Davide Abbatescianni London-based outfit Taskovski Films has acquired world sales rights to Moumouni Sanou’s first feature “Night Nursery,” which bows in the Forum section of the Berlinale this week.The documentary is set in the district town of Bobo-Dioulasso, near Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, where every night sex workers entrust their children to Mrs.
Coda, an elderly woman. The young women then stroll through the “Black,” a lively alley in the city center, until daybreak, when they come to pick up their babies.Sanou is considered part of the new generation of Burkinabe documentary filmmakers.
Before shooting this feature, he has worked as a director of photography on several productions as well as edited and directed several.
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