actress: Bia Gomes in Mortu Nega (Guinea-Bissau)
Best Actor: Kofi Bucknor in Héritage... Africa (Ghana)
Best Screenplay: Zan Boko by Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
Best Cinematography: La Citadelle by Mohamed Chouikh (Algeria)
Best Original Score: Francis Bebey for Yaaba (Burkina Faso)
Special mention for Sound Editing: Testament by John Akomfrah (Ghana)
Public Award: Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Voice of Hope Award: Sidiki Bakaba in Les Guérisseurs (Ivory Coast)12th FESPACO (1991)
First prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Tilaï by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
Prix Oumarou Ganda: Ta Dona of Adama Drabo (Mali)
Prize of the best short film: La Transe (El Hadhra) of Moncef Dhouib (Tunisia)
Prize of the best documentary film: Yiri Kan of Issiaka Konaté (Burkina Faso)
Paul Robeson Prize: Almacita Di Desolato by Felix de Rooy (The Netherlands)
Special mention (Paul Robeson Prize): Twilight City by Reece Auguiste (United Kingdom)
Another special mention: Sango Malo by Bassek Ba Kobhio (Cameroon)
Best Actress: Mariatou Kouyaté in Bamunan (Mali)
Best Actor: Balla Moussa Keita in Sere (Guinea)
Best Screenplay: Louss by Rachid Benhadj (Algeria)
Best Cinematography: Jit by Michael Raeburn (Zimbabwe)
Best Original Score: Abdallah Ibrahim for Tilaï (Burkina Faso)
Best Sound Editing: Leila, ma raison by Taëb Louhichi (Tunisia)13th FESPACO (1993)
First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Au nom du Christ by Gnoan Roger M'Bala (Côte d'Ivoire)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Gito l'ingrat by Léonce N'Gabo (Burundi)
Best Short film: Denko by Mohamed Camara (Guinea)
Best Documentary Film: Femmes d'Alger by Kamal Dehane (Algeria)
Jury Prize: Les étrangers by Djim Kola (Burkina Faso)
Jury Prize (Short Film): Boxumalen by Amet Diallo (Senegal)
Paul Robeson Prize: Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète by Raoul Peck (Haiti)
Best Actress: Maysa Marta in Les yeux bleus de Yonta (Guinea-Bissau)
Best Actor: Joseph Kumbela in Gito l'ingrat (Burundi)
Best Screenplay: Contre le gouvernement by Atef el-Tayeb (Egypt)
Best Film Editing: Bezness by Nouri Bouzid (Tunisia)
Best Cinematography: Sankofa by Haïlé Guerima (Burkina Faso/Ghana)
Best Original Score: Cheick Tidiane Seck for Yelema (Mali)
Best Sound Editing: Quartier Mozart by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)14th FESPACO (1995)
First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Guimba the Tyrant by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
Best Short Film: Le franc by Djibril Diop Mambéty (Senegal)
Best Actor: Mohamed Ali Allalou in Youcef (Algeria)
Best Actress: Yousra in Mercedes (Egypt)
Jury Prize: A la recherche du mari de ma femme by M.A. Tazi (Morocco)
Special Mention: Le grand Blanc de Lambaréné by Bassek Ba Kobhio (Cameroon)
Paul Robeson Prize: L'exil de Behanzin by Guy Deslauriers (Martinique)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Keïta by Dany Kouyaté (Burkina Faso)
Best Costumes and Decoration: Guimba by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
Best Editing: Kahena Attia (Tunisia)
Best Screenplay: Khaled Al-Haggar for Ahlam Saghira (Egypt)15th FESPACO (1997)
First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Buud Yam by Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso)
Best Short Film (Fiction): Bouzié by Jacques Trabi (Côte d'Ivoire)
Best Actor: Belkacem Hadjadj in Machaho (Algeria)
Best Actress: Aminata Ousmane Maïga in Faraw, mère de sables (Mali)
Jury Prize: Taafe Fanga by Adama Drabo (Mali)
Paul Robeson Prize: The Last Angel of History by John Akomfrah (United Kingdom)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Miel et cendres by Nadia Fares Anliker (Tunisia)
Best Editing: Kahena Attia for Miel et cendres (Tunisia)
Best Screenplay: Merzak Allouache for Salut Cousin! (Algeria)
Best Soundtrack: Le complot d'Aristote by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Zimbabwe)
Best Original Score: Leao Lopes for Ilheu, de contenda (Cape Verde)
Best Cinematography: Tableau Ferraille by Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal)17th FESPACO (2001)
First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Ali Zaoua by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
Jury Prize: Sia, le rêve du python by Dani Kouyté (Burkina Faso)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Rage by Newton I. Aduaka (Nigeria)
Paul Robeson Prize: Lumumba by Raoul Peck (Haiti)
Best Actor: Makéna Diop (Sénégal) in Battu by Cheick Oumar Sissoko (Mali)
Best Actress: Albertine N’Guessan in Adanggaman by Roger Gnoan M'Bala (Côte d'Ivoire)
Best Cinematography: Mohamed Soudani for Adanggaman (Algeria)
Best Screenplay: Dolè by Imunga Ivanga (Gabon)
