Director
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Born 1961 · Abéché, Chad
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.
Directed
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Director · 2021
Dry Season
Director · 2006
A Screaming Man
Director · 2010
Lac
Director · 2019
A Season in France
Director · 2018
Grigris
Director · 2013
Our Father
Director · 2002
Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg
Co-Director · 2014
B 400
Director · 1997
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy
Director · 2016
Bye Bye Africa
Director · 2003
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Director · 2026
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
Director · 2008
Expectations
Director · 2008
Interdependence
Director · 2019
Goï-Goï
Director · 1995
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!
Co-Director · 2010
Kalala
Director · 2006
Writing
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Screenplay · 2021
Dry Season
Writer · 2006
A Screaming Man
Screenplay · 2010
A Season in France
Writer · 2018
Grigris
Writer · 2013
Our Father
Writer · 2002
B 400
Writer · 1997
Bye Bye Africa
Writer · 2003
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars
Screenplay · 2026
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
Writer · 2008
Goï-Goï
Writer · 1995
Maral tanié
Writer · 1994