The tiny African country of Burkina Faso is home to Africa’s biggest film festival. “Fespaco has also turned little Ouagadougou, with its red-earth streets, into a city of biennial movie maniacs, who flock to the screenings and discuss the candidates for the Stallion of Yennanga, the festival’s grand prize, with as much fervour as World Cup football matches. Meanwhile, the bars and terraces of the Hotel Indépendence seethe with film-makers from Algeria to Mozambique and TV production scouts from Europe.” – The Telegraph (UK) 03/04/00