November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.

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Mati Diop

Mati Diop's diverse film work since the 2000s has established the director as a representative of a new wave of African and Afro-diasporic culture. Her feature film Atlantics won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2019. She sees cinema as a tool of reappropriation to restore lost images, question degrading colonial representations and invent new heroes and heroines.

Screenings 
Monday, 11 November 6:00PM
Toldi - Big Hall
English & Hungarian Subtitles
Wednesday, 13 November 8:30PM
Toldi - Small Hall
English & Hungarian Subtitles
France, Senegal, Benin
2024
67min
French, Fon, English
 
Director 
Mati Diop
Producer 
Eve Robin
Judith Lou Levy
Mati Diop
Editor 
Gabriel Gonzalez
Cinematographer 
Joséphine Drouin Viallard
Sound 
Corneille Houssou
Nicolas Becker
Cyril Holtz
Music 
Dean Blunt
Wally Badarou
Distribution info 
International: Les films du losange Magyarország: Mozinet
Festivals and Awards 
Golden Bear at the Berlinale (2024)
IDA Documentary Awards Shortlist for Best Feature Documentary (2024)