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Mati Diop

French-Senegalese actress and film director · France · On the map · Directors · Born 1982 · age 44

Mati Diop is a French film director and actress. She won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for her feature film debut, the supernatural romantic drama Atlantics, and the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival for her second feature film, the documentary Dahomey.

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A life in dates

2025Lumière Award for Best DocumentaryAward2024DahomeyFilm, Director, Writer2022Both Sides of the BladeFilm, Gabrielle2020In My RoomFilm, Director, Writer2019Knight of the National Order of the LionAward30th anniversaire of FIDMarseilleFilm, 2019Director2017OlympusFilm, Director2016Clique TalkSeriesHermia & HelenaFilm, 2016Danièle2015L for LeisureFilm, Stacey2014Fort BuchananFilm, Justine2013A Thousand SunsFilm, Director2012Big in VietnamFilm, Director, Writer2011Another WorldFilm, Sita2010A History of Mutual RespectFilm200935 Shots of RumFilm, Joséphine2008“I started to watch the ocean. I was not looking at it like I used to; it became like a grave.”In their wordsOn travelling to Senegal in 2008 to make a film in “Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed-race girl, there’s a visible and invisible

2006Île artificielle - ExpéditionFilm, Director1982Born22 June 1982

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Known for

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  • 35 Shots of Rum 2009
  • Atlantics 2019
  • Dahomey 2024
  • Simon Killer 2012
  • Both Sides of the Blade 2022

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 26

46 credits on file

Television 1

Media & music

Photos 1

In their own words 2

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Mati Diop
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2 statements, newest first

  1. As a mixed [-race] girl, there’s always a visible and invisible side of you; there’s a place you inhabit and place you desert,” she says.

    On her mixed race ancestry in “Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed-race girl, there’s a visible and invisible side of you'” in The, Own words

  2. My family history is made of migration; it’s something that’s part of my own complexity.

    On her family background that includes an immigrant parent in “Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed-race girl, there’s a visible and, Own words

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Awards

Lumière Award for Best Documentary2025
Knight of the National Order of the Lion2019

About this person

As an actress, she is known for the drama film 35 Shots of Rum (2008).

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1982 · age 44

In the same film or series as Mati

Asia ArgentoAlso in Queens of Drama (2024)Melissa BarreraAlso in L for Leisure (2015)Bulle OgierAlso in Both Sides of the Blade (2022)Ingrid CavenAlso in 35 Shots of Rum (2009)Brady CorbetAlso in Simon Killer (2012)