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Mati Diop was born on 22 June 1982 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Atlantics (2019), Dahomey (2024) and A Thousand Suns (2013).
Nov 14, 2019 · Niece to celebrated Senegalese auteur Djibril Diop Mambéty ("Hyenas," "Touki Bouki"), Mati Diop creates an eerie genre romance between soon-to-be-married Ada (Mame Bineta Sane) and construction worker Souleiman (Ibrahima Traoré) within a coming-of-age drama for an endlessly surprising narrative compound.
Nov 23, 2019 · Mati Diop is the first black woman to compete at the Cannes Film Festival — where her first feature won the Grand Prix. The movie about women left behind by refugees is coming...
Nov 8, 2019 · Mati Diop‘s “Atlantics” upends that tradition. The Cannes-winning feature debut harnesses fantasy to tell a haunting story about the women who are often left behind.
May 21, 2019 · Mati Diop flashes a victory sign as she arrives with Senegalese actress Mama Sane for the gala screening of "Atlantics" at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/AFP/Getty Images....
Nov 29, 2019 · Atlantics: Directed by Mati Diop. With Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Traore, Nicole Sougou. In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future.
Nov 29, 2019 · In her stunning feature filmmaking debut, French-Senegalese director Mati Diop explores a feminist take on the African immigrant narrative.