Chadian director of "A man who cries," Jury Prize at Cannes in 2010, led a master class on directing the actor, 28 February in Ouagadougou. They came many, aspiring filmmakers, at the Higher Institute of Image and Sound (Isis) in Ouagadougou Monday, February 28, to attend a master class on "Problems of quality of staging and directing the actor in African films, organized by Africalia, an association funded by the Belgian Cooperation. But what puts a hundred students film, not so much the theme that the teacher of this course the public: the journalist and filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, the first African to win the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2010 and the second African to be awarded at this festival with "A man who shouts" (2010, 92mn), also in competition at the Festival Pan-African film and television (Fespaco) in the feature film category.
For four hours, requiring Mahamat-Saleh Haroun has not ceased to be angry and be reconciled with his public. He first criticized the delay by students, then he almost tear the little hair he wears on his head when questions "Unwelcome" were put to him, and he was downright angry when students have had trouble throwing the screening of an excerpt from the film " Expectations "(2008, 28mn). Between crises, the filmmaker is said maverick criticized: "African cinema is essentially a caricature." He cites as evidence the numerous films condemning the immigration of Africans, so conveying the position of Northern governments. And yet, he said, Westerners have had to conquer the world to develop. Filmmaker 50 years is those who have crossed the mountains and seas to find their way. Fleeing civil war in Chad, he finds himself in Cameroon in 1980, then to Libya. Finally, he migrated to France where he still lives today.
on directing the actor, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun said that "we can not transmit the art of directing actors." Nevertheless, he shared his experience after a dozen films: "I leave plenty of room for improvisation ... It is important that the film raises the question of inner drama. For me, the best director is the one that disappears completely ... If no issues, no movies. And as said Sacha Guitry, there are no small roles, only small actors. " To be a good director, he gave his recipe: "A good general knowledge, talent and imagination." All this, along with much rigor.
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun ended with a little dig at the site of Fespaco: "" In 41 years, we Fespaco despair with its disorganization and incompetence of the people who work there. " He advised students to think outside the box and dream big. With this last recommendation "I hope you do not have the syndrome of Cameroon", in this case, lax.
Stephanie Dongmo Ouagadougou
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