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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Director and writer, also producer · Born January 1, 1961 (65) · Abéché, Chad

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1961 (65)
From
Abéché, Chad
Works as
Director and writer, also producer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 45% in 30 days

What are Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Morality
33%
Self
20%
Power
6%
Survival
5%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
4
Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Hopeful
4
Warm
1

How their films linger

Hopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MUBI (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Soumsoum, la nuit des astres(2026)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Lingui(2021)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Exterminate All the Brutes(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Lac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Talking About Trees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Co-Producer

  • Interdependence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • A Season in France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Writer

  • Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Les 18 du 57, Boulevard de Strasbourg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Co-Director

  • GriGris(2013)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • A Screaming Man(2010)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Co-Director

  • Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Sex, Okra & Salted Butter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Dry Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Kalala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Bye Bye Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer · as Haroun

  • Our Father(2002)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Letter from New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Un thé au sahel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • B 400 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Writer

  • Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Bord' Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director

  • Goï-Goï (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer

  • Maral tanié (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles from 1994 to 2026.

Biggest box office

A Screaming Man (2010)

$194K worldwide

Highest rated

Lingui (2021)

Midcredits 78th

Most popular right now

Soumsoum, la nuit des astres (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 27: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting25 of 27: 13 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thWriting12 of 27: 0 only writing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thProducing2 of 27: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography1 of 27: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another role

27 titles, 12 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1990s6 · crew2000s9 · 1 acting · 9 crew2010s9 · crew2020s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 6 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed2

Most loved · director, writer

Lingui (2021)

Midcredits 78th · 63% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 79/100 and the pacing 41/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Mahamat-Saleh Haroun work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hadje Fatime N'Goua shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers