Macherie Ekwa Bahango's Madi Makambu, a Congolese-French-Belgian co-production about pregnancy denial, took five prizes at Venice Production Bridge's Final Cut program, including the La Biennale di Venezia Prize. The 14th edition, which ran September 6 to 8, selected six work-in-progress films from across Africa and the Middle East: Sofia Djama's Jeudi Moins le Quart (France-Belgium-Algeria), Alaa Eddine Aljem's Eldorado, le Gout du Sud (Morocco-France-Italy-Norway), Abraham Gezahagne's Mehal Sefari (Ethiopia-Canada-Germany-Netherlands-Norway-KSA), Bassel Ghandour's Occupational Hazards (Jordan-Qatar-UK-KSA-Palestine) and Youssef Chebbi's Plague (Tunisia-France-Qatar-KSA-Slovenia).
Source: Variety | Primary: La Biennale