With: Katy Correa, D’Johé Kouadio, Samir Guesmi, Mike Etienne, Nicolas Gomis, Fara Baco Gomis, Poundo Gomis
Dao is a perpetual circular movement framing reality.
A family weaves the threads of a heritage that travels between worlds. Joy and pain, memory and transmission. A wedding in France, a commemorative ceremony in Guinea-Bissau. Two celebrations, organically intertwined through bodies and time, leading to a rebirth.
Festivals & Awards
76th Berlinale — Official Competition
73rd Sydney Film Festival — Official Competition
60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Horizons
Film Fest Ghent 2026 – Georges Delerue Award
Bergen International Film Festival 2026 – Extraordinaire Competition Award
Press
“A swirling, ecstatic family epic”
“Whirling, incandescent, emotional”
“Extraordinary”
“His most vibrantly expansive and accessible work”
VARIETY
“A cinematic challenge of immense ambition”
“An astonishing cinematic experience intertwining time and space”
“A work of remarkable maturity”
CINEUROPA
“Compelling”
“Thought-provoking, restlessly vivid”
“Correa is an extraordinary find”
SCREENDAILY
“Sprawling, unrully”
“Unlike any regular narrative feature”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
