AFRIFF 2025: ‘Pasa Faho’ Review
AFRIFF: From the beginning of Pasa Faho, Igbo is front and centre in suburban Melbourne in Australia. The soundtrack plays Peter King’s “Jo Jolo” as the white people go about their business on the street. […]
AFRIFF 2025: ‘3 Cold Dishes’ Review
AFRIFF: Revenge is a dish best served cold and the Burna Boy-produced 3 Cold Dishes serves you three incomplete meals that leave you wanting more. Directed by Oluseyi Asurf (Hakkunde), the film tells the story […]
Port Harcourt’s Visions Film Society Bridges Global South Cinema with Nigerian Audiences
Film screenings and discussions are already commonplace in Lagos. The city is a Nigerian cinephile’s dream place to live. We documented the work of a couple of initiatives in our 2023 The Tentmakers series. At […]
New in Nigeria: Movies and TV Shows to Watch this November 2025
All confirmed to be available in Nigeria in November 2025, you will find the titles in four categories, further listed in order of their release dates: – Nollywood Movies (and select African countries) – Nollywood […]
‘Osamede’ Wins Best Narrative Feature at Silicon Valley Film Festival
Osamede has won Best Narrative Feature at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival, taking top honours for a fantasy film that draws its power from the documented history of the Benin Kingdom. The win recognises […]
Pan-African Collaborations Take a New Turn in E-Sports Drama Series ‘Respawn’
2025 Pan African collaborations take a new and rare turn in Respawn, an e-sports drama series set across Nigeria and South Africa, set to be produced by Sonepa (Nigerian prod company), Nile Entertainment and GameEvo […]
The Unsung Architects of Cinema: The Executive Producers Behind ‘The Herd’
When audiences walked into cinemas to see The Herd by Daniel Etim Effiong, they saw powerful performances, breathtaking visuals, and a story that stirred deep emotions. What they didn’t see, and rarely ever do, were […]
AFRIFF 2025: 22 Films You Need to Watch
AFRIFF: This year’s festival has almost 100 selections in 13 categories, which will showcase a diverse lineup of features, shorts, student shorts, and documentaries spanning across Africa and the diaspora. These films, including Nigerian premieres […]
AFRIFF 2025: Official Selections, Panels & Jury Lineup
The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) will kick off its 14th edition on November 2nd, running until November 8th in Lagos, Nigeria. The theme of this year’s festival is Rhythms of the Continent: The Afrobeats […]
‘Osamede’ Review: Ivie Okujaye’s Magic is Dimmed in Dulled-Down Epic
If you squint hard enough, you can almost glimpse the film that Osamede is trying to be: a sweeping historical epic with gods and magic, but also a character drama that probes the motivations and […]
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