

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Director · Actor · WriterMahamat-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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR25

Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
2026
Director

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
2021
Director

Lac
2019
Director

Interdependence
2019
Director

A Season in France
2018
Director

Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy
2016
Director

Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg
2014
Co-Director

Grigris
2013
Director

A Screaming Man
2010
Director

On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
2010
Co-Director

Expectations
2008
Director

Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
2008
Director

Dry Season
2006
Director

Kalala
2006
Director
- Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity
Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity
2004
Director
- Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind
Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind
2004
Director

Bye Bye Africa
2003
Director

Our Father
2002
Director
- Letter from New York
Letter from New York
2001
Director

Un thé au sahel
1998
Director

B 400
1997
Director

Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot
1996
Director
- Bord' Africa
Bord' Africa
1995
Director

Goï-Goï
1995
Director

Maral tanié
1994
Director
WRITER12

Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
2026
Screenplay

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
2021
Screenplay

A Season in France
2018
Writer

Grigris
2013
Writer

A Screaming Man
2010
Screenplay

Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
2008
Writer

Dry Season
2006
Writer

Bye Bye Africa
2003
Writer

Our Father
2002
Writer

B 400
1997
Writer

Goï-Goï
1995
Writer

Maral tanié
1994
Writer






