Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Directing
Biography
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.
Filmography 26
Movies (24)
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars2026Directing
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds2021Directing
Lac2019Directing
Interdependence2019Directing
A Season in France2018Directing
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy2016Directing
Grigris2013Directing
A Screaming Man2010Directing
Expectations2008Directing
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter2008Directing- Mambéty For Ever2008Self
Dry Season2006Directing
Kalala2006Directing- Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity2004Directing
- Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind2004Directing
Bye Bye Africa2003Haroun
Our Father2002Directing- Letter from New York2001Directing
Un thé au sahel1998Directing
B 4001997Directing
Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot1996Directing- Bord' Africa1995Directing
Goï-Goï1995Directing
Maral tanié1994Directing
Shows (2)
FC United2021Self
Exterminate All the Brutes2021