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...

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

Sètchémè (20 years old) is a young albino girl. She is different from her parents and her sisters, who, on the other hand, are...

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...

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

Documentary about an Ivorian emigration agency.

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

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...

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

This is a tragic story of Freedom, Despair, and then Revelation And you'll see it through the EYES of an Attacker or a Victim and then, you'll decide...

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...

When Yacumba the Queen of Circles is attacked by the Man in Red, her Power Heart is Gone, she and her Royal subject Vangirai would travel through...

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

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...

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

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

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...