Best Sets: Nacer Ktari and Larbi Ben Ali for Sois mon amie by Nacer Ktari (Tunisia)
Best Cinematography: Nacer Ktari and Larbi Ben Ali for Sois mon amie by Nacer Ktari (Tunisia)
Best Sound Editing: Fawzi Thabet for Siestes Grenadines by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia)
Best Original Score: Wasis Diop for Les Couilles de l’éléphant (Gabon)
Best Short Film (Fiction): Bintou by Fanta Régina Nacro (Burkina Faso)18th FESPACO (2003)
First Prize (Étalon de Yennenga): Heremakono by Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania)
Jury Prize: Kabala by Assane Kouyaté (Mali)
Jury Prize (Short Film): A drink in the passage by Zola Maseko (South Africa)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: L’Afrance by Alain Gomis (France, Senegal)
Best Actor: Cheick Doukouré in Paris selon Moussa (Guinea)
Best Actress: Awatef Jendoubi in Fatma (Tunisia)
Best Cinematography: Abraham Haile Biru in Abouna (Chad)
Best Screenplay: Assana Kouyaté for Kabala (Mali)
Best Editing: Ronelle Loots for Promised Land (South Africa)
Best Sound Editing: Hachim Joulak for Fatma (Tunisia)
Best Original Score: Wasis Diop & Loy Ehrlich for Le prix du pardon (Senegal)
Best Set Decoration: Joseph Kpobly for Heremakono (Mauritania)
Best Short Film: Source d’histoire by Adama Rouamba (Burkina Faso)19th FESPACO (2005)
First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga): Drum by Zola Maseko (South Africa)
Second Prize: La Chambre Noire by Hassan Benjelloun (Morocco)
Third Prize: Tassuma by Daniel Kollo Sanou (Burkina Faso)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Max and Mona by Teddy Mattera (South Africa)
Paul Robeson Prize: Beah: A Black Woman Speaks by Lisa Gay Hamilton (United States)
Best Short Film: L’autre mal by Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo (Burkina Faso)
Best Actor: Sid Ali Kouiret in Les suspects (Algeria)
Best Actress: Pamela Nomvete in Lettre d'amour zoulou (South Africa)
Best Screenplay: La Nuit de la Vérité by Fanta Régina Nacro (Burkina Faso)
Best Cinematography: Un heros by Zézé Gamboa (Angola)
Best Sound Editing: El Manara by Belkacem Hadjadj (Algeria)
Best Set Design: Drum by Zola Maseko (South Africa)
Best Original Score: Sékouba Bambino Diabaté for Sous la clarté de la lune (Burkina Faso)
Best Editing: Le Prince by Mohamed Zran (Tunisia)20th FESPACO (2007)
First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga): Ezra by Newton Aduaka (Nigeria)
Second Prize: Les Saignantes by Jean Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)
Third Prize: Daratt (Saison Seche) by Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad)
Oumarou Ganda Prize: Barakat! by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
Paul Robeson Prize: Le President a-t-il le sida by Arnold Antonin (Haiti)
Best Documentary: Ejido, La loi du profit by Rhalib Jawad (Morocco)
Best Short Film: Menged by Daniel Taye Workou (Ethiopia)
Best Actor: Lotfi Abdelli in Making Off (Tunisia)
Best Actress: Adèle Ado & Calmel Dorelia in Les saignantes (Cameroon)
Best Screenplay: Barakat! by Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria)
Best Cinematography: Daratt (Saison Seche) by Mahamat Saleh Haroun (Chad)
Best Editing: Nouri Bouzid for Making Off (Tunisia)
Best Original Score: Djamila Sahraoui for Barakat! (Algeria)
Best Sound Editing: L'ombre de Liberty by Imunga Ivanga (Gabon)27th FESPACO (2021)
First Prize (Étalon d'or de Yennenga): The Gravedigger's Wife by Ahmed Khadar (Somalia)
Second Prize: Freda by Gessica Geneus (Haiti)
Third Prize: A Story of Love and Desire by Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia)
Best Actor: Alassane Sy in Baamum Nafi by Mamadou Dia (Senegal)
Best Actress: Zainab Jah in Farewell Amor by Ekwa Msangi (Tanzania)
Best decor: Night Of The Kings by Philippe Lacote (Ivory Coast)
Best Editing: Souad by Amin Ayten (Egypt)
Best screenplay: Nameless by Mutiganda Wa Nkunda (Rwanda)
Image prize: This is not a burial, it is a resurrection by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Lesotho)
Sound Award: Freda by Gessica Geneus (Haiti)
Best Music: The Gravedigger’s Wife by Ahmed Khadar (Somalia)
Gold standard documentary feature film: Garderie Nocturne by Moumouni Sanou (Burkina Faso)
Silver standard documentary feature film: Marcher sur l’eau by Aissa Maiga (Senegal-Mali)
Bronze standard documentary feature film: Makongo by Elvis Sabin Ngaibino (Central African Republic)
Poulain d’or short film: Serbi (Les Tissus blancs) by Moly Kane (Senegal)
Silver foal fiction short film: Amani by Alliah Fafin (Rwanda)
Short film fiction bronze foal: Zalissa by Carine Bado (Burkina Faso)
Poulain d’Or documentary short film: Ethereality by Kantarama Gahigiri (Rwanda)
Silver foal short film: I bit my tongue by Nina Khada (Algeria)
Bronze foal short film: Nuit Debout by Nelson Makengo (DRCongo)