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Golden Bear 2024 goes to Mati Diop’s restitution documentary 'Dahomey'

Mati Diop's documentary "Dahomey" won the top prize at the Berlin film festival, celebrating the return of looted treasures from Paris to Benin.
Other winners at the festival included filmmakers Hong Sangsoo, Bruno Dumont, Emily Watson, and Sebastian Stan, recognized for their outstanding work.
Diop made history as the first Black director to win the Golden Bear award.

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The Guardian

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

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Berlinale: Documentary film “Dahomey” wins Golden Bear

German director Matthias Glasner receives a Silver Bear for the screenplay of his drama 'Dying'. The Grand Prize of the Jury goes to South Korea this year.

2 months ago·Munich, Germany

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Variety

Mati Diop Doc ‘Dahomey’ Wins Golden Bear at Berlin; Sebastian Stan and Emily Watson Take Acting Awards

French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop made history at tonight’s Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony, becoming the first Black director ever to win the Golden Bear, the fest’s top prize, for her inventive, resonant documentary “Dahomey.” She accepted the award from Lupita Nyong’o, in turn the first Black person ever to preside over the festival’s Competition jury […]

2 months ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Noticias ao Minuto

Dahomey' by Mati Diop wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

At the 74th Berlin International Film Festival - Berlinale, a film tackling post-colonial issues head-on was awarded by the jury, presided over by Mexican-Ecuadorian actress Lupita Nyong'o, the first black person to hold the position. The Grand Jury Prize of the festival, the second most important award, went to 'A Traveler's Needs' by South Korean Hong Sangsoo, starring French actress Isabelle Huppert. The Jury Prize was awarded to 'L'Empire' b…

2 months ago·Portugal

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Observador

Mati Diop's film “Dahomey” wins Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival

The German film festival awarded the highest prize to the film “Dahomey”, by French-Senegalese director Mati Diop, about the return of works of art to Benin.

2 months ago·Portugal

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