Compiled by Shaibu Husseini

Cannes Filmfest Announces Additional Films For 2026 Edition

Organisers of the 2026 edition of the Cannes International Film Festival have announced additional films in the different sections of the festival. The film by James Gray, Paper Tiger, is the only addition in the official competition section. Four films have been added to the Un Certain Regard category.

The films are Victorian Psycho by Zachary Wigon, Memoire De Fille (A Girl’s Story) by Judith Godreche, Titanic Ocean by Konstantina Kotzamani, and Ulysse by Laetitia Masson, which has also been announced as the closing film of Un Certain Regard section. Five films were added to the Cannes Premiere section—‘The End Of It’ by Maria Martinez Bayona, Marie Madeleine (Mary Magdalene) by Gessica Geneus, Aqui by Tiago Guedes, Mariage Au Gout D’Orange by Christophe Honore and Si Tu Penses Bien by Geraldine Nakache. Six additional films have been added to the Special Screening section— Vesna (Spring) by Rostislave Kirpicenko, Ceniza En La Boca (Ashes) by Diego Luna, Tangles by Leah Nelson, Le Traingle D’OR’ by Helene Rosselet-Ruiz, and Groundswell a documentary film by Joshua and Rebecca Tickell. The only addition to the Family Screening section is Lucy Lost an animation by Olivier Clert. The animation is Clert’s first film.

More information about the festival and the films in and out of competition can be sourced at www.festival-cannes.com
Pitcher Award Introduces Campaign Award Category For 2026 Season.

AS the organisers of the Pitcher Awards wrap up entries for the 2026 season, the Pitcher Awards is proud to introduce the Campaign of the Year Award, a new recognition presented by the Craft and Heritage juries. This special award celebrates campaigns built on a single creative idea expressed through multiple executions within the same format, such as a series of print ads, films, or design pieces. While Campaign Awards will continue to follow the equality rule — meaning all executions must be of equal strength to qualify — the Campaign of the Year will be determined differently.

To ensure that no campaign is overlooked, the Campaign of the Year will be selected using the average points of all executions in the campaign. This approach preserves the integrity of the Campaign Award while ensuring that overall excellence is still recognized. This update also reinforces the Pitcher Awards’ commitment to merit-based judging, where work is awarded solely on its quality rather than quotas. Merit-based judging ensures fairness, protects the value of the awards, and prevents great ideas from being discarded simply because a category has reached an artificial limit.

Alongside the new Campaign of the Year Award, the Pitcher Awards will continue to present its established points-based special awards, including Agency of the Year, Media Agency of the Year, Digital Agency of the Year, Agency Network of the Year, Media Agency Network of the Year, National Recognition, and the Brand and Marketing Company of the Year categories. These honors reflect cumulative performance across the categories and remain an important part of celebrating excellence across Africa’s creative and marketing industries. For deadline challenge or additional support with entries, email [email protected].

Entries Open For 2026 Jomba Digital Open Horizons
THE Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) have invited African choreographers and dance filmmakers to submit work for the 2026 Jomba! Digital Open Horizons Platform, part of the yearly JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience
– South Africa’s premiere contemporary dance festival, running from August 27 to September 8, 2026 in Durban. In its commitment to present bold, experimental, and inclusive dance, JOMBA! offers this open application digital platform as an opportunity for artists across Africa to showcase new works in a safe and supportive environment, while connecting with audiences both locally and globally. The horizons is focused on screendance and dance film created specifically for the screen. Submissions (5-10 minutes in length) are invited from choreographers aged 16 and above, based anywhere on the continent, and beyond, who are exploring the moving body in relation to the camera, editing, framing, and digital space -where choreography extends beyond the stage into cinematic forms.

“We are looking for works conceived as screen-based choreographic experiences, where movement, lens, time, and environment are integral to the making of the film,” explains JOMBA! Artistic Director Lliane Loots.

“We welcome innovative, experimental, and critically engaged practices within the contemporary dance idiom, including interdisciplinary and hybrid forms that push the boundaries of how dance is created, perceived, and circulated in digital space.”

Selected works will be screened publicly on the festival’s YouTube channel as part of the official programme, offering choreographers visibility on an international platform to showcase their screen dance work.  A jury-selected “Jury Pick of the Platform” will receive an award of R2,000. The platform is unfunded, and no travel or accommodation support is provided. Loots says “We remain deeply committed to creating accessible, inclusive spaces for dance makers. The Digital Open Horizons platform is an important incubator for boundary-breaking choreographic voices and provide a foundation from which African artists can springboard new works into the world.”

For more information about JOMBA! go to https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/. Applications can be made on:  https://forms.gle/ntqRy9uj23htX53QA. Deadline is July 20, 2026. Enquiries can be emailed to [email protected] .