Burkina Faso / Canada

Cilia Sawadogo studied communication, specializing in cinema animation at Concordia University in Montréal. She started her career in 1989, and made many cartoons for Sesame Street. As director, writer and animator, she has received numerous awards for films she directed at the National Film Board of Canada and independently. She made her first animated film, La femme mariée à trios hommes, in 1993. Her other animated films include L’Arrêt d’autobus, The Bus Stop and Naissance, Birth, Le Joueur de cora and Christopher Changes His Name. Sawadogo also produces video-clips, designs posters, and illustrates books.

Filmography

La femme mariée à trios hommes (1993)
Birth / Naissance (1993)
The Bus Stop / L’Arrêt d’autobus (1994)
The Cora Player / Le Joueur de cora (1996)
Christopher Changes His Name (2000)
The Tree of Spirits / L'Arbre aux esprits (2005)