Winner of the Berlin Golden Bear, Mati Diop’s luminous documentary traces the return of 26 royal treasures looted from the Kingdom of Dahomey and held in Paris for over a century. As the artefacts journey back to Benin, Diop gives voice to a new generation reckoning with colonial legacy, cultural memory and the meaning of restitution in a changing world.

Rialto Recommends A profoundly moving and timely work of cinematic essay-making, this is essential viewing-intellectually rigorous, visually poetic and alive with urgent contemporary debate. Diop transforms a historic homecoming into a powerful meditation on identity, justice and cultural renewal.