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 harmony between body, sewing, ocean, heritage, and faith.

Documentary about an Ivorian emigration agency.

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 film explores the different aspects of the conscious and unconscious minds which are represented through character...

A young anthropologist is invited by the Batammariba people in northern Benin to help document and restore the architectural heritage of their typical takyienta houses. While working closely with the last inhabitants of these traditional structures, the commun...

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.

Vodoun Gods On The Slave Coast explores the ceremonial splendor of sacred dance and ritual in Benin, the birthplace and cradle of Vodoun. Formerly known as Dahomey, Benin was also called the Slave Coast due to its importance in the trans-Atlantic slave trade....

Sètchémè (20 years old) is a young albino girl. She is different from her parents and her sisters, who, on the other hand, are “normal”. She does not accept herself. She feels alone and wonders who she is. But her friend, Mélanie, leads her to smile, dream and...

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

Honoré and Grégoire prepare their mother’s funeral. They are faced with the common and individual expenses inherent to funerals in Porto-Novo (Benin). Money is the nerve of their concern.

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 and judge with your EYES and HEART.

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 KEMI, now a brilliant student, is called into question by the authority of her selfish and corrupt father, who offers he...

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 and my Mother is Natemba. It was in the quest to learn more about my identity Nateni that the idea of making a docum...

Feature film that played at FESPACO in 2007.

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 challenge — to confront a mighty elephant, the ultimate symbol of strength and destiny. His triumph transforms him into EZOMO...

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

Documentary dedicated to Patrice Lumumba. FESPACO 1985: Prize of the city of Ouagadougou and special mention of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Prize of the House of Friendship of the USSR with the Peoples of Africa and the Whole World.

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