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The Dawn Of A New Day
As a surgeon considers working on a hospital ship for the poor away from his wife, three patients await surgery.
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- South Africa, Ireland, Benin • 2011
- Director Ryley Grunenwald
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
Africa Paradise
(Africa paradis)
In a future where Europe struggles and Africa thrives, a French couple seeks citizenship to the United States of Africa.
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- Benin, France • 2007
- Director Sylvestre Amoussou
- Cast Stéphane Roux, Ériq Ebouaney, Sylvestre Amoussou, Charlotte Vermeil, Sandrine Bulteau
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Forgotten of the Forgotten
(Els oblidats dels oblidats)
In Côte d'Ivoire, where many of the mentally ill cannot afford treatment, one man provides treats and helps reintegrate them.
- Spain, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire • 2011
- Director Carles Caparrós
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Fishing for School
A teenage housemaid for a rich family befriends the daughter, creating a class conflict that could end the arrangement.
- Netherlands, Benin • 1999
- Director Kay Mastenbroek
- Cast Alvinice Kodjo
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Abeni
Two childhood friends from different class backgrounds were engaged to other people. Then they fell in love.
- Benin, Nigeria • 2006
- Director Tunde Kelani
- Cast Kareem Adepoju, Moufoutaou Akadiri, Aboh M. Akinocho, Abdel Hakim Amzat, Sola Asedeko
- Genre Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Abeni 2
Two childhood friends from different class backgrounds were engaged to other people. Then they fell in love.
- Nigeria, Benin • 2006
- Director Tunde Kelani
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Si-Gueriki, Queen Mother
(Si-Gueriki, la reine-mère)
A man returns home after his father's death to find his mother has been crowned as the queen mother.
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- Benin, France, Germany • 2002
- Director Idrissou Mora Kpai
- Cast Idrissou Mora Kpai
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Divine Carcass
(Divine Carcasse)
An old car passes between owners before a sculptor turns it into a religious idol to float in the lagoons.
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- Belgium, Benin • 1998
- Director Dominique Loreau
- Cast Alphonse Atacolodjou, Simonet Biokou, Fidèle Gbegnon, Szymon Zaleski
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Peugeot Barbecue
(Barbecue-Pejo)
When a car bought for taxi use dies, the owner turns the engine into a barbecue and sells grilled corn.
- Benin, France • 2000
- Director Jean Odoutan
- Cast Jean Odoutan, Laurentine Milebo, Gladys Agboliagbo, Olivia Agboliagbo, Didier Dorlipo
- Genre Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Crocodiles without Saddles
(Krokodile ohne Sattel)
A 12-year-old girl reflects on her experience as a child of German and African parents.
- Germany, Benin, Burkina Faso • 2012
- Director Britta Wandaogo
- Cast Kaddi Wandaogo, Salif Wandaogo, Britta Wandaogo
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Arlit: The Second Paris
(Arlit, deuxième Paris)
The once-vibrant uranium boom town of Arlit is left to the townspeople to salvage after the European companies pull out.
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- Benin, France, Niger • 2008
- Director Idrissou Mora Kpai
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Gangbé!
A brass band makes a long journey to stage a huge performance that will break open new cultural horizons.
- Switzerland, Benin, Nigeria • 2015
- Director Arnaud Robert
- Cast Femi Kuti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Orillas
Two young men from different continents are on intersecting paths as they try to escape desperate fates.
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- Argentina, Benin • 2011
- Director Pablo César
- Cast Leonel Arancibia, Dalma Maradona, Javier Lombardo, Daniel Valenzuela, Carole Lokossou
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Under the Sign of Voodoo
(Sous le signe du vaudou)
As the rural Beninese flee to the cities, a man makes a voodoo ritual offering and is punished by spirits.
- Benin • 1974
- Director Pascal Abikanlou
- Cast Gratien Zossou, Evelyne Domingo, René Eouagnignon, Janvier Ouangni
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
African Storm: A Continent Under Influence
(L'Orage africain: un continent sous influence)
When the president of an African country nationalizes industry to curb western exploitation, the foreign industrialists fight the new policy.
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- Benin • 2017
- Director Sylvestre Amoussou
- Cast Sylvestre Amoussou, Philippe Caroit, Sandrine Bulteau, Ériq Ebouaney
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Djib
A teenager living with his grandmother falls in love with a girl and offers to take her away from Paris.
