Reviews
SVAFF 2025: ‘Lights Out’ Review
SVAFF: Memory is a fickle thing. It is tasked with defining who we are and the stories we tell, but it is also inherently unreliable; to remember something is to contort it, to change it […]
Film Mischief 2025: ‘Beyond Olympic Glory’ Review (Short Documentary)
Film Mischief: Shedrack Salami’s Beyond Olympic Glory opens with Cynthia Ogunsemilore walking through the streets in her sports attire. Her voice rises gently: “People in the community were saying stuff like, ‘As a girl, why […]
Film Mischief 2025: ‘Wrong Way’ Review (Short Film)
Film Mischief: Wrong Way is a Ghanaian parable about guilt, consequence, and the cruel nature of fate. The film opens with a phone conversation between Manan, a young man, and his mother. The mother’s voice […]
Film Mischief 2025: ‘Tell it No More’ Review (Short Film)
Film Mischief: Stories, ideas and instructions passed down from generations continue to shape our present and future. We often don’t know their origins—my mother told me and her mother told her so you must hear […]
Film Mischief 2025: ‘Cause, Effect, and Maybe Consequences?’ Review (Short Film)
Film Mischief: Even among the independent outings in Nigerian cinema, coming across a film described as a comedic sci-fi short is rare. Titled Cause, Effect, and Maybe Consequences?, the story is an extended interaction between […]
Film Mischief 2025: ‘Fofo Means Father’ Review (Short Documentary)
Film Mischief: Denzel Owoo’s Fofo Means Father opens with calm images of nature: of tall trees, a stretch of green field, and then the structure of a tall man standing in the frame. The air […]
Film Mischief 2025: ‘Behind The Smile’ Review (Short Film)
Film Mischief: There’s a scene in Behind the Smile towards its end where the colour palette of one of the main characters is imposed on the second character in a clumsy bait and switch move […]
BFI London Film Festival 2025: ‘One Woman One Bra’ Review
BFI: Vincho Nchogu‘s debut feature One Woman One Bra is a sardonic examination of intersecting failures that ensnare vulnerable women in rural Africa: archaic patriarchal systems, predatory NGO culture, and the performative benevolence of white […]
News
New Documentary ‘Model Citizen’ Spotlights Nigerian Models and Their Working Conditions
About a decade after the #WeAreModelsNotSlaves campaign drew attention to poor pay and unfair treatment in Nigeria’s modelling industry, a new documentary is revisiting the lives and realities of models in the country. (Click to Follow […]
With Ticket Prices Rising, Community Cinema Could Be Nollywood’s Affordable Alternative
August 2025 witnessed a notable collaboration between Fusion Intelligence Technologies and Café One to launch FilmHub, a community cinema initiative. Screened at the multi-city event was Nora Awolowo-produced Red Circle across Café One locations in […]
Kenyan-Nigerian Film ‘One Woman One Bra’ Wins 2025 Sutherland Award at BFI London Film Festival
Kenyan-Nigerian co-production One Woman One Bra has clinched the 2025 Sutherland Award for Best First Feature at the BFI London Film Festival, which concluded on 19 October. The Jury members of Kibwe Tavares, Anja Fröhner […]
Judith Audu and Uyoyou Adia Reunite on New Afrobeats Drama ‘EVI’, Eyeing 2026 Release
The list of frequent collaborators in Nollywood continues to grow as more filmmakers find creative partners they trust. Among the latest additions to frequent director-producer collaborators are Judith Audu and Uyoyou Adia. They return on […]
AMAA 2025 Nominations: ‘Lisabi’, ‘3 Cold Dishes’, ‘Freedom Way’ Lead The Line for Nigeria
In a surprise event on October 11 in Lagos, the nominations for this year’s Africa Movie Academy Awards were announced to an audience of some press members and several industry veterans. Notably, there are quite […]
10 Key Details About ‘Osamede’, the Edo Epic Arriving October 2025
Gold Lilies Productions’ upcoming historical epic Osamede arrives in Nigerian cinemas on October 17, 2025. Directed by James Omokwe, the film brings the legendary Benin Kingdom to the big screen with a heroine (played by […]
‘Cock Crow At Dawn’ Remake: Writers’ Room Opens in October, Shooting to Begin in Jos in 2026
NTA, Natives Filmworks, and Innovative Television Kontent (ITK) have signed a deal to remake Cock Crow At Dawn, the classic Nigerian TV series from the 1980s. The deal announces an initial 104-episode order and is […]
The Filmjoint Awards 2026: Wapah Ezeigwe’s ‘Shall We Meet Tonight’ Earns Most Nominations (See Full List)
The Filmjoint Awards have announced nominations for their 2026 edition, recognising achievements in short filmmaking. At the press briefing held last Friday, Oct 3, the Filmjoint project manager, Sonia John, noted that a total of […]
Essays
With Ticket Prices Rising, Community Cinema Could Be Nollywood’s Affordable Alternative
August 2025 witnessed a notable collaboration between Fusion Intelligence Technologies and Café One to launch FilmHub, a community cinema initiative. Screened at the multi-city event was Nora Awolowo-produced Red Circle across Café One locations in […]
Multicultural Drama ‘Accroché’ Brings Benin, Nigeria, and Ghana to the Big Screen
Accroché (Hooked), a West African collaboration that unites creative talents from Nigeria, the Republic of Benin, and Ghana, is a cross-cultural film set to debut at the Abuja International Film Festival on October 29, 2024. […]
Nollywood Film Club: Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ vs Ramsey Nouah’s ‘Living in Bondage’
Nollywood Film Club is not only about critical assessments of the most widely distributed film of the weekend. Occasionally, when these releases dry up, the hosts have to get creative with more formats. In this […]
These Nigerian Titles are Coming to Netflix Soon
Netflix has announced a slate of upcoming licensed and original Nigerian stories. This lineup, set to debut in the coming months, features titles that span various genres from filmmakers such as Charles Okpaleke, Femi Adebayo, […]
Movies And TV Shows Available in Nigeria in October 2024
All confirmed to be available in Nigeria in October 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 […]
‘The Weekend’ Lands 16 AMAA Nominations, Here is The Full List
The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has revealed its highly anticipated nominations for the 2024 edition, marking its 20th anniversary. Leading the pack is The Weekend with 16 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, and […]
