Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu
Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 Yaounde, Cameroon |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Notable works | Waramutsého! (short film, 2008) |
Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu (born 1976 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He created many short films and video clips and won awards for his 2008 short Waramutseho! (Bonjour!) on the Rwandan genocide.[1][2][3][4]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Genre | Role | Stars | Duration (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | L’enveloppe | Short | Director | ||
| 2006 | Le premier pas | Short | Director | ||
| 2008 | Racines | Short | Director | ||
| 2006 | Lent demain by Charoki Sonia | Drama short | Actor | Romain Carcanade, Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu, Leclair Nadège, Morel Romain | 10 m |
| 2009 | Waramutseho! (Bonjour!)[5][6][7][8] | Drama short. The Hutu family of student Kabéra has murdered the Tutsi family of his friend in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. | Screenwriter, director | Steve Achiepo, Clément Ntahobari, Cécile Malembic, and Claire Pailler | 21 m |
| 2015 | Les empreintes douloureuses (translated title: Painful Imprints)[9] | Drama short. Thirty-something Nathalie is hosting her mother on holiday in France and wants to have a nose job. | Screenwriter, director | Josette Kwanya, Bwanga Pilipili | 22 m |
| 2022 | Mon ami Fukushima[10] | Drama short. Emile wants to help his friend and petanque-partner Thomas, who suffers from schizophrenia. | Screenwriter, director | Ahmed Dramé, Adrien Jolivet, Miss Ming, Raph | 27 m |
| 2024 upcoming | La Maison du Vent (translated title: The house of the wind)[11] | Drama feature. In Yaoundé, lonely Josette (75) wants her emigrated children back from Europe. | Screenwriter, director | Babetida Sadjo, Tatiana Rojo, Adrien Jolivet |
Awards
[edit]Kouemo's films won several awards, including:[1]
| Film | Festival | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Waramutseho! (Bonjour!), 2008 | Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) | 2009 Poulain de bronze (Bronze veal), short film award[12] |
| African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL, Milan) | 2009 Premio Migliore Cortometraggio Africano - Premio Eni al Miglior Cortometraggio Africano (Best African Short Award)[13] | |
| Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM) | 2009 Grand Prix du court métrage (Short Film Grand Prize)[14] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu. Réalisateur/trice, Producteur/trice, Scénariste". africine.org (in French). African Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Bessala Manga, Jacques (14 September 2009). "Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu, réalisateur de Waramutsého! "Être reconnu au Cameroun est particulièrement important pour moi"" [Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu, director of Waramutsého! "Being recognised in Cameroon is particularly important to me"]. africine.org (in French). African Federation of Film Critics. Retrieved 1 August 2024. Interview about his film Waramutsého!
- ^ "Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu. Activities Director, Screenwriter, Foreign Producer, Producer". en.unifrance.org. Unifrance, Paris, France. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu at IMDb
- ^ Barlet, Olivier (Winter 2012). "Representing the Itsembabwoko". Black Camera. 4 (1): 234–251. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.4.1.234. JSTOR 10.2979/blackcamera.4.1.234.
Silence also characterizes Kabera and Uwamungu, two Rwandan childhood friends who live together in Toulouse, France, one of whom works, the other a student, when they discover the genocide in the media in Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu's Waramutseho! / Hello! (Cameroon 2008).
Page 248. - ^ "Waramutseho!". cineafricano.fcat.es (in Spanish). Laboratorio de documentación y difusión del cine africano. Festival de Cine Africano - FCAT. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Waramutseho!". en.unifrance.org. Unifrance, Paris, France. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Waramutseho!". iffr.com. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Les empreintes douloureuses". tandorproductions.com. Tândor Productions Belgique (Ixelles) / Cameroun (Yaoundé-Messa)). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Mon ami Fukushima". unifrance.org (in French). Unifrance, Paris, France. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ La Maison du Vent at IMDb
- ^ "Fespaco 2009 : Palmares du jury officiel". clapnoir.org (in French). Clap Noir. Cinémas et audiovisuels africains. Association Clap Noir, Montreuil, France. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ "I premi della 19. Edizione del "Festival Cinema Africano Asia America Latina"" [The awards of the 19th. Edition of the 'Festival Cinema Africano Asia America Latina']. cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian). Associazione Culturale "Cinema Italiano", Prato, Italy. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Wolf, Reinhard W. (16 December 2009). "2009 Auszeichnungen". shortfilm.de (in German). AG Kurzfilm e.V., Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm, Dresden, Germany. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
Festival International du film d'Amiens (F) 22.11.2009 Grand Prix du court métrage: WARAMUTSEHO, Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu (Cameroun).
External links
[edit]Videos
[edit]- "#WorldCupOfShorts - Cameroon". youtube.com (in French). Google LLC YouTube. 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024. Video duration 0m 57 s. Uploader ShortsTV 2022. Kouemo requests votes for his short Les empreintes douloureuses in the World Cup of Shorts film competition during the 2022 FIFA World Cup football championship in Qatar.
- Les Empreintes Douloureuses (Painful Imprints) - Teaser on YouTube. Video duration 1m:09s. Uploader Origine Films, 2019.
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