Cannes 2026: Isaach De Bankole
2026 Cannes Film FestivalBFM News and UpdatesFeaturesFestival CalendarFestivalsFrance May 13, 2026
Isaach de Bankolé: At the Table and On the Sands of Dune 3By Floyd Webb | BFM Mag There is a particular kind of presence that accumulates over decades — not celebrity, but authority. Isaach de Bankolé carries that kind of weight. The Ivorian actor, long cherished by cineastes... Read more
Cannes 2026: The Cinema Crossroads
2026 Cannes Film FestivalBFM News and UpdatesDirectors May 12, 2026
New York filmmaker Vagabond Beaumont arrived in Cannes to push his latest work — and found himself stepping back into the cinema that made him, bumping into old collaborators and new alliances on the streets of the South of France.
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Cannes 2026 Dispatch: African Cinema and the Global Black Presence Rise Beyond Erasure
2026 Cannes Film FestivalBFM News and UpdatesFestivalsUncategorized May 11, 2026
At a moment when political forces in the United States are attempting to narrow, sanitize, and erase the complexity of African American history and culture from public life, the global landscape tells another story entirely. Here at the Cannes Film Festival, the Black and African presence is not retreating.... Read more
