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Mati Diop On Launching Senegalese Production House Fanta Sy With Fabacary Assymby Coly And Their Plans To Produce “Daring” African Projects
Mati Diop runs Fanta Sy with Fabacary Assymby Coly.
Dahomey is Diop’s second feature project and the first from Fanta Sy, the Dakar-based production house she quietly launched earlier this year with her creative partner Fabacary Assymby Coly, a Senegalese industry veteran. Below, Diop and Coly speak with us about why they decided to launch Fanta Sy, the company’s goals, the projects they’re interested in making, and how they plan to support a new generation of “daring” African stories. COLY: After Atlantique won the Cannes Prize in 2019, Mati expressed the desire to share her experience and support young Senegalese and, more broadly, African authors.
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