Benin Movies

An in depth look at ‘FRAPP’, a collective of young Senegalese activists in Dakar, as the country prepares for its most decisive...

Djibril, nicknamed Djib, is a 13 year old black teenager, a rebel of the 90s, who lives with his grandmother in Asnières. He has a strange...

Abeni is in love with Akanni, the son of Chief Bello's former gateman. But Chief Bello is not in support of his daughter's intention to marry a...

Founded three hundred years ago as a refuge from slave traders, Ganvié, in Benin, has become the largest stilt village in Africa and now...

A young peasant, Boubacar, owner of a corn field, wants to break free of his wretched existence and has an idea for a new job. He sells his field and...

France, 2033. Olivier, an engineer, and Pauline, a teacher, decide to emigrate to the United States of Africa because they can no longer live in...

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...

In Burkina Faso, young men look under the earth for gold – and a better future. As a result, 16-year-old Rasmané barely seems like a...

Footage of the investigation documentary telling about the extermination of African elephants lasted almost three years. The film crew traveled...

lsény Camara is physically handicapped and needs to beg for money in order to provide for his family. This changes when he takes part in the...

Josette (80) lives alone in Yaoundé, Cameroon. All her children have left for the West. She encourages them to build houses in Cameroon, a...

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

In Ouidah, Benin, the district "The Pantheon of Joy". At 12 years old, fatherless, one's eyes widen before the villa of a Big Brother who seems to...

Son du Serpent tells the story of a modern African in his frantic search for his wife who disappeared. The film unfolds as a road movie. Longing for...

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

A sacrifice ritual in Dahomey [Benin].

This film follows Maria Esther, Jose Agrippino's partner, as she falls into a trance; the film takes place in the day-to-day setting of a room...

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