Netflix titles, like highly anticipated EbonyLife’s Blood Sisters, GreoH Studios’ Ayinla and Tunde Kelani’s 2014 sickle cell drama Dazzling Mirage, pave the way for more Nollywood offerings in May. In cinemas, Inkblot’s romcom, The Perfect Arrangement, and Bidoun Stephen’s The Wildflower will premiere. Foreign titles set to premiere are Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and indie sensation Everything Everywhere All at Once. TV shows Stranger Things and Love, Death and Robots return on Netflix, Obi-Wan Kenobi lands on Disney+, Apple TV+ spy drama Tehran, and HBO Max’s comedy-drama Hacks return for their sophomore season. Highlight of New…
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Adenrele Owen Olowu—the making of a Nollywood auteur who understands the depth of less is more. Shortly after snagging the big prize at the recently concluded Film Rats Club festival, The Annual Film Mischief, Owen Olowu sat down with WKMUp to discuss the production of his winning film, Songs of Ubong; his filmmaking style referred to as VAR; his influences found in highly visual auteurs; and current industry debates. The winning short film, Songs of Ubong, would happen during a courtesy visit to actor Wale Ojo’s house, which provided him with enough ingredients to undertake the impromptu project, which also stars…
Let us put your binging relationship with Netflix to test. If you live elsewhere around the world outside Nigeria, you should note that the answers are strictly based on a Nigerian-based binger’s experience with Netflix, i.e. location-defined. WKMUp Quiz: How Well Do You Know Kunle Afolayan’s Movies? WKMUp Quiz: Which ‘Blood Sisters’ Character are You?
GreoH Studios, a film and TV production company owned by Jade Osiberu, behind the highly anticipated Gangs of Lagos as well as commercially successful and award-winning films like Isoken, Ayinla, and Sugar Rush, has announced the cast of its first film off its 2022 slate, Brotherhood, a crime-action thriller about twin brothers on opposite sides of the law. Trailer: Ini Dima-Okojie, Nancy Isime, Deyemi Okanlawon, Kate Henshaw in Dramatic-Thriller Four-Part Series ‘Blood Sisters’ Brotherhood will feature a fine blend of Nollywood’s most talented new faces alongside industry veterans. Multi-talented Nigerian comedian, TV host, music producer, Basketmouth, will be making his feature…
We are gradually getting into the thick of movie releases from the major studios in Nollywood. Bolanle Austen-Peters’ The Man of God premieres on Netflix, Anthill studios steers two movies to cinemas, a co-production with Euphoria360, The King of Thieves; and Niyi Akinmolayan’s The Man for The Job, where Temi Otedola will make her box office debut in a second outing. For Inkblot Studios, Fiyin Gambo directs The Blood Covenant, the first major Nollywood ritual-themed movie of the year since the backlash. In the TV world, Ozark comes to an end, the rich kids return in Elite and a number…
23 quality low-budget independent films screened at the just concluded The Annual Film Mischief tagged as “Less is More”. While we could not catch every screening during the 4-day event, there are some stars—faces starring in front of the camera and steering the story behind the camera—that film lovers should look forward to seeing on their screens as they gradually break into the mainstream fold. In no particular order, our festival correspondents made a list of 3 directors and 4 actresses. The Annual Film Mischief 2022 Awards: ‘Songs of Ubong’ Wins Grand Cheese Prize, Kelvin Amamize Takes Top Writing Prize…
TNC Africa, the year-old digital-focused TV production company, continues its meteoric growth as it’s just been recognised by one of the most prestigious entertainment awards in Africa, the AMVCA (Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards) during last Saturday’s event. TNC Africa’s productions Little Black Book and My Name is A-Zed are nominated for best TV series of the year while Little Black Book also snagged a best writer nomination. The writing credits for Little Black Book include Abosi Ogba, Olawale Adetula, Lydia Idakula Sobogun, Belinda Yanga Agedah, and Sally Kenneth Dadzie who’s the award-winning writer of the book the series is…
Akorede Azeez is a Nigerian filmmaker, one of the six finalists of the Netflix-UNESCO short film competition. She has been a Film Rats Club member for two years, a space with like-minded filmmakers and enthusiasts, where her eyes have been open to more intellectual discourse about filmmaking. Her short film, Play—drawing inspiration from family life and the pandemic—screened at the just concluded Annual Film Mischief. Akorede Azeez, who, as a finalist, will have her folktale short debut on Netflix later this year, strongly believes in diverse stories and opportunity for all, hopes to explore aspects of the human condition as…
Working as a co-producer on the most decorated Nollywood film of 2021, Eyimofe— a cheese pick at The Annual Film Mischief— Adé Sultan Sangodoyin shares stage-by-stage lessons that participating filmmakers can learn from the Esiri Brothers-directed film. Sangodoyin is no stranger in Nollywood; he has worked in various capacities—assistant director (Omugwo), production assistant (October 1) and art director (The CEO)— across multiple Kunle Afolayan projects. In a statement director Chuko Esiri reiterated during a Q&A session at the opening night of The Annual Film Mischief (Lagos edition), Adé Sultan Sangodoyin also shares similar memories as to how the creative partnership…
Taiwo Egunjobi, the director of In Ibadan and All Na Vibes, is the director of The Annual Film Mischief that will run from Mar. 17- 20. Serving as the inaugural director of The Annual Film Mischief is a writer, director and, most importantly, a staunch cinephile who never shies away from sharing how essential storycraft—an element many pay lesser attention to— should be in the industry. Beyond this principal element, the other criteria that were used in selecting the 24 competing films are broken down by Taiwo Egunjobi, an indie filmmaker who is also a member of the Film Rats…