FESPACO

FESPACO, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, has been held every two years since 1969. Its top prize is the Golden Stallion of Yennenga (Étalon d'or de Yennenga).

Winners of the FESPACO (Burkina Faso), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.

Best Film

Best Film

27 years listed (1972–2025); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Film	Director / winner
2025	On Becoming a Guinea Fowl	Rungano Nyoni
2023	Bronze Stallion: Shimoni	Angela Wamai
2021	A Tale of Love and Desire	Leyla Bouzid
2019	Bronze Stallion: Fatwa of Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud	—
2017	A Mile in My Shoes	Saïd Khallaf
2015	Eye of the Storm	Sékou Traoré
2013	Bronze Stallion: The Pirogue of Moussa Touré	—
2011	Bronze Stallion: The Ideal Guy	Owell Brown
2009	Bronze Stallion: Masquerades	Lyes Salem
2007	Bronze Stallion: Daratt of Mahamat Saleh Haroun	—
2005	Bronze Stallion: Tasuma	Kollo Daniel Sanou
2003	Waiting for Happiness	Abderrahmane Sissako
2001	Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets	Nabil Ayouch
1999	Pièces d'identités	Mwezé Ngangura
1997	Buud Yam	Gaston Kaboré
1995	Guimba the Tyrant	Cheick Oumar Sissoko
1993	Au nom du Christ	Gnoan Roger M'Bala
1991	Tilaï	Idrissa Ouedraogo
1989	Heritage Africa	Kwaw Ansah
1987	Sarraounia de Med Hondo	—
1985	Histoire d'une rencontre	Brahim Tsaki
1983	Finyé	Souleymane Cissé
1981	Djeli	Fadika Kramo-Lanciné
1979	Baara	Souleymane Cissé
1976	Muna Moto	Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa
1973	Les Mille et une mains	Souheil Ben Barka
1972	Le Wazzou polygame	Oumarou Ganda

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