
CameroonVenice 2026: Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu wins two awards
The Cameroonian filmmaker’s debut feature won the Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti section and the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival’s closing ceremony.
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The Cameroonian filmmaker’s debut feature won the Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti section and the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival’s closing ceremony.

Ghanaian cinema is preparing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of independence in style. Shirley Frimpong-Manso and Peter Sedufia unveiled “The 70 Slate” in Accra, a project featuring three films with several prominent figures from Ghanaian cinema.

CANAL+’s new original creation, “Clash,” airing from Sunday, August 30, 2026, also features a strong Beninese contribution behind the camera. Alain Nounagnon, Raymond Aïkpe, Nadjibatou Ibrahim, and Olivier Kpossa participated in this pan-African production directed by Ivorian filmmaker Philippe Lacôte, filmed between Abidjan and Kinshasa. The event series “Clash” not only highlights actors and a […]

Paramount Pictures launched the promotional campaign for Children of Blood and Bone on July 28, an adaptation of the best-seller by Nigerian-American writer Tomi Adeyemi. Set to hit theaters on January 15, 2027, the film has an international cast and was filmed in Nigeria and South Africa. However, the day after the trailer was released, […]

CANAL+ Africa is launching “Clash,” a new original creation directed by Ivorian filmmaker Philippe Lacôte, on August 30, 2026. Filmed between Abidjan and Kinshasa, the series dives into the world of coupé-décalé through the rivalry between two friends who become adversaries on the music scene. CANAL+ Africa is enriching its catalog of original creations with […]

Audrey Fleurot announces an unexpected reinterpretation of Alexandre Dumas’ novel with the mini-series The Countess of Monte-Cristo, centered on a perspective focusing on Mercedes, the fiancée of Edmond Dantès. In an interview with Télé-Loisirs, the actress specifies that the project, developed for TF1, was launched before the release of the film starring Pierre Niney and […]
Patrick Bruel, recently in the news following his indictment and statements reported by Paris Match claiming that “those who filed complaints lied” and that “everyone is trying to destroy him,” sees a long-standing professional memory resurfacing: a key role in French cinema that he says he lost at the last minute, that of Henri de […]

The Canal Olympia cinema in Wologuèdè hosted, this Thursday, the highly anticipated preview of season 2 of Apparence, the Beninese series that has won the hearts of African audiences. Amid applause, laughter and emotion, viewers were able to discover the first two episodes of this new season. Nearly a year after the resounding success of […]