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Dramane GNESSI, Burkina Faso, 2023

SYNOPSIS:

Georges, a mathematics student, grew up under strict religious and academic discipline. He is oblivious to the norms of social relationships. His father is greatly relieved when Georges moves in with his cousin Emile. However, the once peaceful atmosphere becomes tense, prompting Emile to seek help from the Great Mystic to cure his cousin and restore peace and harmony in his surroundings.

BIOFILMOGRAPHY

Dramane GNESSI is a young film Director and screenwriter from Burkina Faso, West Africa. He was born on March 3rd, 1984 in Bobo-Dioulasso, the cultural city of Burkina Faso.

After a B.A in American Literature and Civilization at Université de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for a Master’s degree at University of Delaware, USA from August 2011 to June 2013 where he used part of his time to study directing, video-editing and photography. After returning to his country in June 2013, he started a career in the filmmaking business as a video-editor and director. He currently runs CINEMASK Productions, his own media production company. In about 11 years of experience, Dramane GNESSI has shot and edited over 100 music videos, about 10 feature documentaries and fiction movies, a series of 20 episodes of 26 minutes each and about 20 institutional videos