Cinema of Benin

De Cinema of Benin dey refer to de film industry of de Republic of Benin insyd West Africa.

 Ein History 
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), 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.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 2019Pascal Abikanlou, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019 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.Richard de Medeiros, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019 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.Le Nouveau Venu, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019 François Okioh make sam number of short documentaries insyd de 1980s, as well as se feature-length dramas Ironou (1985) den Enfants de... (1985).François Okioh, Africine, retrieved 7 December 2019 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 
Dis be sortable list of films wey dem produce insyd Benin.IMDb - Benin, 6 December 2019Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 18
YearTitleDirectorGenreNotes1954Lumière des hommes ?ShortEnglish title: Light of Men1967Ganvié, mon villagePascal AbikanlouDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Ganvié, My Village1968Escale au DahomeyPascal AbikanlouDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Stopover in Dahomey1969Premières offrandesPascal AbikanlouDocumentary, shortEnglish title: First Offerings1969Fête de l'ignamePascal AbikanlouDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Yam Festival1970Le roi est mort en exilRichard de MedeirosDrama, shortEnglish title: The King Died in Exile1971Opération SonaderPascal AbikanlouDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Operation Sonader1971De l'eau et de l'ombragePascal AbikanlouDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Water and Shade1972Téké, hymne au BorgouRichard de MedeirosDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Téké, Hymn of Borgou1972Silence et feu de brousseRichard de MedeirosDrama, shortEnglish title: Silence and Bushfire1974Sous le signe du vaudouPascal AbikanlouDramaEnglish title: Under the Sign of Voodoo1975L'Afrique au Rendez-vous de l'Année SaintePascal AbikanlouDocumentary shortEnglish title: Africa at the Rendezvous of the New Year1976Le Nouveau venuRichard De MedeirosDramaEnglish title: The Newcomer1980Ces Collines ne sont pas muettesFrançois OkiohDocumentary, shortEnglish title: These Hills are not Silent1982Le Fleuve a tout emportéFrançois OkiohDocumentary, shortEnglish title: The River Swept Everything1983OguFrançois OkiohDocumentary, short1985Enfants de...François OkiohDramaEnglish title: Infants of...1985IronouFrançois OkiohDrama1989Dan xome royaume des HuegbadjaviPascal AbikanlouDocumentaryEnglish title: Dan Xome, Kingdom of Huegbadjavi1991Debout les morts ?Television productionEnglish title: Up the Dead1991Les Tresseurs de CordeFrançois OkiohDramaEnglish title: The Mat Cutters1992Vent de l'espoirPascal AbikanlouDocumentaryEnglish title: Wind of Hope1993Ouidah 92Pascal AbikanlouDocumentary1998Divine carcasseDominique LoreauDramaEnglish title: Divine Carcass1999Génération perdueM. PounieEnglish title: Lost Generation2000Barbecue-PejoJean OdoutanDrama2000Le Pays IdaashaFrançois OkiohDramaEnglish title: Dassa Country2002Si-Gueriki, la reine-mèreIdrissou Mora KpaiDramaEnglish title: Si-Gueriki, the Queen Mother2004La Valse des gros derrièresJean OdoutanEnglish: The Waltz of the Big Behinds2006AbeniTunde KelaniDramaBenin-Nigeria co-production2006Africa ParadisSylvestre AmoussouDrama/comedyEnglish title: Africa Paradise2006Abeni 2Tunde KelaniDramaBenin-Nigeria co-production2006Crânes épais... lèvres faussesFrançois OkiohDocumentary, shortEnglish title: Thick Skulls... False Lips2007L'Amazone candidateSanvi PanouDocumentaryEnglish title: The Amazon Candidate2010Pim-Pim TchéJean OdoutanDrama2010Shed No TearsKaitlyn SummerillDocumentary2011Un pas en avant - Les dessous de la corruptionSylvestre AmoussouComedyEnglish title: One Step Forward - The Bottom of Corruption2011Indochine, sur les traces d'une mèreIdrissou Mora KpaiDocumentaryEnglish title: Indochina: Traces of a Mother2011Femme d'AfriqueMilja ViitaDocumentary shortEnglish title: Woman of Africa2011Larmes de sangLaitan Faranpojo & Mark KoumagnonEnglish title: Tears of Blood2012La personne de Georges AdéagboMatteo FritelliDocumentaryEnglish title: The Person of Georges Adéagbo2012Possessed by VoodooSergey YastrzhembskiyDocumentary2012The CampJean-Frédéric de HasqueDocumentary2014DreamcyclesNelson RoubertDocumentary2015Gangbé!Arnauld RobertDocumentary2016VindicteAnge-Régis HounkpatinDrama, shortEnglish title: Retribution2016Bight of the TwinHazel Hill McCarthy IIIDocumentary2016Dassa-ZoumeChristophe BlanpiedDocumentary, short2017L'orage africain: un continent sous influenceSylvestre AmoussouDramaEnglish title: The African Storm2017Studio HarmattanStefanos PavlakisExperimental short2018In Search of Voodoo: Roots of HeavenDjimon HounsouDocumentary2018ZanKlanArcade AssogbaDrama, short2018When God is Among UsAidan MacalusoDocumentary, short

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