Apolline Traoré

Apolline is a director and producer, winner of several distinctions and prizes. In 1998, she obtained her Master's degree in cinema at the Emerson College art school in Boston, then she trained as a camera operator at The New York Film Academy. She worked for years on independent films in Hollywood. Her first short film “Kounandi” was selected in 2004 at Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals. She directed the cult series “Monia and Rama” and “The Testament”. In 2008, she decided to settle in the country. After “Frontières” (2017), “Desrances” (2019), his fifth feature film “Sira” (2023), won the grand public prize at the Berlinale and the silver stallion at FESPACO 2023. In 2019, she was awarded Knight of the Order of Merit, Arts, Letters and Communication, and in 2020, she was installed as Ambassador of the National Museum.