Country Prantsusmaa, Senegal, Benin, Singapur
Director Mati Diop
Cast Lucrèce Hougbelo, Parfait Vaiayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassangade
Language inglise, Prantsuse, Fon
Subtitle Language estonian
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In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlinale, Mati Diop’s dynamic film DAHOMEY brings a dazzling sense of imagination to vital issues of self-determination and restitution.
What is the special program “LUX Audience Award”?
Come see the best cinema in Europe!
Five films have been selected as finalists for the 2025 LUX Audience Award. We invite you to rate the films you've seen! Rating is on a five-star scale: five stars = excellent, one star = poor. All screenings are free.
You can rate the films here until March 28, 2025.
The 2025 LUX European Audience Film Award nominees:
- Animal (Greece, Austria, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria)
- Dahomey (France, Senegal, Benin)
- Flow (Latvia, France, Belgium)
- Intercepted (Canada, France, Ukraine)
- Julie Keeps Quiet (Belgium, Sweden)
Project partners: European Parliament's LUX Award Ceremony, European Commission, Creative Europe-MEDIA, European Film Academy, and Europa Cinemas.
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