Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      African Film Library

    • Postal Address:

      01 BP 2505
      1 Ouagadougou
      Burkina Faso

    • Telephone:

      (226) +30 75 38, +34 04 99

    • Facsimile:

      (226) 31 25 09

    • E-mail:

      soma@fespaco.bf

    • URL:

      http://www.fespaco.bf/cineang.htm

    • Director:

      Ardiouma Soma

    • Year founded:

      1989

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Archive

    • Types of source material:

      Newspapers
      Photographs
      Posters

    • Size:

      More than 600 copies of 16 mm and 35 mm films.

    • Holdings:

      16 and 35 mm films, feature and short films, fictional films and documentaries. The collection is representative of film-making throughout Africa. There is an important collection of films from the colonial period. All films are on acetate.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      French, English, and the languages of Burkina (Moré, Dioula, Fulfuldé, etc.)

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Address a request to the film archive.

    • Access restrictions:

      Students, teachers, researchers, journalists, filmmakers, etc.

    • Finding tools:

      Card catalogs
      Electronic catalogs

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: