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Mati Diop

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Mati Diop

Born June 22, 1982 in Paris, France13 films

Mati Diop (born June 22, 1982) is a French-Senegalese actress and film director. She directed the 2019 film Atlantics, for which she became the first black female director to be in contention for the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or. At Cannes, Atlantics won the Grand Prix.

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Atlantics posterFirst watchAtlantics20196.7Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt — until a miracle reunites them.View film

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Filmography

13 films as director
  1. 2024DahomeyDirector
  2. 2022Naked BlueDirector
  3. 2020In My RoomDirector
  4. 2019AtlanticsDirector
  5. 201930th anniversaire of FIDMarseilleDirector
  6. 2017OlympusDirector
  7. 2015Limbo Visions 1Director
  8. 2015Liberian BoyDirector
  9. 2013A Thousand SunsDirector
  10. 2012Big in VietnamDirector
  11. 2011Snow CanonDirector
  12. 2009AtlantiquesDirector
  13. 2006Île artificielle—ExpéditionDirector