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Tales of Kokoro

“Tales of Kokoro” relates the daily life of a small village located at the heart of Benin, where legends and traditions try to adjust the newly developing country. Four stories intertwine: the death of the 108-year-old elder of the village, the daily life of a midwife, the family story of a King, and finally, the hazards of voodoo traditions inside the Christian and Muslim community.

  • Mathias Monet
    Director
  • Mathias Monet
    Writer
  • Mathias Monet
    Producer
  • La Guilde Européenne du Raid
    Producer
  • Maïmouna Cissoko
    Key Cast
    "Narrator "
  • Wena Zola
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Theo Marchei
    Music Composer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Les Contes de Kokoro
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Benin, France
  • Language:
    French
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival international du film Panafricain cannes
    Cannes
    France
    April 21, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Rome Independent Prisma Awards
    Roma
    Italy
    April 1, 2019
    Nominated for Best Short Doc April 2019
  • VIVA FILM FESTIVAL
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    September 18, 2019
    Best Movie Of Religion 2019
  • Goree Cinema Festival
    Dakar
    Senegal
    November 16, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Inshort Film Festival
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    December 28, 2019
    Niegeria premiere
    Nominated for Best African Documentary 2019
  • INTIMALENTE Festival di Film Ethnografic
    Caserta
    Italy
    December 29, 2019
    Nominated for Best Ethnological Documentary 2019
  • GRAND OFF - WORLD INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM AWARDS
    Warsaw
    Poland
    December 3, 2021
    Nominated in Best Documentary category
  • Festival International du Cinéma Numérique de Cotonou
    Cotonou
    Benin
    December 9, 2022
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Mathias Monet

Mathias Monet is a French Film Director, Photographer and Artist born in 1992 in Cannes.
He studied music at the conservatory of Cannes and Montreuil.
He has also been trained in the film industry at CNA CEFAG of Bagnolet.
In 2017, he worked as a photographer with street children in Dakar.
In 2018, Mathias Monet made a first documentary in Benin, in the village of Kokoro.
Mathias Monet lives and works in Paris for 2010.

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