Author: Ewang Johnson
Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident”, an indictment of corruption and tyranny in the dissident Iranian filmmaker’s home country, won the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, wrapping up a politically charged French Riviera gathering that was briefly disrupted on its final day when a suspected arson attack caused a major power outage. Source link
Rebecca Laurence, Hugh Montgomery and Nicholas BarberThis year’s Cannes Film Festival finishes today – and from the hundreds of titles that premiered, here are the ones which are going to be big talking points all through 2025.1. Die, My LoveWith the combined star power of Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson and the arthouse credentials of acclaimed Scottish film-maker Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk about Kevin), Die, My Love was one of the most eagerly anticipated titles going into Cannes, where it sold to Mubi for $24m (£17.8m). Adapted from a 2017 novel by Ariana Harwicz, it sees…
Africa.com will livestream a special address by Bill Gates, where he will share his values, vision, and reflections on Africa’s development journey—highlighting the partnerships and progress that have shaped it. Following his recent pledge to double his giving to $200 billion over the next two decades, Gates will speak candidly about what inspired this decision and what more is needed to drive meaningful impact. The event will have government officials, diplomatic community, senior policymakers, development partners, youth innovators, and changemakers. “This is a moment to recognize the progress that African countries have made, and to recommit to the transformative power…
I’m lying in my bed, phone in hand. With a mere swipe of my fingers, I have access to nearly every component of the literary, film, and musical canons. Not to mention the livestream of a church service that is physically taking place two thousand miles away. I can move from War and Peace to Abbey Road to Bill Johnson’s Bethel Church to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church in a matter of minutes.The younger generation isn’t the sole sufferer of digital rot, though. Adults fall victim to mindless scrolling and frequently employ services that help them disengage from the physical world.This…
Sebastião Salgado, the Brazilian photojournalist renowned for capturing both the majesty of untouched landscapes and the horror of global crises, died Friday, aged 81. His powerful black-and-white imagery shaped visual journalism and graced major museums across the world, including in Paris, where he lived for much of his life. Source link
Set in the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, this buzzy crime drama, which has premiered in Cannes, “makes up in pulpy excitement what it lacks in subtlety”, and “bursts with sex, shoot-outs and sleazy hitmen”.One of the biggest sensations of this year’s awards season was I’m Still Here, an Oscar-nominated drama about the cruelty of the military dictatorship in 1970s Brazil. Now there’s another film with the same subject matter – and it, too, could make a splash when awards season rolls around again. That’s not to say that The Secret Agent is quite as sensitive as I’m Still Here,…
PETROCI CEO Fatoumata Sanogo is confirmed to speak at this year’s edition of African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies. As the head of Ivory Coast’s national oil company, Sanogo plays a central role in shaping the country’s hydrocarbons strategy and driving forward a new phase of investment and collaboration across the Ivorian energy landscape. Ivory Coast has rapidly emerged as one of West Africa’s most stable and forward-looking oil and gas markets. Under Sanogo’s leadership, PETROCI is not only consolidating its position as a key upstream player, but also actively advancing landmark projects and forging regional partnerships to…
Culture editor Eve Jackson brings us another special programme from the Cannes Film Festival. Today, we talk to actor Paul Mescal about his new film “The History of Sound”, the moving gay love story starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, premiering at the festival. Paul, fresh off his Oscar nomination for “Aftersun” and his role in “Gladiator 2”, shares how he and Josh created undeniable on-screen chemistry in this intimate drama. Eve also speaks to the film’s director Oliver Hermanus about bringing this touching story of love and memory to life. Source link
Courtesy of the Cannes Film FestivalAfter years of imprisonment and travel bans in his native Iran, Jafar Panahi returns to Cannes with a furious but funny revenge thriller that takes aim at oppressive regimes and could scoop the Palme d’Or.The film opens with a long, unbroken, deceptively charming shot of a genial man (Ebrahim Azizi) and his happy, pregnant wife driving in the countryside one evening, with their playful daughter in the back seat. When the car breaks down, the husband persuades a mechanic to tinker with it, but then the mechanic’s rumpled colleague Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) recognises a chilling…
By Dr. Nowiah Gorpudolo-Dennis Director of Family Health Division, Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia We cannot talk about universal health coverage or reproductive justice without talking about young people. Adolescents and youth make up the largest population group in many of our developing countries—but they remain the least served when it comes to accessing family planning information, and care. In too many settings, health systems are not designed with young people in mind. Providers are not trained to support adolescents without judgment, and the voices of youth are still excluded from the rooms where decisions are made. Across Liberia,…