From Febuary the 23rd to march the 2nd, the biennial pan-African film festival, Fespaco, turned Burkina Faso’s Ouagadougou into the capital of African cinema.

More than 100 films are being screened and 19 of them are competing for the prestigious Yennenga award, presented on the weekend.

To watch go to : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21634772

Filmed by Trevor Lloyd, edited and scripted by Laeïla Adjovi and Trevor Lloyd. Broadcast in March 2013 in the programme BBC Focus on Africa, on BBC world News.