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With “Supreme Remains”, Dorcy Rugamba upsets the Dakar Biennale
He calls it a ” performative plastic work “. The Rwandan Dorcy Rugamba staged “Supreme Remains” at the International Biennial of Contemporary African Art in Dakar. Halfway between the exhibition…
Victor Timus, a Moldovan veteran between two wars
The presence of Russian forces in his village and the war in Ukraine remind this Moldovan veteran of the 1992 Transdniestrian conflict that war is never far away. He was…
The trial of November 13 enters, in pain, in its last straight line
The direct and indirect victims of the attacks of November 13, 2015 had been numerous to testify last fall before the special assize court of Paris, but many had not…
“Brother and sister”, Arnaud Desplechin shows hatred, “the unhappy face of love”
Warning: this film may leave traces. With “Brother and Sister”, French director Arnaud Desplechin is in the running for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It tells the…
“Russia could be caught at its own game north of Izium”
In the Donbass, the conquest of the Lugansk region seems to have become clearer in recent hours. The Ukrainian defense has been struggling for several days in the face of…
Jerzy Skolimowski’s ‘EO’ Donkey Takes Us to a Cinematic New World
At 84, will the great Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski change the course of the Cannes Film Festival? His film EO (“Hi-Han”), nominated for the Palme d’Or, looks at our world…
Lotfy Nathan revisits the Tunisian revolution
The American director of Egyptian origin Lotfy Nathan presented this May 19 his film Harka in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. It is the story of a young…
At the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Africa advances out of competition
What is Africa’s place at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival? The absence of an African director in the running for the Palme d’Or should not make us lose sight of…
Moldova facing the omnipresent Russian propaganda
Since the start of the offensive in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s pro-war discourse has been spreading in Moldova, benefiting from the presence of many Russian media in the media landscape for…
Eudy Simelane, gay icon with a tragic destiny
In 2008, Eudy Simelane was found murdered after suffering terrible abuse. This South African international footballer was one of the first players in the country to assert her homosexuality. A…