Bobo-Dioulasso: Two productions by former interns of the Institute of Information and Communication Sciences and Techniques (ISTIC) were screened on Wednesday May 1, 2024 in Bobo Dioulasso as part of a cinema evening organized on the sidelines of National Culture Week (SNC).
The training offered by the Institute of Information and Communication Sciences and Techniques (ISTIC) is professional and of high quality.
This is what the spectators who came out in large numbers to take part in the film screening organized by the institute on the evening of Wednesday May 1, 2024 in Bobo-Dioulasso observed.
During the evening, two productions by former interns were on the program.
These are ‘Care for internally displaced persons: the sacrifice of host families’ by Amandine Tago and ‘Hallelujah, Alhamdulillah: For better and for worse’ by Rasmané Zongo, respectively from the 35th and 31st promotion.
Lasting 26 minutes, Rasmané Zongo’s documentary was filmed in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in June 2019 under the su
pervision of Yacouba Traoré.
The film immersed the audience in the complex world of interfaith marriage, exploring the challenges, joys and sorrows that accompany this type of union.
Through this production, the author called for respect for the religious and cultural diversity which is the richness of Burkinabè society.
If certain scenes in Rasmané Zongo’s film provoked bursts of laughter from the audience, that of Amandine Tago on the other hand left its mark with its sad character.
Lasting 26 minutes, it highlights the ‘heartbreaking’ reality of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have fled their localities to escape the terrors of terrorism.
Ms. Tago calls for supporting IDPs to rebuild lives shattered by violence.
A strong call which did not leave film buffs indifferent, including Roland Kam, a student of legal and political sciences at the Nazi Boni University of Bobo Dioulasso.
‘The emotion aroused by the two films was very strong, but the one on IDPs had the most impact on me. I saw my neig
hbor shed tears when certain scenes were broadcast,’ he confided.
For him, it is the real situation of the country which is depicted in this film.
‘It is above all a call for solidarity and this is very important in the current context of the country. I take my hat off to the author,’ he said.
Beyond the director of the documentary, he congratulated the entire ISTIC management team for the quality of the training offered to the trainees.
Congratulations which went straight to the heart of the Director General of the institute, Dr Alizèta Ouoba.
She expressed her recognition to the supervisors who contribute greatly to the quality of the training given in this establishment.
Amandine Tago was pleasantly surprised by the positive reactions generated by her documentary.
She paid tribute to ISTIC which allowed her to carry out this production. A production through which she said she wanted to show the solidarity behind welcoming IDPs.
‘When we know that living in Ouagadougou with a large family is not eas
y, we must recognize that the host families of IDPs make enormous efforts to take care of them and that is what I wanted magnify through this production,’ she said.
When it came to making the film itself, she admitted not having encountered any major difficulties.
‘The filming only took me three days. It was the subtitles that tired me a little, because only four people spoke in French in the documentary,’ she confided.
She praised the spirit of collaboration that exists between ISTIC trainees.
‘I didn’t know how to do the subtitling, but a classmate helped me do it,’ she appreciated.
She invited this class to cultivate this spirit of collaboration.
Source: Burkina Information Agency