Dahomey

Fri 07 Feb
Films
Languages Week Scotland 2025

November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi…

Dahomey won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and has been selected as Senegal’s entry to the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

Dahomey has been shortlisted for the 2025 LUX Audience Award. The LUX Audience Award is presented annually by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas. The audience can vote for the films by rating here

This event is organized as part of Languages Week Scotland, with the support of the European Parliament UK

  • Director(s): Mati Diop
  • Cast: Gildas Adannou, Morias Agbessi, Maryline Agbossi
  • Original title: Documentary
  • Country, year: France, Senegal, Benin, 2024
  • Duration: 1h08
  • Language: In English, French and Fon with English subtitles
  • Price: Free event
  • Cert.: PG
  • More information: Doors open 15 minutes before the screening

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