Bio

As a film director and producer, Apolline TRAORÉ focuses on conveying the voices of African women. She writes, directs and produces documentaries, TV series and advertisements, as well as shorts and feature films of fiction. Her works earned many recognitions and prizes in festivals across the world. In her 20 years of experience, she has produced and directed 6 documentaries, one TV show, 3 TV series, 5 shorts and 5 feature films. 
Apolline TRAORÉ is an Emerson College (Boston, MA) film graduate and also studied camera work at the New York Film Academy. During her carrier, she’s been awarded the following distinctions : Knight of the Burkinabé Order of Merit, Medal for the struggle of women in cinema at the Luxor festival, Ambassador of the National Museum of Burkina Faso.

Filmography

• SIRA
  Director, Scriptwriter, cinema fiction, 100 minutes, completed
  
• 3 PLATS FROIDS À ABIDJAN
  Director, cinema fiction, 96 minutes, pre-production stage
  
• DESRANCES
  Director, Fiction, 96 minutes, 2019
  Awards : African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)
  Festivals : FESPACO
  
• FRONTIERES
  Director, Fiction, 90 minutes, 2017
  Awards : FESPACO, Prix Paul Robeson Prix Félix Houphouet-Boigny du Conseil de l’Entente Prix CEDEAO de l’intégration pour le meilleur film ouest africain / Pan African Film Festival Los Angeles, Prix du Meilleur Long métrage fiction
  
• EH LES HOMMES, EH LES FEMMES !
  Director, Series, 100x minutes, 2014
  Awards : FESPACO, Prix de la meilleure série / Vues d'Afrique, Prix spécial du jury pour la meilleure série
  
• MOI ZAPHIRA
  Director, Fiction, 105 minutes, 2013
  Awards : FESPACO, Prix meilleure interprétation féminine / Vues d'Afrique, Prix OIF du meilleur long métrage / AMAA, Prix de la meilleure lumière
  
• LE TESTATAMENT
  Director, Series, 40x24 minutes, 2010
  Awards : Vues d'Afrique, meilleure série TV
  Distribution : TV5
  
• SOUS LA CLARTE DE LA LUNE
  Director, Fiction, 90 minutes, 2004
  Awards : FESPACO, Prix meilleure musique
  Festivals : Vues d'Afrique
  
• KOUNANDI
  Réalisatrice , Fiction, 49 minutes, 2003
  Awards : Vues d'Afrique, Prix Micheline Vaillancourt
  Festivals : Toronto, FESPACO,
  
• MONIA ET RAMA
  Director, Series, 26x20 minutes, 2002
  
• SYMBOLE BURKINABE
  Director, Documentary, 26 minutes, 2002
  
• THE PRICE OF IGNORANCE
  Director, Fiction, 13 minutes, 2000
  Awards : FESPACO, Prix du public