Nigerian short films Hadu and God’s Wife, directed by Damilola Solesi and Dika Ofoma respectively, have been selected to screen at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in the Netherlands. Hadu, an animated short, recently screened at the Academy Award-qualifying CINANIMA – International Animated Film Festival in Portugal and has earned accolades including Best Animation Short at the 2024 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and the Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. God’s Wife had its Nigerian premiere at the S16 Festival, where Dika Ofoma was recognized with the Rising Star Award. Ofoma’s previous work has also…
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Triggerfish, makers of Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (for Disney+) and Supa Team 4 (for Netflix), has teamed up with UNESCO to launch The Creator Labs, a capacity-building programme tailored specifically for women in animation across Africa. This collaboration through their Non-profit, TriggerFish Foundation, seeks to address gender disparities in animation. “Through this collaboration with UNESCO, we aim to advance gender equality in animation. By prioritizing leadership positions throughout the pipeline, we’re not only cultivating creativity and innovation but also dismantling obstacles for a more inclusive and diverse industry,” asserts Carina Lücke, the Director of Triggerfish Foundation. The Creator Labs, open…
You’ve been waiting; and we are ready to deliver our best Nollywood films of the year, dating back from December 2023 to November 2024. Leading the charge into the year was Funke Akindele’s record-breaking ensemble film, A Tribe Called Judah while Afamefuna ushered us East into the beautiful yet highly fraught world of Nwa Boys helmed by Kayode Kasum. While Nollywood epics (not that many as many would assume) continued another year of lacklustre releases with new and continuing titles like Lisabi, House of Ga’a and Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre, we also had filmmakers like Daniel Oriahi navigating the…
All confirmed to be available in Nigeria in December 2024, you will find the titles in four categories, further listed in order of their release dates: – Nollywood Movies (and select African countries) – Nollywood TV shows (and select African countries) – International Movies – International TV shows Track your favourite movies and TV shows directly on your phone calendar. Nollywood Films Available to Watch In December 2024 December 5 When Loves Strikes When Loves Strikes follows the story of a young talented footballer played by Natse Jemide who aspires to a football career in Europe but meets a pushback…
The 2024 S16 Film Festival, themed ‘Technologic’, has unveiled its lineup for this year’s edition. The festival will open with On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni, a drama-comedy feature that explores the buried secrets of a Zambian family after the discovery of their dead uncle’s body. The film recently won the award of Best Director at the 2024 Cannes- Un Certain Regard section. https://youtu.be/HU2mIJTYTXM Founded by The Surreal 16 Collective, Mike Omonua, C.J Obasi & Abba T. Makama, the S16 Film Festival, now in its fourth year, is a film festival curated for indie filmmakers from around…
Hadu, an animated short film directed by Damilola Solesi and produced by Smids Animation Studios is making waves on the international festival circuit. A non-dialogue film, which explores family, culture, and heritage, recently screened at the Academy Award-qualifying CINANIMA – International Animated Film Festival in Portugal—one of its several screenings across the globe in the last months. Also fresh off winning Best Animation Short at the 2024 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and the Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hadu continues a remarkable journey. This Nigerian animation highlights the rising prominence of the country’s animation industry joining…
What Kept Me Up is officially doubling down on YouTube with a slate of 3 upcoming new shows. This comes after a period of soft launch amidst its multimedia expansion. With a first look unveiled in a What to Expect mashup teaser, the shows will explore various unique perspectives that can engage film lovers. With each show—from humorous to introspective—focusing on a different kind of cinephile (industry professionals to casual film watchers), viewers can expect varied perspectives that celebrate the art of cinema within and beyond the Nigerian film industry. Watch a sneak peek at the three shows in this…
The Lagos Fringe, curated by Pawstudios Africa and returning this November for its 7th edition, has announced its official film selections. Known for its performance-driven showcases, this year’s multidisciplinary festival will also feature a lineup of films from across Africa and beyond. The 28 selected films, from filmmakers in Nigeria, Kenya and diasporans in Canada, and the USA, along with submissions from the Film Lab Africa shorts and micro-shorts, will be screened over five days at Freedom Park, Lagos. The selected films are: I Don’t Want To Be Born- Nigeria Abiku (The Yoruba myth)- Nigeria Ngori Kuruka- Kenya In Your…
Inkblot Productions has expanded its 2024 film lineup with Family Gbese, a new ensemble comedy-drama exploring family, loyalty, and ambition. Led by Uzor Arukwe, the film centers on Nnamdi Nwagba, a successful investment banker whose life is upended when he’s forced to choose between his career and family loyalty. Faced with his older brother Gozie’s mounting debt to a local gangster, Nnamdi finds himself pressured into money laundering to protect his family. Meet the characters in Family Gbese and the ensemble cast behind them: Nnamdi Nwagba Two years after his role in Inkblot’s thriller The Blood Covenant, Uzor Arukwe returns…
All confirmed to be available in Nigeria in November 2024, you will find the titles in four categories, further listed in order of their release dates: – Nollywood Movies (and select African countries)– Nollywood TV shows (and select African countries)– International Movies– International TV shows Track your favourite movies and TV shows directly on your phone calendar. Nollywood Films Available to Watch In November 2024 November 1 Her Perfect Life and Iyawo Mi Mo Abudu’s directorial debut, featuring two short films, Her Perfect Life and Iyawo Mi, is set to premiere on Apple TV this month. Her Perfect Life stars…