ATLANTICS Director Q&A | TIFF 2019

Known for her work in front of the camera (starting with Claire Denis’ 35 Rhums) and her body of short films, including 2009’s Atlantiques, Mati Diop has made her highly anticipated leap to feature filmmaking. The jump was an assured one, as Atlantics landed in Cannes Competition and picked up the Jury Grand Prize, making Diop the first Black woman to win an award in the French festival’s 72-year history. In Senegal’s bustling capital, Dakar, two young lovers sneak private moments with the urgency of you