Yes, Prime Video is still releasing titles in Nigeria. In August, three titles dropped on Prime Video: Finding Nina (a Nemsia production), Say Who Die (while not marketed under Nemsia’s label but executive-produced by BB […]
When news broke about the historic Cannes selection of My Father’s Shadow, a few other Nigerian filmmakers quickly announced their own Cannes premiere, though worded vaguely, as if they were official selections. But the fact […]
TIFF has been Nollywood’s most frequented destination on the international festival circuit out of the big 5. Following Freedom Way and The Legend of The Vagabond Queen of Lagos in 2024, this landmark 50th year […]
Ifeoma Chukwuogo’s Phoenix Fury will make its next festival stop at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF), taking place in California, from October 9 to 12, 2025. The selection comes after what has been […]
The 82nd Venice International Film Festival, scheduled for August 27 to September 6, has announced its official line-up, with One Woman One Bra set to premiere in the Biennale College Cinema section. Written and directed […]
The Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) has officially opened submissions for Nigeria’s entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards. Nigerian filmmakers can submit their films between August 13 – […]
African filmmakers have gone through before. Mati Diop (Atlantics) and Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) both brought early projects to Locarno’s Open Doors, years before the platform committed to more countries on the […]
Nollywood Film Club has a reputation as a “hating club.” Many assume this group of cinephiles never truly enjoys anything from Nollywood or that they unfairly expect too much from the industry. But the truth […]
Inspired by David Ehrlich proclaiming The Naked Gun as the most important movie of the summer for Americans—arguing for the return of pure comedy—I’m proclaiming Freedom Way as the Nollywood film of this period of […]
The 2025 Locarno Film Festival will kick off its Open Doors section with the world premiere of When Nigeria Happens, directed by Nigerian filmmaker Ema Edosio. The film, which has had private screenings in Nigeria, […]
