Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: ​[ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Stylistically restrained but loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.

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Total trailers found: 27

Interdependence Trailer (2019)

22 October 2019

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.

Dry Season Trailer (2006)

01 September 2006

Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals.

Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy Trailer (2016)

14 May 2016

In 2013, former Chadian dictator Hissein Habré’s arrest in Senegal marked the end of a long combat for the survivors of his regime.

Grigris Trailer (2013)

10 July 2013

Souleymane, 25, dreams of being a dancer in spite of having a paralyzed leg. At nightclubs, he transforms into the beloved dancer Grigris, impressing people with his moves.

Bye Bye Africa Trailer (2003)

05 November 2003

A Chadian film director who lives and works in France returns home upon the death of his mother. He is shocked at the degraded state of the country and the national cinema.

Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars Trailer (2026)

22 April 2026

Seventeen-year-old Kellou has been gifted with supernatural powers she does not understand. Her disquiet and uncertainty only change when she meets Aya.

A Season in France Trailer (2018)

25 January 2018

An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.

Lac Trailer (2019)

27 December 2019

Kellou, in her forties, lives in Bol, the capital of Sahel’s province. She’s a fisher, profession transmitted from mother to daughter.

Expectations Trailer (2008)

13 August 2008

Moussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated and dejected.

Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg Trailer (2014)

12 May 2014

Staying up day and night and occupying a hairdressing salon at 57 Bd de Strasbourg in Paris, eighteen undocumented workers are on strike since May 22, 2014, protesting against human trafficking and the local mafia.

Bord' Africa Trailer (1995)

10 May 1995

Letter from New York Trailer (2001)

09 May 2001

Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity Trailer (2004)

05 May 2004

Goï-Goï Trailer (1995)

02 January 1995

A dissolute man whose wife cheats on him seeks revenge to preserve his honor.

Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Tradition and AIDS in Africa. What to do when the respect of tradition is at odds with the community's health?

Kalala Trailer (2006)

22 August 2006

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun lost his close friend and collaborator Hissein Djibrine (nicknamed 'Kalala' after the Congolese footballer) to Aids in 2003.

Our Father Trailer (2002)

10 September 2002

Two boys (Tamir & Amine) awake one morning to find that their father has abandoned their family. Shocked, they begin to misbehave.

Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

Through testimonies by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Pierre Guigane, and Sotigui Kouyate himself, SOTIGUI KOUYATE: A MODERN GRIOT dresses the portrait of one of Africa's greatest actor now based in Paris.

A Screaming Man Trailer (2010)

29 September 2010

Adam Ousmane is a pool attendant at a local resort. When the new managers decide to downsize, Adam loses his job to his own son, Abdel.

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! Trailer (2010)

01 April 2010

Call for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers and directors, producers, distributors and cinema owners.

Talking About Trees Trailer (2019)

18 December 2019

Filmmakers Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb and Manar, close friends for many years, left their motherland in the sixties and seventies to study film abroad and founded the Sudanese Film Group in 1989.

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds Trailer (2021)

08 December 2021

On the outskirts of the capital of Chad, determined single mother Amina works tirelessly to provide for herself and her 15-year old daughter Maria.

Sex, Okra & Salted Butter Trailer (2008)

18 July 2008

An extramarital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her very traditional African husband, who is in for a ride as he learns about her love affair, his eldest son’s secret love life, and the responsibilities of single parenthood.

B 400 Trailer (1997)

24 May 1997

A girl is locked out of her apartment building as a result of a prank. Can she get back in without disobeying any of her mother's warnings?

Maral tanié Trailer (1994)

02 January 1994

Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.

Un thé au sahel Trailer (1998)

11 May 1998

Mambéty For Ever Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A film made in Cameroon and France about the life and work of filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, with testimonials from filmmakers Abderrahmane Sissako, Newton Aduaka and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Cheick Fantamady Camara, Mahama Johnson Traoré; critics Catherine Ruelle, Thierno I.