African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo has died, aged 64.
The Tilai director passed away on Sunday (18Feb18) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Ouedraogo founded his own film company, The Future of Films – which became Les Films de la Plaine, in 1981. He went on to work at Burkina Faso Directorate of Cinema Production in Africa, where he directed several short films.
The filmmaker made his feature debut with 1986’s Yam Daabo (The Choice) and went on to direct Tilai (A Question of Honour), which won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
Ouedraogo directed his last project, TV short documentary Rien ne se jette, in 2010.
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