Saturday, April 26th, 2025

Kenneth Gyang’s Cinema Kpatakpata Secures Rights to Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s ‘Dreams and Assorted Nightmares’

Cinema Kpatakpata has secured the film and TV rights to Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s  “Dreams and Assorted Nightmares,” a collection of loosely interlinked short stories set in a fictional Nigerian town, where a local man dies […]

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AFRIFF 2023: ‘A Green Fever’ Director Taiwo Egunjobi Becomes Studio Director, Still Holds Unwavering Belief in Festivals, Criticism and Self-Improvement

I last officially spoke with Taiwo Egunjobi in 2021, shortly before the premiere of his film at the NollywoodWeek Film Festival. During our conversation centered around his second film, All Na Vibes, as he spoke […]

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The Peculiar Journey of CJ Obasi’s ‘Mami Wata’: From a Worldwide Festival Run to a Global Theatrical Release

Mami Wata has been charting its own course across the world, taking off at the prestigious Sundance Festival in January. The film boldly adopted a remarkable uncharacteristic trait along the way and dared for more, […]

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Netflix’s Next Big Move: Akin Omotoso and Ochre Media to Bring Literature to the Screen in Multiple-title Book Adaptation Partnership

Netflix’s director of content for the Middle East and Africa, Ben Amadasun, announces a multi-title book partnership with South African-based Nigerian filmmaker Akin Omotoso and Ochre Media at the ongoing MIP Africa in Cape Town. […]

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Everything We Know About ‘No Man’s Land’, An Action Thriller Starring Sola Sobowale, Seun Kuti and Omowunmi Dada, So Far

Since we first saw stills of Seun Kuti and some young actors in No Man’s Land in 2021, it has been a long wait for excited viewers who are constantly looking forward to the next […]

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Everything We Know About ‘Tarella’, The African Retelling of the Cinderella Story, So Far

“I always wanted to tell an African Cinderella story, especially after research revealed the original narrative was based on a black (Egyptian) girl called Rhodopis,” revealed Lolo Eremie, the film’s producer, writer and co-director, in […]

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