Sunday 29 November 4pm at Barbican

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 1990 this is a tale of forbidden love, honor, and revenge, a young man begins a secret affair with his ex-fiancee, who is now his father’s wife. The relationship is deemed incestuous by the village, so the young lovers flee, in hopes of living outside the reach of “tilaï”–the law.
‘Only an enormously sophisticated filmmaker could discover such depth in such simplicity’ – The New York Times

Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo
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Country: Switzerland/UK/France/Burkina Faso/Germany
Year: 1990
Runtime: 81 min

Saturday 28 Nov 4pm at Barbican

Winner of the FIRPRESCI Prize 1989 Cannes Film Festival and the Gold Award at the Tokyo Film Festival

Yaaba is the word given to Grandmother in Burkina Faso and this is the name that a young boy chooses to call an old woman he befriends. The old lady is ostracised from the community as she is a witch and through the impartial eyes of the boy the prejudices of the adult world are revealed. Refreshingly natural performances and beautifully cinematography augment this carefully composed portrait of intergenerational connection.

Director: Idrissa Ouedraogo
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Country: Burkina Faso/Switzerland/France
Year: 1989
Runtime: 90 min