Dans le cadre de leur cursus universitaire, une phase pratique du cours de gestion du Patrimoine cinématographique et audiovisuel est organisée avec les étudiants de la licence de l’Institut Supérieur de l’image et du son (ISIS-SE) dans les différentes filières: (Production, Réalisation, Image, Son et Montage), en vue d’appliquer la théorie apprise en classe. C’est phase pratique s’est déroulée le 27 et 28 octobre 2022 à la Cinémathèque Africaine de Ouagadougou sous l’encadrement de son Directeur.

The General Delegation of FESPACO in partnership with Archivistes sans frontières France and Burkina organized a training camp at the African Cinematheque in Ouagadougou from September 19 to 30, 2022. The objective of this work was to process, document and store the archives of the African Cinematheque of Ouagadougou (CAO). Volunteer supervisors from Archivistes sans frontières France and Burkina, students from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines-Paris-Saclay University in Versailles, the National School of Administration and Magistracy ( ENAM), the Regional Institute of Administration (IRA), Norbert ZONGO University of Koudougou (UNZK). Under the terms of the work:

• 355 35mm films and 549 16mm films were codified and stored in the CAD preservation room
• 747 posters (films, festivals and others) were processed, documented, organized in an Excel database and arranged on shelves according to their codification
• part of the administrative archives relating to several FESPACO departments have been processed and stored.

This work has allowed a professional organization of a large part of the CAD archives.

The cinematheque has begun the inventory of its cinematographic and audiovisual fund of the African Cinematheque of Ouagadougou. This work was held from May 16 to June 03, 2022.

At the end of the work, the following elements were identified:

• Film format Number of titles
• 35mm 355
• 16mm 549
• VHS 2277
• BETACAM 170
• Umatic 2370
• DVD 4353
• BNB 580
• Digital (keys, discs) + 2000

More than 12,000 film titles can be found at the Cinémathèque Africaine in Ouagadougou.