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KOURI, LA TERRE DANS LE BROUILLARD

Documentary

Production
Toumaï Productions Films
toumaiprod.films@gmail.com

Director
Allamine KADER
Chad

Producer
Moussa Tidjani OUSMAN
Chad

Synopsis

In primary school, we used to put a piece of transparent white paper on the page of the textbook and follow the lines to print the map of Chad on the tracing paper, then stick it in the geography notebook to illustrate the lesson. This tactile sensation was very pleasurable and gave us the feeling of being able to touch the country, of belonging to this reproduced drawing…
Today, when I do the same thing again, I get another sensation: the tracing paper is blurred: it’s like a cloud, a fog. The most nebulous part of the country on this map is Kouri Bougoudi in the far north of Chad. It is a gold mining site and a no-man’s-land where an almost surreal war is waging to see who can profit most from the gold in the depths of this arid but very rich land. This gold rush stirs up old demons, ethnic and clan conflicts… But it is the place where thousands of the damned of the earth converge, believing that dreams can become reality.

Production note

Toumaï Productions Films was created to support and develop creative documentaries in Chad, a country where this cinematographic genre is little known, and we felt it was important to introduce the world to our culture and history through this medium. We co-produced Allamine Kader Kora’s first two documentary films. It was only natural for us to get involved with Allamine on his 3rd feature-length documentary film project, “KOURI, La terre dans le brouillard”. A third adventure as exciting as the last two begins with this new project. We think that the “Ateliers de Grand-Bassam” is “The place to be”, and we hope that this project will attract your attention because of its thematic approach.

About us

Les Ateliers de Grand-Bassam is brought to life by Grand-Bassam Project, a non-profit association that embodies excellence in the film and audiovisual industry. The association is an organization of filmmakers, producers and cultural industry professionals from Ivory Coast, the continent and beyond, who help incubate performing arts and audiovisual projects by applying alternative methods of management, production, marketing and distribution in countries across the continent.

Grand-Bassam Project’s main objective is to contribute to the emergence of a solid, internationally competitive African cultural industry, notably through the development of the performing arts and audiovisual sector, capable of contributing to improving the economic impact of culture and consolidating the employability of young people.

Specifically, the objectives of the Grand-Bassam Project are to :

– Implement and consolidate an incubator for cultural projects and professional training workshops for artists and producers from Ivory Coast and other countries on the continent.

– Contribute to the reappropriation by Ivorian cultural players of the conception and governance of cultural policies, in partnership with public decision-makers at national level.

– Contribute to the dissemination of cinematographic works from the continent Formalize and implement a strategy for the implementation of activities, a risk management plan, as well as a monitoring and evaluation plan for all actions.

– Produce and/or co-produce performing arts and audiovisual works and projects for dissemination on the continent and internationally.

– Intensify artistic education initiatives aimed at children, young people and the general public.

Grand-Bassam Project is in the process of launching its program of activities, which include training, production, distribution, image education and consulting for the first edition of the Ateliers de Grand-Bassam. In keeping with its management strategy, the company’s aim is to combine production activities with socio-educational initiatives.

By working closely with sister organizations in Ivory Coast who share the same passion, Grand-Bassam Project will contribute to the future of cinema in Côte d’Ivoire and beyond.

The association capitalizes on the experience acquired over the last ten years by the Ouaga Film Lab, and projects will be carried out with the expertise required to increase the competitiveness of Ivorian and African filmmakers on the world stage.