Dahomey
‘Strikes the perfect balance between reflecting on the past and embracing the future with dream-like direction and a perspective like no other.’
Lotterywest Films / Documentary
Dates & Times
Wed 19 & Thu 20 Feb
Gates open 6pm | Film starts 8pm
Duration 68mins
Access
Tickets
$22
Festival Club membership prices available.
Location
Somerville Auditorium, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley WA 6009
Notes
- English and French with English subtitles
- Check back for classification
- Film screenings are subject to weather conditions
- Updates on any changes to the film schedule are listed by 7pm online via website and socials @perthfest
In 2021 the Musée du Quai Branly announced it would return some of the antiquities held in its collection to the Republic of Benin. Soon after hearing the news, French filmmaker Mati Diop was hot on their trail. This Golden Bear-winning documentary brings the question of cultural repatriation to life with poetry, magic and mischief.
'Mati Diop’s captivating, fabulistic documentary Dahomey confronts the reality of how modernity has been shaped by the West’s theft of cultural heritage.'
Slant Magazine
More info
Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival 2024
Movies that Matter Award, ZagrebDox 2024
France / Senegal / Benin
Director Mati Diop
Screenwriter Mati Diop
Cinematographer Joséphine Drouin-Viallard
Composers Wally Badarou & Dean Blunt
Editors Gabriel Gonzalez
Distributor/Sales Agent Rialto
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