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“The films of Mati Diop conjure faraway places. Characters both fictional and quasi-documentary long for locales beyond their reach, or sometimes, as if in a trance, they drift magnetically toward them. No matter where the films take place, there is always the specter of somewhere else, and, perhaps with it, the possibility of a different life”(Genevieve Yue). In Atlantiques, a young man from Dakar reveals to some friends his dreams for a better life in Europe; Big Vietnam depicts the filming of an adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons in Marseille; and Snow Canon is a sensual coming-of-age story loosely based on Stendahl's short story "Vanina Vanini."
Atlantiques (Senegal/France, 2009, 15 mins, Color, Digital File, From LeFresnoy)
Big in Vietnam (France, 2012, 28 mins, Color, DCP, From Neon)
Snow Canon (France, 2011, 33 mins, Color, 35mm, From Aurora Films)
Total running time: 76 mins