Reviews
Short Film Review: Idiagi Ernest Eromosele’s ‘The Audition’ Expands His Zero-Budget Introspective Musing on The Nigerian Youth
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. As we wrote in our review of Idiagi Ernest Eromosele’s previous short film The […]
‘Reel Love’ Review: Timini Egbuson’s Debut Cinema Production Combines Romance Drenched in Influencer Culture
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. From staging a relationship to fulfill an inheritance clause, posing as a couple to […]
Berlinale 2025: ‘Dreamers’ Review
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. The title of my favourite Nigerian migration drama, Eyimofe, carries a tinge of dream […]
‘Summer Rain’ Review: Bolaji Ogunmola’s Made-For-YouTube Romantic Flick is Sappy But Charming
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Crafting an original modern romance is a daunting task. While audiences devour these stories, […]
‘This is Love’ Review: The Interior Lives of Queer Nigerian Couples in Victor Ugoo Njoku’s Tender Documentary
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Prior to Victor Ugoo Njoku and Neec Nonso’s feature-length documentary, This is Love, there […]
‘Princess On A Hill’ Review: Onyinye Odokoro Portrays A Two-Faced Morally-Conflicted Heroine in Showmax’s Work-Place Drama
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. The epigraph at the pilot episode of Princess On A Hill poses […]
Sundance 2025: ‘BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions’ Review
How can Black voices across continents reunify in a world shaped by colonialism and exploitation? This is the central question posed by BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions, an ambitious, experimental documentary by acclaimed visual artist Kahlil […]
War Stories and Memories from Sundance 2025
We live in volatile times, many are quick to point out. But haven’t we always? There’s always a looming conflict on the horizon or one raging in the background, whether or not it receives media […]
News
AMVCA Introduces ‘Best Music Score’ Category for 11th Edition, Addressing Longstanding Criticism
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Over the years, the AMVCA has faced criticism for not adequately recognising sound and […]
Diji Aderogba’s ‘About a Boy and His Muse’ Now Available on Tubi and Accelerate TV
Since its festival run four years ago, audiences have looked forward to its wider release—a frequent case for a touring Nigerian film. Starring the indelible Chimezie Imo and powered by a young team of filmmakers, it always seemed destined for streaming. For those who, like myself, first saw it at the online edition of NollywoodWeek, the question was never if it would find a home, but where and when.
Rise Interactive Studios’ Upcoming AI-Themed Film ‘Makemation’ Sets Sights on Easter Cinema Release
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. African youth, particularly girls, are leveraging artificial intelligence and technology to tackle some of […]
Nollywood Film Club Revisits Supernatural Classic ‘Diamond Ring’
At this point, it is no news that fewer Nollywood films are getting global releases, something that had mostly become common in recent years thanks to Netflix and Prime Video. But with fewer “strategic” acquisitions by Netflix — and those limited to Africa — global audiences are left with only Circuits, the fledgling, proudly African streaming platform.
Nora Awolowo’s Rixel Studios Begin Extensive Global Rollout For ‘Red Circle’
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Corn kernels and firearms are getting ready to pop as Red Circle, a crime […]
WKMUp Secures Key Funding as Part of Groundbreaking Alliance
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. We’re thrilled to announce that What Kept Me Up has been awarded €20,000 in […]
MUBI Acquires Rights To Akinola Davies Jnr’s Debut Feature ‘My Father’s Shadow’, Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. MUBI, a global streaming service known for its curated selection of films, has acquired […]
The Filmjoint Awards 2025: Honouring the Year’s Best Short Films
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. The Filmjoint, a platform dedicated to celebrating creativity in short-form storytelling, hosted the second […]
Essays
“Netflix’s Nollywood Exit”: 10 Critical Questions by Nollywood Film Club
Firstly, here is a reminder: Nollywood Film Club is a Film Club (read that again) fulfilling an important role. Just before an end of year backlash against the club’s style, tone and purpose, the members […]
Our 10 Best Nollywood Movies of 2022
Looking back at the year, from December 2021 up until November 2022, Nollywood has treated us all once again to a special year. From a Northern-set film that not many people got to see during […]
‘ATOKA’ First Look Images and Posters: Indie Coming of Age Drama Based on an Original Story by Seun Afolabi
Seun Afolabi (Yawa: Aja Colonel) has dropped first look images and posters for ATOKA, his coming-of-age drama based on an original story. The film will head on a festival run starting in January 2023, before […]
From Expansive Experiences and Genetic Roots to their Influence on Storytelling, Michael Omonua Gives Insight on Missing Pieces in Nollywood
There is a small café on the left-hand side of the fairly ordinary Palms Shopping Mall in Lekki. The jazz music is unremarkable and never quite at the right volume to be appreciated or ignored. […]
Movies and TV Shows Available in Nigeria in December
December ushers in a new set of potential Nollywood blockbusters that could set new records in cinemas, as filmmakers push to enjoy their slice of the holiday pie. Ayo Makun’s 2022 December offering is The […]
First Look: Uyoyou Adia Unveils New Film, ‘L.I.F.E’, Starring Omowunmi Dada and Efe Irele
First look images have been released for L.I.F.E, a new film directed and written by Uyoyou Adia and starring Omowunmi Dada (Elesin Oba) and Efe Irele (Hey You!). ‘Finding Hubby’ Director Femi Ogunsanwo Readies ‘The […]
