“Dahomey,” the Berlinale Golden Bear-winning movie helmed by French-Senegalese director Mati Diop, has been offered to a raft of worldwide territories by Les Movies du Losange.

Together with being acquired by Mubi in key markets, “Dahomey” has been acquired in Australia & New Zealand (Rialto), China (Hugoeast), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nitrato Filmes), Greece (One From the Coronary heart), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainement), Benelux (Cinéart), Bulgaria (Beta Movies), Ex-Yugoslavia (Discovery), Hungary (Mozinet), Czech Republic (Movie Europe), Romania (Voodoo), Baltic International locations (Taip Toliau), Poland (New Horizons), Ukraine (Kyivmusicfilm), Taiwan (Joint Leisure), Indonesia (PT Falcon) and Sudu Connexion in Africa.

“Dahomey” was beforehand acquired by Mubi for North America, Latin America, U.Okay., Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, India and Turkey. Les Movies du Losange is at present negotiating extra worldwide gross sales offers and can distribute the movie in theaters in France.

Weaving fantasy and documentary, “Dahomey” explores the difficulty of colonization via the story of valuable artworks being restituted to their nation of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin, after being plundered by French colonial troops in 1892 when the African nation was referred to as the Kingdom of Dahomey. The restitution of the artworks sparks a debate amongst college students of the College of Abomey-Calavi as they query what perspective to undertake to their homecoming in a rustic that needed to forge forward of their absence. “Dahomey” additionally boasts a robust soundtrack, scored by musicians Wally Badarou and Dean Blunt.

The film reteams Diop with Eve Robin and Judith Lou Levy at Les Movies du Bal, the producers of her debut movie “Atlantics.” Diop is co-producing via her banner Fanta Sy primarily based in Senegal. 

“Dahomey” marks the sophomore outing of Diop, who is taken into account one of many main figures in worldwide arthouse cinema and a brand new wave of African and diasporic cinema. “Atlantics” received the grand prize at Cannes in 2019, and went to win the Nation Board of Evaluation Award in addition to nominations for a Critics Alternative Award and Director’s Guild Award.