Youssouf Djaoro
Youssouf Djaoro is a Chadian film actor. He made his debut by appearing in the film Daresalam in 2000 in which he played the character of Tom. It was directed by the critically acclaimed Issa Serge Coelo and was the first of several films they have collaborated with. Tartina City, also directed by Coelo in 2006 in which Djaoro played a journalist won the Innovation Award at the 31st Montreal World Film Festival. Later in 2006 he starred in the film Daratt playing the role of Nassara. Directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Darratt won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, as well as eight other prizes at Venice and the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. For his role in "A Screaming Man", Djaoro won the Silver Hugo for best actor at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival.
Mali Twist
as Le chef du villageMali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the...
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Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
as BrahimOn the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to...
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A Screaming Man
as Adam 'Champion' OusmaneAdam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize,...
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Grigris
as AlhadjSouleymane, 25, dreams of being a dancer in spite of having a paralyzed leg. At nightclubs, he...
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Ariane's Thread
as Le vendeur de souvenirsAriane is having her birthday party but no one comes. She decides to leave at the seaside and...
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The Messenger of God
as uncreditedSuicide bombers are chosen by chance and their funeral rites accomplish the work of God. On this...
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Dry Season
as uncreditedChad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied...
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N'djamena City
as uncreditedIn an unnamed African country, a journalist is jailed after attempting to report on a sadistic...
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Daresalam
as TomIn a small Central African village, boyhood friends Djimi and Koni have come of age under a...
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Expectations
as uncreditedMoussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated...
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Amani
as NarratorIn this tale, halfway between reality and fantasy, a mysterious narrator tells us the story of...
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