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Film Industry: Clémentine Célarié, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, and Richard Sammel Headline the 8th Edition of the “L’Afrique Fait Son Cinéma” Festival

From November 5 to 14, 2026, the EICAR Paris campus will host the 8th edition of the international film festival L’Afrique Fait Son Cinéma. By appointing Clémentine Célarié and Lucien...
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After the streamers: Nollywood’s YouTube turn

Global platforms arrived in Nigeria with commissioning budgets, then pulled back. African producers rebuilt on the platform that never left: YouTube. For a few years, streaming money transformed African screen...
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Collywood: making films in a conflict zone

Cameroon’s English-language film industry grew up in Buea, at the foot of Mount Cameroon. Then the region became a war zone. The films kept coming, from elsewhere. Long before streaming,...
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Thuso Mbedu: The Dazzling Rise of a South African Queen Conquering Hollywood

There are trajectories that command admiration, and Thuso Mbedu’s is undeniably of that caliber. In just a few short years, the young South African prodigy has shattered every glass ceiling...
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Mario Van Peebles: The Son of the Fire

How the heir to Black independent cinema’s founding revolution turned an act of cultural insurgency into a durable business model — and why Paris is about to crown him Some...
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The Long Repayment: Denzel Washington and the Discipline of Giving

Two Academy Awards, a Tony, four decades on screen. And, running quietly underneath all of it, a fifty-year debt that one man has spent his adult life paying back in...
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Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle: the 20-year-old The Battle of de Gaulle pulls back into history

Among the choices that explain the critical success of the French diptych La Bataille de Gaulle — which, with more than 5 million combined admissions, became the surprise box-office triumph...
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Two Funds for Eleven Countries: The Arithmetic of Central Africa’s Missing Film Industry

A Franco-Congolese actress trained in Paris, directed by France’s leading stage and screen names, has worked for a Central African production exactly once — on a self-financed film whose technical...
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2026 Caméra d’Or: The Triumph of Ben’Imana

Following Iraq in 2025, Rwanda makes its mark on the Croisette. The Caméra d’Or jury, presided over by Monia Chokri, has crowned Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo’s Ben’Imana, a deeply moving work...
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Eye Haïdara: When the Grand Théâtre Lumière Bowed to a Star

Cannes 2026 — An opening ceremony of rare precision, carried by an actress who turned the 79th Festival stage into her territory of conquest There are nights when cinema stops...
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Cannes 2026: The Curtain Rises

Inside the opening night of the 79th Festival de Cannes — Eye Haïdara’s commanding debut, Peter Jackson’s long-awaited Palme, and a closing declaration that crossed two continents. At seven o’clock...
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MICHAEL: The Million-Ticket Coronation

Within days of its global premiere, Antoine Fuqua’s “MICHAEL” has officially crossed the symbolic milestone of one million admissions. Far beyond a box-office triumph, the film has established itself as...
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From Rwanda to the Riviera: Cannes 2026’s World Cinema Reckoning

The 79th Festival de Cannes opens its doors on May 12, and the Croisette is already buzzing. Unveiled on Thursday, April 9 by artistic director Thierry Frémaux and festival president...
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Idris Elba’s Ghana Gambit: Building Hollywood On African Soil

The British actor’s $multi-million studio project transforms Accra into a global film hub—an economic blueprint for central africans nations On March 25, 2025, Idris Elba did not merely visit Ghana....
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