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African Filmmaker Wins Venice Film Festival Prize for ‘Madi Makambu’

Updated 2026-09-08 16:55 UTC 1 source Positive

Machérie Ekwa Bahango’s documentary 'Madi Makambu' won the Final Cut awards at the 14th edition of La Biennale di Venezia, including the prestigious prize. The film addresses pregnancy denial in Africa and the Middle East.

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Variety

Documentary Team Behind ‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes’ Talks in Telluride About Capturing the Amazing, Sometimes Frustrating Journey of the Who’s Brilliant Architect

No one would say Pete Townshend has led an unexamined life up to this point, be it on film or in memoirs or anyone else. Yet he remains an endless enough source of fascination that fans of the Who leaped to attention when word got out that a preeminent music-documentary filmmaking team was at work [

2026-09-08 16:41 UTC

Variety

‘Madi Makambu,’ About Pregnancy Denial, Wins Final Cut’s La Biennale di Venezia Prize: ‘Truly Universal and Intense’

“Madi Makambu” by Machérie Ekwa Bahango won five Final Cut awards at the Venice Film Festival, including the coveted La Biennale di Venezia Prize. Now in its 14th edition, Final Cut supports films in post-production from all African countries and six countries in Middle East: Iraq, Jordan, Leba

2026-09-08 16:42 UTC