About
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.
Filmography
Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars2026 · Director, Screenplay
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds2021 · Director, Screenplay
Lac2019 · Director
Talking About Trees2019 · Co-Producer
Interdependence2019 · Director
A Season in France2018 · Director, Writer
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy2016 · Director
Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg2014 · Co-Director
Grigris2013 · Director, Writer
A Screaming Man2010 · Director, Screenplay
On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!2010 · Co-Director
Expectations2008 · Director
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter2008 · Director, Writer
Dry Season2006 · Director, Producer, Writer
Kalala2006 · Director
Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity2004 · Director
Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind2004 · Director
Bye Bye Africa2003 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Our Father2002 · Director, Writer
Letter from New York2001 · Director