Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Directing·Jan 1, 1961·Abéché, Chad

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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.

Film	Credit
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars2026 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds2021 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lac2019 · Director	Director
Interdependence2019 · Director	Director
A Season in France2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy2016 · Director	Director
Grigris2013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Screaming Man2010 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Expectations2008 · Director	Director
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter2008 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
MMambéty For Ever2008 · Self	Self
Dry Season2006 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Kalala2006 · Director	Director
SScenarios from Africa: African Solidarity2004 · Director	Director
SScenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind2004 · Director	Director
Bye Bye Africa2003 · Haroun, Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Haroun, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Our Father2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
LLetter from New York2001 · Director	Director
Un thé au sahel1998 · Director	Director
B 4001997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot1996 · Director	Director
BBord' Africa1995 · Director	Director
Goï-Goï1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Maral tanié1994 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer