Wabinlé Nabié

Wabinlé Nabié, born in 1973 in Fafo, Burkina Faso, began his artistic career at the Atelier Théâtre Burkinabè drama school in 1999, where he started as an actor and storyteller with the school’s troupe. In 2006, he joined the CITO (Carrefour International de Théâtre de Ouagadougou) troupe, contributing to two major productions: L’os de Mor Lam and Les Soleils des indépendances.

In 2007, he participated in the Africadoc writing residency in Bobo, and the following year, he attended the Rencontre Tënk in Saint-Louis, Senegal, with his film project Les fétiches se révoltent. In 2010, he completed a documentary filmmaking training at the Institut Imagine and took part in the production of the filmed magazine News réels at the FESPACO Festival in 2011 and 2013. Meanwhile, he published a book of tales, La gazelle et le caméléon, with L’Harmattan in 2010, and continued his acting career in cinema, appearing in films such as Waga Love, Petit sergent, Affaire publique, La raison du plus fort, and Cessez le feu by Emmanuel Courcol, released in April 2017.

In 2015, Wabinlé Nabié participated in a documentary filmmaking workshop at Ateliers Varan in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where he directed the short documentary An 27, which won several awards and was featured in numerous festivals around the world.

In 2016, he participated in another Rencontre Tënk in Saint-Louis with his project L’aurore des sacrifiés. Released in 2020, the documentary Les scarifiés was selected for the États généraux du film documentaire 2022 and was also featured in competition at FESPACO 2023.