{"id":170418,"date":"2024-02-27T18:09:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=170418"},"modified":"2024-02-27T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:09:31","slug":"mati-diops-dahomey-wins-golden-bear-at-2024-berlin-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/film-and-tv\/mati-diops-dahomey-wins-golden-bear-at-2024-berlin-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mati Diop\u2019s \u201cDahomey\u201d Wins Golden Bear at 2024 Berlin Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Berlin Film Festival showcased global cinematic talent, culminating in the prestigious Golden Bear award. Here&#8217;s a comprehensive guide to the festival&#8217;s winners and highlights.<\/p>\n           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>Mati Diop\u2019s documentary 'Dahomey' won the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, exploring the return of looted African art.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The film stands out for its innovative narrative, giving voice to the looted artifacts and delving into restitution and cultural heritage themes.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Other winners included Hong Sang-soo, Sebastian Stan, and Emily Watson, among others, highlighting a diverse and impactful festival.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<h2><b>Golden Bear for Best Film: &#8220;Dahomey&#8221; by Mati Diop<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Mati Diop\u2019s \u201cDahomey\u201d was <b>awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film<\/b>. This <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/news\/pretty-baby-brooke-shields-a-documentary-on-child-stardom-and-sexualization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentary<\/a> shines a spotlight on the journey of artifacts being returned from Paris to present-day Benin, touching on themes of restitution and justice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mati Diop\u2019s \u2018DAHOMEY\u2019 wins the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2024 Berlinale Awards. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wg8x6qiysa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wg8x6qiysa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1761480593164947862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe film delves into the journey of 26 statues from France back to Benin, their country of origin, shedding light on a larger narrative of around 7,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/news\/alleged-theft-from-the-british-museum-precious-artifacts-surface-on-ebay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artifacts plundered<\/a> about 130 years ago. With a runtime of just 67 minutes, <b>it is the shortest film to win the Golden Bear since 1951<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Silver Bear Awards<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: <\/b>\u201cA Traveler\u2019s Needs,\u201d Hong Sangsoo<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear Jury Prize:<\/b> \u201cThe Empire,\u201d Bruno Dumont<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear for Best Director:<\/b> \u201cPepe,\u201d Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance:<\/b> \u201cA Different Man,\u201d Sebastian Stan<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance:<\/b> \u201cSmall Things Like These,\u201d Emily Watson<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: <\/b>\u201cDying,\u201d Matthias Glasner<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution: <\/b>\u201cThe Devil\u2019s Bath,\u201d Martin Gschlacht (cinematography)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Encounters<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best Film:<\/b> \u201cDirect Action,\u201d Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell<\/li>\n<li><b>Best Director: <\/b>\u201cCidade; Campo,\u201d Juliana Rojas<\/li>\n<li><b>Special Jury Award: <\/b>\u201cThe Great Yawn of History,\u201d Aliyar Rasti; \u201cSome Rain Must Fall,\u201d Qiu Yang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Berlinale Documentary Award<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best Documentary: <\/b>\u201cNo Other Land,\u201d Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor<\/li>\n<li><b>Special Mention: <\/b>\u201cDirect Action,\u201d Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>GWFF Best First Feature<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best First Feature:<\/b> \u201cCu Li Never Cries,\u201d Ph\u1ea1m Ng\u1ecdc L\u00e2n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Berlinale Shorts<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Golden Bear:<\/b> \u201cAn Odd Turn,\u201d Francisco Lezama<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver Bear: <\/b>\u201cRemains of the Hot Day,\u201d Wenqian Zhang<\/li>\n<li><b>Special Mention:<\/b> \u201cThat\u2019s All From Me,\u201d Eva K\u00f6nnemann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2024 Berlin Film Festival celebrated remarkable films and performances and highlighted crucial conversations around culture, identity, and history through cinema. With \u201cDahomey\u201d leading the pack, the festival&#8217;s winners reflect a year of powerful storytelling and cinematic innovation\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":170430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-and-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}