Mati Diop
Mati Diop (born June 22, 1982) is a French actress and film director. She directed the 2019 film Atlantics, for which she became the first black female director to be in contention for the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or. At Cannes, Atlantics won the Grand Prix.
Mati Diop awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Winner Directors to Watch | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Cannes Film Festival | Winner Grand Prize of the Jury | Grand Prize of the Jury (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Carthage Film Festival | Winner Tanit d'Argent | Official Competition (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Indiewire Critics' Poll | Winner ICP Award | Best First Feature (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Key West Film Festival | Winner Critics' Choice Award | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | London Film Festival | Winner Sutherland Award | First Feature Competition (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Austin Film Critics Association | Nominee AFCA Award | Best First Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Black Reel Awards | Nominee Black Reel | Outstanding Director, Motion Picture (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Black Reel Awards | Nominee Black Reel | Outstanding Emerging Director (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Black Reel Awards | Nominee Black Reel | Outstanding First Screenplay (Mati Diop, Olivier Demangel) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | César Awards, France | Nominee César | Best First Film (Meilleur premier film) (Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US | Nominee Heterodox Award | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Directors Guild of America, USA | Nominee DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Faro Island Film Festival | Nominee Golden Carp Film Award - International | Best New Director (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Foreign Language Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Image Awards (NAACP) | Nominee Image Award | Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film) (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | International Cinephile Society Awards | Nominee ICS Award | Best Debut Feature (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Lumiere Awards, France | Nominee Lumiere Award | Best First Film (Meilleur premier film) (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Feature Debut (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee OFCS Award | Best Debut (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2020 | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Nominee FIPRESCI Prize | Best Foreign Language Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Nominee BSFC Award | Best New Filmmaker (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Camerimage | Nominee Best Directorial Debut | Best Directorial Debut (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Cannes Film Festival | Nominee Golden Camera | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Cannes Film Festival | Nominee Palme d'Or | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Carthage Film Festival | Nominee Tanit d'Or | Narrative Feature Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee Milos Stehlik Award | Most Promising Filmmaker (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Denver International Film Festival | Nominee Krzysztof Kieslowski Award | Best Feature Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | European Film Awards | Nominee European Film Award | European Discovery (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Ghent International Film Festival | Nominee Grand Prix | Best Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee GWNYFCA Award | Breakthrough Director (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Hamptons International Film Festival | Nominee Golden Starfish Award | Narrative Feature (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Mumbai Film Festival | Nominee International Competition | Golden Gateway Award (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Pingyao International Film Festival | Nominee People's Choice Award | Best of Fest - Best Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Prix Louis Delluc | Nominee Prix Louis Delluc | Best First Film (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Nominee Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Stockholm Film Festival | Nominee Impact Award | (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee TFCA Award | Best First Feature (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
| 2019 | Women Film Critics Circle Awards | Nominee WFCC Award | Best Woman Storyteller (Mati Diop) | Atlantics |
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