Issaka Sawadogo
Date of birth: 1966-05-18
Place of birth: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Isaka Sawadogo, Ісака Савадого
Biography
Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film Diego Star, for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, and the Dutch film The Paradise Suite, for which he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor at the 2016 Netherlands Film Festival. In 2020, he appeared in a supporting role in Philippe Lacôte's film Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois). In 2021 he played the lead role in Jorge Camarotti's short film Ousmane. Source: Article "Isaka Sawadogo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Sounds of Sand
2007-05-02
On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of wat
In His Shadow
2023-03-17
After the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalatin
Mali Twist
2022-01-05
Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West
Mercy
2023-04-26
Ali is a 14-year-old teenager on the loose. To give him a proper education, his single mother sends
Ballen i øyet
2000-10-02
While near sighted Denise plays football, she accidently gets a ball in her face, and her glasses br
Home for Christmas
2010-11-12
Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Chri
Three Scoundrels
2021-11-05
On their ladyfriends' insistence, their "Tchiza", three friends go on an extramarital trip out of Ou
The Invader
2011-11-23
An African immigrant living illegally in Belgium is desperate to find his own sense of belonging.
Quand sort la recluse
2019-04-10
After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic acciden
Diego Star
2013-01-25
A cargo ship is stuck on the Canadian Saint Lawrence River for repairs. Traoré, an Ivory Coast mecha
The Legend of Black Snake
2019-02-20
After years spent in Paris, Clotaire Sangala returns to his native country, Africa. Raised by a Chin
Io Capitano
2023-09-07
Longing for a brighter future, two Senegalese teenagers embark on a journey from West Africa to Ital
Grill
2023-09-17
Tara is denied electricity bill support by Social Services, who tells her to simply get a free grill
Cabo
2012-09-29
Ambitious Cape Verdean medical student Artur struggles with his responsibilities.
Arash
2012-09-01
The refugee Matthew wait in the outfit centre schiphol East for its flight to Sudan. If that of but,
Time Out
2023-05-03
Three prisoners are on a leave for a week end. 48 hours to come back down to earth. 48 hours to reco
The Song of the Rifles
2021-10-18
Twelve-year-old Simon has lost everything to the civil war that has devastated his country. "Black L
The New World
2013-01-29
Mirte is a cleaner in the reception centre for asylum seekers at the airport. She tries to forget he
Casting Call
2024-01-23
Young actor Amir yearns for success, yet his impatience steers him into a nightmare.
Into Thin Air
2013-09-28
1992: The undocumented Ghanaian Agymah (50) lives a secluded life as a cook in the outskirts of Amst
Exoticore
2004-03-01
A story about an immigrant from Burkina Faso and his attempts to integrate in Norwegian society. Exo
White People
2015-10-30
The story follows a group of people who are kidnapped from the street and held hostage in an undergr
Hood Witch
2023-10-10
A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that l
The Site
2026-01-21
Vincent works the night shift on the construction site of a futuristic district. When a worker goes
The Paradise Suite
2015-10-29
The lives of six people, who seem to have nothing more in common than their faraway homelands, becom
Maman
2024-05-24
No Chains, No Masters
2024-09-18
1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported s
Yesterday
2018-09-06
50-year-old Victor Ganz owns a thriving civil engineering company that operates worldwide. But when
Samba
2014-10-15
Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowl
The Black Lapp
2003-04-11
Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wi
Animal
2017-02-04
Monsters fight with each other in a dystopian world, playing out the revenge of their human breeders
Walter
2019-03-20
For Goran and his team of amateur shooters, the plan was almost perfect: to enter a hypermarket at n
The Lamb
2019-06-30
Three kids spend the summer days the usual way: hanging out, snapchatting... and playing with their
Re \ Entry
2019-10-01
'What happened? Where am I?' The man who wakes up alone in the woods has many questions. Is he dead
Par-delà les nuages – Le cinéma de Marion Hänsel
2019-09-28
On the basis of conversations with Hänsel and some of her permanent crew members, a remarkable portr
Belleville Cop
2018-10-17
When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baa
Night of the Kings
2021-02-26
A young man is sent to "La Maca," a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates.
Swooni
2011-08-24
In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happi
Cool Abdoul
2021-09-11
The story of Ismail Abdoul, a promising young boxer getting caught between his sporting carreer and
Ousmane
2021-09-11
The story of a Burkinabé immigrant who is reluctantly drawn into a neighbour’s troubles in his Montr
Adú
2020-01-31
In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old b
Soleils
2014-08-25
An old man is entrusted in curing a young girl struck by amnesia. He takes her on a healing trip, ec