KATANGA, LA DANSE DES SCORPIONS (KATANGA: THE DANCE OF THE SCORPIONS)
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In the imaginary kingdom of Ganzurgu, King Pazouknaam narrowly foils a plot to overthrow him. To consolidate his power, he appoints his cousin Katanga as head of the army. Faced with the magnitude of his mission, Katanga consults a fortune teller. The prophecy is unequivocal: one day, he will ascend to his cousin's throne. With KATANGA, LA DANSE DES SCORPIONS, director Dani Kouyaté offers a dreamlike reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, adapting the classic Western drama into a universal political tale set on the African continent. The film won the Yennenga Golden Stallion at FESPACO 2025.
Cooperation: africologneFESTIVAL, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
German premiere
KATANGA, LA DANSE DES SCORPIONS (KATANGA: THE DANCE OF THE SCORPIONS) Direction: Dani Kouyaté, DCP, OmeU, 113 min
Guest
Dani Kouyaté, born in Bobo-Dioulasso in 1961, began his film career as a director in 1989 with the short film BILAKORO. In 1992, he founded the film production company “Sahelis Productions”. For his first feature film KEÏTA! L'HÉRITAGE DU GRIOT (1995), he received the prize for the best debut film at FESPACO (Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou) and was awarded the Junior Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. His most recent film KATANGA, an African adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, received the Étalon d'or de Yennenga for best film at FESPACO this year. Dani Kouyaté teaches at Uppsala University in the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology and at Wiks Folkhögskola in Uppsala in the Department of Film and Theater.