- France, Benin • 2000
- Director Jean Odoutan
- Cast Max-Edouard Balthazard, Jessica Hammoudi, Laurentine Milebo, Jean Odoutan
- Genre Drama, Road Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ironu
A journalist flees his homeland and returns years later upon improved conditions, but soon finds the corruption continues.
- Benin • 1985
- Director François Okioh
- Cast Théophile Batcho, Nadia Sani-Ajab, Laurent Zo Mahoun, Gratien Zossou, Akambi Akala
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ganvié, My Village
(Ganvié, Mon Village)
A man returns to his hometown, a lakeside village, and reflects on the water-based lives of the townspeople.
- Benin • 1967
- Director Pascal Abikanlou
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Freda
Freda and her family search for a way out of their bustling but increasingly dangerous neighborhood.
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- Haiti, Benin, France • 2021
- Director Gessica Généus
- Cast Néhémie Bastien, Fabiola Remy, Djanaïna François, Jean Jean, Gaëlle Bien-Aimé, Cantave Kervern
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Golden Life
(Or de vie)
Children working in unregulated gold mines contend with dangerous conditions deep underground.
- Benin, Burkina Faso, France • 2023
- Director Boubacar Sangaré
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Unter aller Augen
- Germany • 2017
- Director Claudia Schmid
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
La valse des gros derrières
- France, Benin • 2004
- Director Jean Odoutan
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
L'Afrique au Rendez-vous de l'Année Sainte
- Benin • 1975
- Director Pascal Abikanlou
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
One Step Forward
(Un pas en avant - Les dessous de la corruption)
- France, Benin • 2011
- Director Sylvestre Amoussou
- Cast Sylvestre Amoussou, Thierry Desroses, Sandra Adjaho, Sidiki Bakaba, Fatou N'Diaye, Mariam Kaba
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Indochina, Traces of a Mother
(Indochine, sur les traces d'une mère)
- France, Benin, Vietnam • 2011
- Director Idrissou Mora Kpai
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Larmes de sang
- Benin • 2011
- Director Mark Koumagnon, Laitan Faranpojo
- Cast Davo Sebastien, Chokkie Lydie, Akambi Akala, Mav Danny Vodonnou, Bai Rosaline
- Genre Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
UNE AUTRE BLANCHE
- Benin • 2022
- Director Medessé Agohoundjé
- Cast Orianne Azangban, Jeanice Houssou
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
In Search of Voodoo: Roots to Heaven
- Benin, United States • 2018
- Director Djimon Hounsou
- Cast Djimon Hounsou
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Candomblé in Dahomey
(Candomblé no Dahomey)
- Benin, Brazil • 1977
- Director José Agripino de Paula
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Тубабу
- Benin, Russia, France • 0
- Director Oleg Lukichev
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Filipp Yankovsky, Aleksandr Pal
- Genre Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nateni, My Identity
(Nateni, mon identité)
- Benin • 2020
- Director Senakpon Zannou
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
NGO (Beninese Solidarity with Endangered Westerners)
- Benin, United States • 2013
- Director Romuald Hazoumè
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sessi
- Benin • 2013
- Director Elvire Adjamonsi
- Cast Carlos Hodonou, Batista Avademin, Hélène Gnanih
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Envers et contre tout
- Benin • 0
- Director Samirath Mansah
- Cast Idayatou Ibrahim, Alao Tadjiekpon, Kombert Quenum, Carole Lokossou, Serge Yeou
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Voudoun Gods on the Slave Coast
- Benin • 2014
- Director Hisham Mayet
- Cast
- Genre Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Qui le Tour?
- Benin • 0
- Director Samson Kokou Adjaho
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Afro@Digital
The Origins of Computing Technology in Africa
- Benin, Congo, South Africa • 2002
- Director Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
The Jar of Sacred Bliss
(Ikoko Atura)
- Benin • 2016
- Director
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Habiba
- Benin • 2017
- Director Sena Calmine Agbofoun
- Cast
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Les yeux de Mabil
- Benin, France, Senegal • 2022
- Director Khadidiatou Sow
- Cast Rayan Shalom Ekue AMU, Malick DIALLO, Amadou Camara GUEYE, Awa Djiga Kané, Cheikhou Gueye, Christiane Dumont
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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