Benin Movies

Souleymane, an Afro-German trans man, travels from Berlin to Dakar to repair his father’s kora, and in doing so, himself. A fragile search for...

A young anthropologist is invited by the Batammariba people in northern Benin to help document and restore the architectural heritage of their...

A 28-year-old African woman dreams of becoming a model. In the meantime, she works as a hairdresser to save money for a modelling course.

A sacrifice ritual in Dahomey [Benin].

Agouénou, a newcomer to a government agency, takes on the entrenched corruption and butts heads with the leader of the old-guard,...

Vodoun Gods On The Slave Coast explores the ceremonial splendor of sacred dance and ritual in Benin, the birthplace and cradle of Vodoun. Formerly...

Combining poetry, dance, music, and archival audio, Danse Macabre paints a portrait of the human psyche, drawing on the work of Dr Carl Jung. The...

Documentary dedicated to Patrice Lumumba. FESPACO 1985: Prize of the city of Ouagadougou and special mention of the Organization of African Unity...

In 1964 in a village in Bénin, an oracle predicts a bright future but also a bad omen for the baby KEMI. Sixteen years later, the future of...

Oseye, a young American-Beninese girl, moves back to Benin with her mother and discovers her new surroundings.

A group of young students visits a remote village in Bénin, but when the village monarch chooses one of them to be his new wife, trouble...

In the heart of the ancient Benin Kingdom, one man’s courage would shape history forever. Uti, the brave son of Ozede, faces a divine...

Feature film that played at FESPACO in 2007.

Spreading across the beach and streets of Benin. A moving letter from a mother to her future daughter expresses the challenges and joys of growing up...

In the deserts of Benin, shepherds struggle with droughts and a changing environment as they herd animals through ancestral lands.

Director Hawa Aliou N'Diaye explores Malian tradition, myth, and the ethereal through interviews with women who-like her-claim to be possessed by...

Honoré and Grégoire prepare their mother’s funeral. They are faced with the common and individual expenses inherent to funerals...

Every people, every human being, has a need to assert themselves. However, one can only assert oneself through one’s culture. My Father is Goun...