Sira
The Berlinale Panorama Audience Award 2023 went to this revenge saga from Burkina Faso, in which a young Muslim woman must survive her terrorist kidnapping and get retribution along the way.
Sira (Nafissatou Cissé) is travelling with her nomadic Fulani Muslim family in the Sahel region of Africa, introduced strikingly in vibrant colour against the arid orange dunes. She’s palpably excited to meet her intended Christian husband, until the family is confronted and gunned down by a militant group; the leader, Yere, has received advance word of the forbidden union, and abducts and assaults Sira. Left alone in the vast desert, she embarks on a gruelling quest for survival that transforms into a story of female solidarity and revenge, in this empowering and visually stunning blend of social realism and rousing adventure melodrama. 
- Program Strand
- Features
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 18+
- Country
- Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Senegal
- Language
- In French and Fulani with English subtitles
- Director
- Apolline Traoré
- Producer
- Denis Cougnaud, Apolline Traoré, Souleymane Kebe
- Cast
- Nafissatou Cissé, Lazare Minoungou, Mike Danon
- Screenwriter
- Apolline Traoré
- Cinematographer
- Nicolas Berteyac
- Editor
- Sylvie Gadmer
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Africa, Women Directors, Crime, Focus on Women, Thriller
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: Wide
