HBO Max Just Quietly Added The Best Action Epic You Haven't Seen One of the most slept-on blockbusters of the decade is now easy to stream. Inverse · Aug 22, 2025
Mati Diop is a new star of African cinema – what her award-winning movies are about Mati Diop has cinema in her blood. The 42-year-old Senegalese-French actress launched her feature film directing career in spectacular fashion with Atlantics, which took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 and won a string of awards. The Conversation · Feb 27, 2025
Oscar shortlist for 10 categories unveiled with strong showings for Emilia Perez and Wicked ‘Wicked’, ‘Challengers’ and ‘Gladiator II’ are among films one step closer to an Academy Award The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2024
'Dahomey' film invites colonial past to speak through Benin's stolen treasures In her award-winning documentary Dahomey, director Mati Diop imagines the voice of royal treasures looted from West Africa by European colonisers and only recently sent back to their homeland in present-day Benin. She tells RFI she hopes it will prompt reflection on displacement, exile and return – not just of… Radio France Internationale · Sep 15, 2024
Franco-Senegalese documentary 'Dahomey' wins Berlin's Golden Bear Dahomey, a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe's return of looted antiquities to Africa, won the Berlin Film Festival's top prize Saturday. Radio France Internationale · Feb 25, 2024
Mati Diop’s documentary Dahomey wins top prize at Berlin film festival Film about first major return of looted treasures to Africa beat the work of several veteran directors The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024
Dahomey review – interrogative reverie about looted African sculptures Mati Diop’s documentary is told partly in the ‘voice’ of one of the looted treasures, in a realist jeu d’esprit about the legacy of plunder The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024
Viola Davis stuns in Elle cover shoot amid her new movie's criticism Actress Viola Davis has proven to be the subject of a stunning Marcos Florentino and Kelvin Yule magazine cover shoot for Elle Brasil, whilst her latest movie, 'The Woman King' is the subject of controversy Daily Mirror · Sep 18, 2022