Mamounata Nikiéma : élue présidente de la Fédération nationale du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel du Burkina Faso | elected president of the National Federation of Cinema and the audiovisual of Burkina Faso

Mamounata Nikiéma :

élue présidente de la Fédération nationale du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel du Burkina Faso |

elected president of the National Federation of Cinema and the audiovisual of Burkina Faso

Translation from French. See original French text published 04 Mai 2022 : Africine.org

Mamounata Nikiema, filmmaker and producer from Burkina Faso, was elected president of la Fédération nationale du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel du Burkina Faso (the National federation of cinema and the audiovisual of Burkina Faso) at the extraordinary assembly on Saturday April 23, 2022 in Ouagadougou for a four-year term.

 

She is very involved in the filmmaker networks in Burkina Faso (Africadoc Burkina, Guilde des scénaristes, Association des producteurs du Burkina Faso, Fédération Nationale du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel...). Moreover, for the past several editions, Mamounata has been actively involved at FESPACO as president committee or member during the past several editions.
 

In 2018, she launched the event, Cine‐équipement  and the digital cinema platform Sulunsuku (www.sulunsuku.com). With this illustrious background, Mamounata Nikiema received the title of Knight of the Order of Merit, Arts, Letters and Communication with Agrafe ''Cinematographie'', during the 27th edition of FESPACO.