Since arriving on the world cinema stage with the deeply personal docudrama "Bye Bye Africa" (1999), Chadian auteur Mahamat-Saleh Haroun has been at the forefront of a generation of filmmakers who have landed African cinema squarely on the map. Despite emigrating to France in the 1980s, at the height of Chad's devastating civil war, he's [...]
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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on Berlin Golden Bear Contender 'Soumsoum' and Why It's His 'Duty' to Bring His Native Chad to the Big Screen
February 15, 2026
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