Benin Movies

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

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...

Agouénou, a newcomer to a government agency, takes on the entrenched corruption and butts heads with the leader of the old-guard,...

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.

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...

Two men meet on a casting bench installed on the shore of a beach. Suddenly, a love story is born.

Documentary about an Ivorian emigration agency.

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

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...

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...

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...

A group of young students visits a remote village in Bénin, but when the village monarch chooses one of them to be his new wife, trouble...

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...

Feature film that played at FESPACO in 2007.

When Yacumba the Queen of Circles is attacked by the Man in Red, her Power Heart is Gone, she and her Royal subject Vangirai would travel through...

Documentary dedicated to Patrice Lumumba. FESPACO 1985: Prize of the city of Ouagadougou and special mention of the Organization of African Unity...

Honoré and Grégoire prepare their mother’s funeral. They are faced with the common and individual expenses inherent to funerals...

Spreading across the beach and streets of Benin. A moving letter from a mother to her future daughter expresses the challenges and joys of growing up...