Mati Diop Movies

  • 2024
    Dahomey

    Dahomey

    Dahomey

    6.52024HD

    Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in...

    Dahomey
  • 2019
    Atlantics

    Atlantics

    Atlantics

    6.82019HD

    Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites...

    Atlantics
  • 2009
    35 Shots of Rum

    35 Shots of Rum

    35 Shots of Rum

    6.82009HD

    A widower and her daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

    35 Shots of Rum
  • 2024
    Queens of Drama

    Queens of Drama

    Queens of Drama

    02024HD

    It's 2055 and Steevyshady, an obsessive Mimi Madamour stan, tells us of their idol’s mad destiny from the very peak of her career in 2005, all...

    Queens of Drama
  • 2022
    Both Sides of the Blade

    Both Sides of the Blade

    Both Sides of the Blade

    5.42022HD

    Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an...

    Both Sides of the Blade
  • 2012
    Simon Killer

    Simon Killer

    Simon Killer

    5.82012HD

    A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.

    Simon Killer
  • 2014
    Fort Buchanan

    Fort Buchanan

    Fort Buchanan

    5.22014HD

    Four seasons to tell the fluctuating moods and mores of a small community that shares its daily chores and life experiences in the military base of...

    Fort Buchanan
  • 2011
    Snow Canon

    Snow Canon

    Snow Canon

    52011HD

    February in the French Alps. Vanina likes to hear the chalet’s parquet floor squeaking beneath her bare feet. Vanina likes to coat herself in...

    Snow Canon
  • 2020
    In My Room

    In My Room

    In My Room

    62020HD

    Made during confinement, "In My Room" plunges us into the poignant story of a woman at the twilight of her life, through recordings of the director's...

    In My Room
  • 2009
    Atlantiques

    Atlantiques

    Atlantiques

    6.22009HD

    Short lo-fi film set in Senegal. Mostly focussing on a group of Senegalese youths, discussing their hopes and fears concerning the crossing of the...

    Atlantiques
  • 2016
    Hermia & Helena

    Hermia & Helena

    Hermia & Helena

    5.42016HD

    Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York to attend an artistic residency to develop a Spanish translation of...

    Hermia & Helena
  • 2015
    L for Leisure

    L for Leisure

    L for Leisure

    5.72015HD

    A dreamy, ironic comedy about a generation of hedonistic students in the 1990s. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly. During a series of...

    L for Leisure
  • 2011
    Another World

    Another World

    Another World

    3.22011HD

    1915. Louis, aged 17, arrives on Reunion Island to find his father, Count Kerdiguen. He has built himself a new family with Salima, his native...

    Another World
  • 2012
    Big in Vietnam

    Big in Vietnam

    Big in Vietnam

    4.82012HD

    Film following a Vietnamese director's wanderings through Marseille after her lead actor goes missing. Karaoke, beach sunrises and diaspora...

    Big in Vietnam
  • 2023
    Tokyo Trip

    Tokyo Trip

    Tokyo Trip

    52023HD

    For this three-and-a-half minute short, Diop conjures up some of the same romance as a pastel-haired Sane navigates life in Tokyo dressed head-to-toe...

    Tokyo Trip
  • 2010
    Les Révélations 2010

    Les Révélations 2010

    Les Révélations 2010

    42010HD

    Every year, the family of cinema is growing by welcoming a young and new generation of actresses and actors, who loudly declare their passion for...

    Les Révélations 2010
  • 2011
    Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

    Sleepwalkers

    02011HD

    Corsica, summer 2009. Pascal, a young medic indulges in his boredom and melancholy between the hospital corridors and streets of the city. Mustapha...

    Sleepwalkers
  • 2015
    Liberian Boy

    Liberian Boy

    Liberian Boy

    5.32015HD

    Jules had been hard at work rehearsing the steps to "Billie Jean" for the end-of-the-year show. That same year, he jumped onstage in the middle of a...

    Liberian Boy
  • 2013
    A Thousand Suns

    A Thousand Suns

    A Thousand Suns

    6.72013HD

    In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At...

    A Thousand Suns
  • 2022
    Naked Blue

    Naked Blue

    Naked Blue

    02022HD

    Naked Blue was developed through a collaboration with Oumy Bruni Garrel, the film’s protagonist, and Devonté Hynes, who composed its...

    Naked Blue