Ana Ballo

RTI International

Prospects for the creation of series in Africa: co-productions and EU-ACP funding

FILMOGRAPHY Director of a police series Marchand de rêves 24x26mn in co-production with CANAL +, 2017 (currently being finalized) Director of two seasons of talk-show Essentiellement Femme, broadcast on RTI 1, 2016-2017 Director of two documentary films Quand la Côte d'Ivoire se reconstruit for the Vivre Ensemble project in partnership with the OSIWA Foundation, 2014 Conceived and directed a series of 248 2-minute short films entitled On est ou là? co-produced in part with RTI, broadcast on TV5, RTI, A+... from 2006 to 2016 and monetized on Youtube since 2012, with over 5 million views. Production of radio spots, documentary film and sitcom for UNHCR Produced a series of 12 episodes of 26 min for UHCR entitled Résidence AKWABA in 2004, broadcast on RTI and several African countries. Director of a pan-African cooking show La route de la cuisine in partnership with Nestlé, broadcast on television in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Togo, Benin... 2002 to 2005.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE November 2015: 1st prize in the TV series pitch competition organized by DISCOP the South African Department of Arts and Culture for the project Ablaha Pokou. February 2015: 1st prize in the TV series pitch competition organized by the OIF during the 24th edition of FESPACO in Ouagadougou with the project Ablaha Pokou, a historical saga of 18 episodes of 26mn each. 2009 to 2012: Co-President of the Côte d'Ivoire Conference of Audio-Visual Producers (CPACI)