Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Biography

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, born in Chad, is one of Africa’s best-known filmmakers. In 1999, he directed his first feature film, BYE-BYE AFRICA. Other notable works include DARATT - DRY SEASON (2006, Special Jury Prize at Venice), A SCREAMING MAN (2011, Jury Prize at Cannes), and GRIGRIS (2013, Vulcain Prize at Cannes). His first documentary, HISSEIN HABRÉ, A CHADIAN TRAGEDY, was screened at Cannes in 2016. LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS (2021) was named one of the best foreign films by the National Board of Review in 2022. Haroun has been honored with two retrospectives in New York and received the Robert Bresson Prize (2010) and the Fellini Medal from UNESCO (2013) for his body of work.

Filmography

Maral Tanie (1994): Screenplay, Direction

Grigris (2013): Screenplay, Direction

Daratt (2006): Screenplay, Direction

Abouna (2002): Direction, Screenplay

SOUMSOUM, LA NUIT DES ASTRES (SOUMSOUM, THE NIGHT OF THE STARS) (2026): Direction