Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Haroun at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Born	1961 N'Djamena, Chad

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (born 1961) is a film director from Chad who has lived in France since 1982. He made his first feature film, Bye Bye Africa, in 1999. His second feature, Abouna, won best cinematography award at FESPACO, while his third, Daratt, won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. The 2010 feature film A Screaming Man won the Jury Prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, making Haroun the first Chadian director to enter, as well as win, an award in the main Cannes competition.^[1] In April 2011, it was announced that he would be a member of the jury for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Filmography

Shorts

• Goi-Goi (1995)
• B 400 (1997)

Feature films

• Bye Bye Africa (1999)
• Abouna (2002)
• Daratt (2006)
• Sexe, gombo et beurre salé (2008)
• A Screaming Man (2010)

Documentaries

• Kalala (2005)

References

1. ^ Chang, Justin (2010-05-23). "'Uncle Boonmee' wins Palme d'Or". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019731.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
2. ^ "The Jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes". Cannes. 2011-04-20. http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58042.html. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 

External links

• Mahamat Saleh Haroun at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC world service article
• World Socialist Web Site

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Name	Haroun, Mahamat Saleh
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Date of birth	1961
Place of birth	N'Djamena, Chad
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