‘I dream my films very deep’

Paris-born filmmaker Mati Diop, 42, has created two full-length feature films: 2019’s Senegal-set drama Atlantics, which won the Grand Prix in Cannes that same year, and last year’s documentary Dahomey, which explores the repatriation of looted artworks from Paris to Benin.

For this issue, Diop chose to be interviewed by her friend, British musician Dev Hynes. The Essex-raised Hynes, 39, has been a prolific singer-songwriter for 20 years, garnering particular acclaim for his solo albums…