Dahomey Doc on looted African Art wins Berlin Film Festival

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Dahomey Doc on looted African Art wins Berlin Film Festival

A documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing looted antiquities wins prestigious Golden Bear.

Dahomey, a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe’s return of looted antiquities to Africa, has won the Berlin International Film Festival’s top prize.

Kenyan-Mexican Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o announced the seven-member panel’s choice for the Golden Bear award at a gala ceremony in the German capital Saturday.

Diop said the prize “not only honours me but the entire visible and invisible community that the film represents”.

 

Stephanie Cime

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