Cédric Ido is a French-Burkinabe director, writer and actor. He grew up in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, a small suburban town near Paris and in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during Thomas Sankara’s revolution. His directing works have been exhibited worldwide in international film festivals in Seattle, Dubai and Venice.

In 2015, he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for best short film with “Twaaga”, which takes place in Burkina Faso during Thomas Sankara’s revolution. He has directed his brother, actor Jacky Ido, in a number of films including “Chateau” and “Hasaki Ya Suda”.

In 2023, he joined the Cluster for a screening of his film “La Gravité” at the Cinema Africa film festival. “La Gravité” is is about two brothers living in a ghetto eager to do anything for their freedom. When an unprecedented alignment of planets seemingly impacts earth’s gravity and upsets the balance in the ghetto, they find themselves in an unceasing fight between old and new generations.