Dahomey
Year: 2024Certificate: pg
- Director:
- Mati Diop
- Cast:
- Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje
- Running Time:
- 68 mins
- Language:
- French
- Country of Origin:
- Benin, France, Senegal
- Genre(s):
- Documentary, Drama, International
- Formats:
Available to screen from 10/03/2025.
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlinale, Mati Diop’s dynamic film brings a dazzling sense of imagination to vital issues of self-determination and restitution. Amplifying voices from beyond the walls of international museums, this spellbinding work redefines the spaces of culture and art.