Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu Explained

Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu
Birth Date:1976
Birth Place:Yaounde, Cameroon
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter, actor
Language:Portuguese
Notable Works:movies Waramutsého! (2008).

Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu (also Auguste Bernard Kouemo, Auguste-Bernard Kouemo, and 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]

Filmography

Kouemo's films include:

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!)[4] [5] [6] [7] 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)[8] 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[9] 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)Drama feature. In Yaoundé, lonely Josette (75) wants her emigrated children back from Europe. Screenwriter, director Babetida Sadjo, Tatiana Rojo, Adrien Jolivet

Awards

Kouemo's films won several awards, including:

Film Festival Award
Waramutseho! (Bonjour), 2008 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) 2009 Poulain de bronze (Bronze veal), short film award[10]
African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL, Milan) 2009 Premio Migliore Cortometraggio Africano - Premio Eni al Miglior Cortometraggio Africano (Best African Short Award)[11]
(FIFAM)2009 Grand Prix du court métrage (Short Film Grand Prize)[12]

External links

Videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu. Réalisateur/trice, Producteur/trice, Scénariste . africine.org . . 1 August 2024 . fr.
  2. Web site: 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" . Jacques . Bessala Manga . africine.org . 14 September 2009 . . 1 August 2024 . fr. Interview about his film Waramutsého!
  3. Web site: Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu. Activities Director, Screenwriter, Foreign Producer, Producer . en.unifrance.org . Unifrance, Paris, France . 1 August 2024 . en.
  4. Representing the Itsembabwoko . Olivier . Barlet . Olivier Barlet . Black Camera . 4 . 1 . Winter 2012 . 234–251 . 10.2979/blackcamera.4.1.234 . 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.
  5. Web site: Waramutseho! . cineafricano.fcat.es . Laboratorio de documentación y difusión del cine africano. Festival de Cine Africano - FCAT . es . 1 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230529011908/https://cineafricano.fcat.es/peliculas/waramutseho/ . 2023-05-29.
  6. Web site: Waramutseho! . en.unifrance.org . Unifrance, Paris, France . 1 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Waramutseho! . iffr.com . International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) . 1 August 2024.
  8. Web site: Les empreintes douloureuses . tandorproductions.com . Tândor Productions Belgique (Ixelles) / Cameroun (Yaoundé-Messa)) . 1 August 2024 .
  9. Web site: Mon ami Fukushima . unifrance.org . Unifrance, Paris, France . 1 August 2024 . fr.
  10. Web site: Fespaco 2009 : Palmares du jury officiel . clapnoir.org . Clap Noir. Cinémas et audiovisuels africains. Association Clap Noir, Montreuil, France . 7 March 2009 . 2024-08-03 . fr.
  11. Web site: 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 . Associazione Culturale "Cinema Italiano", Prato, Italy . 30 March 2009 . 2024-08-03 . it.
  12. Web site: 2009 Auszeichnungen . Reinhard W. . Wolf . 16 December 2009 . shortfilm.de . AG Kurzfilm e.V., Bundesverband Deutscher Kurzfilm, Dresden, Germany . 2024-08-03 . de . Festival International du film d’Amiens (F) 22.11.2009 Grand Prix du court métrage: WARAMUTSEHO, Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu (Cameroun)..

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