Multiple award winning Senegalese filmmaker, Mati Diop has made history by becoming the first filmmaker from Senegal and Africa to have a film shortlisted in two different categories for the highly coveted annual 97th Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars.
Her critically acclaimed documentary film, "Dahomey" has been shortlisted for both the Documentary Feature Category and Best International Feature Film Category, making Diop the first African filmmaker to have a film shortlisted for two Oscars.
"Dahomey" won the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.
Oscar Shortlist 2025:
International Feature Film
I'm Still Here, Brazil
Universal Language, Canada
Waves, Czech Republic
The Girl with the Needle, Denmark
Emilia Pérez, France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Germany
Touch, Iceland
Kneecap, Ireland
Vermiglio, Italy
Flow, Latvia
Armand, Norway
From Ground Zero, Palestine
Dahomey, Senegal
How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies, Thailand
Santosh, United Kingdom
Documentary Feature Film
The Bibi Files
Black Box Diaries
Dahomey
Daughters
Eno
Frida
Hollywoodgate
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Queendom
The Remarkable life of Ibelin
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sugarcane
Union
Will & Harper
