Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
An image from Lingui: The Sacred Bonds, one of the productions that also features Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

January 1, 1961 — Abéché, Chad

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: ​[ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Stylistically restrained but 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.

Lingui: The Sacred Bonds

Lingui: The Sacred Bonds

2021

A Screaming Man

A Screaming Man

2010

A Season in France

A Season in France

2018

Dry Season

Dry Season

2006

Talking About Trees

Talking About Trees

2019

Grigris

Grigris

2013

Abouna

Abouna

2002

Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy

Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy

2016