Mati Diop Biography

Awards

• 2010Lumiere Award-Most Promising New Actress (Meilleur Espoir Féminin): nominated
• 2013Prix du Moyen métrage-: winner
• 2013New Vision Award-: nominated
• 2013Loup Argenté-: winner
• 2014Critics Prize-: winner
• 2014Short Film Grand Prize-: winner
• 2019Sutherland Award-First Feature Competition: winner
• 2019BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: nominated
• 2019Best Directorial Debut-Best Directorial Debut: nominated
• 2019Grand Prize of the Jury-Grand Prize of the Jury: winner
• 2019Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2019Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2019Tanit d'Or-Narrative Feature Film: nominated
• 2019Tanit d'Argent-Official Competition: winner
• 2019Milos Stehlik Award-Most Promising Filmmaker: nominated
• 2019Krzysztof Kieslowski Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2019European Film Award-European Discovery: nominated
• 2019Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
• 2019GWNYFCA Award-Breakthrough Director: nominated
• 2019Golden Starfish Award-Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2019ICP Award-Best First Feature: winner
• 2019Critics' Choice Award-: winner
• 2019International Competition-Golden Gateway Award: nominated
• 2019Odyssey Award-Breakthrough Director: nominated
• 2019People's Choice Award-Best of Fest - Best Film: nominated
• 2019Prix Louis Delluc-Best First Film: nominated
• 2019Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize-: nominated
• 2019Impact Award-: nominated
• 2019TFCA Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2019WFCC Award-Best Woman Storyteller: nominated
• 2020AFCA Award-Best First Film: nominated
• 2020Black Reel-Outstanding First Screenplay: nominated
• 2020Black Reel-Outstanding Emerging Director: nominated
• 2020Black Reel-Outstanding Director, Motion Picture: nominated
• 2020Heterodox Award-: nominated
• 2020César-Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): nominated
• 2020DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film: nominated
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2020Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film): nominated
• 2020ICS Award-Best Debut Feature: nominated
• 2020Lumiere Award-Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): nominated
• 2020Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated
• 2020OFTA Film Award-Best Feature Debut: nominated
• 2020OFCS Award-Best Debut: nominated
• 2020FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2020Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2020Prix Alice Guy-Best Female-Directed French or Francophone Film (Meilleur film français ou francophone réalisé par une femme): nominated
• 2024Documentaire Extraordinaire-: nominated
• 2024Golden Berlin Bear-Best Film: winner
• 2024Berlinale Documentary Award-: nominated
• 2024Best International Documentary-Best International Documentary: nominated
• 2024Emerging Cinematic Vision Award-: nominated
• 2024European Film Award-European Film: nominated
• 2024European Film Award-European Documentary: nominated
• 2024Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024Honorable Mention-International Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2024Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: nominated
• 2024Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize-Best Film in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Competition: nominated
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
• 2024New Directors Competition-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024TIFF Ethical Film Award-: winner
• 2024Movies That Matter Award-: winner
• 2024Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2025EDA Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2025Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: winner
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
• 2025César-Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire): nominated
• 2025Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025Golden Panda Award-Best Directing for a Documentary: nominated
• 2025ICS Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2025Lumiere Award-Best Documentary (Meilleur documentaire): winner
• 2025NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2025FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated