Preview of January Movies and TV Shows
While there are not so many movies to look forward to in January, there are two artistic Nollywood titles to be excited about, and quite a number of returning TV shows. Highlight of New Films […]
C.J. Obasi, Damilola Solesi and The Agbajowo Collective Selected for Durban FilmMart 2026
Film projects from Nigeria are among the titles selected for the 17th edition of the Durban FilmMart InstitutePitch and Finance Forum, with in-development animation and fiction works by filmmakers including C.J. Obasi, Damilola Solesi’s Smids […]
NollywoodWeek Film Festival 2026 Recap and Winners List
NollywoodWeek 2026 felt like a series of conversations about what African cinema needs, in order to travel further, sound better, sustain creators, and compete globally without losing its specificity. That was my biggest takeaway from […]
Nollywoodweek 2026: Ema Edosio’s ‘When Nigeria Happens’ Review
Nollywoodweek: In the final scene of When Nigeria Happens, we see how submission has been tortured into Fagbo as he mindlessly marches with a group of men, shorn of his former locs and despair sat […]
NollywoodWeek 2026: Laju Iren’s ‘Onobiren’ Review
NollywoodWeek: Nollywood has drawn sustained criticism for its reductive portrayals of women. This tendency emerges from a convergence of socio-cultural frameworks—particularly established patriarchal norms—and external narrative inheritances traceable to Classical Hollywood Cinema, privileging archetypal characterization […]
Nollywoodweek 2026: Thomas Letellier’s ‘Batwing Unmasked’ Review (Documentary)
Nollywoodweek: There is a familiar thrill that runs through Batwing Unmasked. Not the thrill of a recognition of a hero (Africa has had many, and visual and comic artist Loyiso Mkize highlights Ororo as an […]
Akinola Davies Jr. ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Emerges Most Awarded Film at AMVCA 2026 (See Full Winners)
The main ceremony of the 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) took place on May 9 after a weeklong series of activities. Split into voting and non-voting categories, audiences had the […]
NollywoodWeek 2026: Orire Nwani’s ‘Hussaini’ Review (Short Film)
Nollywoodweek: There is a very good chance that Hussaini would break your heart. The eighteen-minute-long film opens in a mosque, where Hussaini, among a small congregation of men, bows in prayer. We then follow him […]
NollywoodWeek 2026: Uyoyou Adia’s ‘Evi’ Review
NollywoodWeek: As the internet has grown, we have found some familiarity with the machinations of the entertainment industry; people talk like record label executives, giving armchair expert advice on album rollouts and PR relationships and […]
NollywoodWeek 2026: Ella Chikezie’s ‘In Her Shoes’ Review (Short Film)
NollywoodWeek: Halima (Darasimi Nadi, Obara’M) is not like every other child her age. This much is clear from the opening frames. She struggles with attention. It is easy to mistake her for a mute. The […]
NollywoodWeek 2026: Seko Shamte’s ‘East West Love’ Review (Opening Film)
NollywoodWeek: Romance, in Nigerian cinema, is often mistaken for ease. It is treated as a genre that requires little or no more than nearness and sentiment—two beautiful people, a mild obstacle, an expected resolution. Yet […]
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