JBX Market Head on How Johannesburg Event is ‘Helping Shape’ Future of Africa’s Screen Industries

Variety · 2026-03-02
JBX Market Head on How Johannesburg Event is ‘Helping Shape’ Future of Africa’s Screen Industries

The fourth edition of JBX, or Joburg Xchange, an industry conference running from March 4 – 6 parallel to the Joburg Film Festival, takes place against a backdrop of surging optimism around African cinema, which in recent years has increasingly cemented itself on the global stage. Yet amid ongoing f