Reviews
Short Film Review: Jeremiah John’s ‘Market People’ is a Tale of Bodies Seeking Warmth in a Cold World
“Aiyé l’òjà, ọ̀run n’ilé” is a lifelong Yorùbá adage that translates to ‘life is a marketplace, home lies beyond (heaven). It reflects on the transient nature of existence; life is full of trade-offs, people come […]
‘Behind the Scenes’ Review: Funke Akindele’s December Blockbuster is Surely Relatable, Likely to Be Profitable, But Creatively Stuck
The Funke Akindele moral lesson cinematic universe has been expanded with the addition of her latest, Behind the Scenes. Co-directed by Tunde Olaoye, it is a film that follows the wealthy, benevolent Ronke Fernandez, who […]
S16 Film Festival 2025 Reviews: ‘My Jebba Story,’ ‘Obi is a Boy,’ ‘About Sarah’ and More
Traces Of The Sun S16 Film Festival: Directors working in the ten-to-thirty-minute range for short films can fracture time, dissolve narrative causality, or abandon dialogue entirely, treating form itself as the primary subject rather than […]
S16 Film Festival 2025 Reviews: ‘Ode!,’ ‘70×7,’ and ‘The Passage’
The Passage S16 Film Festival: In The Passage, South African filmmaker Ntokozo Mlaba shoots scenes with a jazzy lightness that veers into an almost supernatural aura. The scenes are slightly elevated from real life with […]
S16 Film Festival 2025 Reviews: ‘Back to the Theatre Vox,’ ‘Second Wind,’ and More
Spoilers Ahead! Morning, Morning S16 Film Festival: Morning, Morning by Gozirimuu Obinna is a quiet, black-and-white ache. It is a film where no one speaks, yet everything is said through eyes that flinch, bodies that hesitate, […]
‘The Herd’ Review: Daniel Etim Effiong’s Topical Despite Uneven Debut for a Desperate Populace in Desperate Times
Daniel Etim Effiong’s debut feature sits at the centre of an important political quagmire: a country refusing to tackle a complex insecurity issue that threatens to destroy an already delicate national fabric. It takes on […]
AFRIFF 2025: ‘To Adaego With Love’ Review
AFRIFF: There are many stories told of victories and the ways they are achieved. The tales of the final battles and surrender, chronicles of the victors and vanquished, narratives strung together of the pacts forged […]
AFRIFF 2025: ‘The Boy Who Gave’ Review
AFRIFF: A first feature often defines the trajectory of a director’s career. It shapes how audiences will come to perceive their work and what threads they’ll follow through subsequent projects. For The Boy Who Gave, […]
News
‘To Adaego With Love’ Set For Theatrical Release February 2026
AFRIFF 2025 award-winning period romantic drama To Adaego with Love, directed by Nwamaka Chikezie, is scheduled to open in Nigerian cinemas on February 6, 2026. Set in 1975, the film tells the story of a […]
PinPoint Productions Confirms ‘Aloma’ as Chris Ihidero’s First Feature Film
PinPoint Productions has announced Aloma, the debut feature film from Nigerian filmmaker Chris Ihidero. The thriller is in post-production and scheduled for an international premiere in 2026. A teaser has been released to give audiences […]
Martha Ehinome Completes Production on Her Debut Film ‘Man of Her Dreams’
Martha Ehinome, known for her role as Tumi in the Showmax series Wura, has completed production on her first film as an executive producer. The feature, Man of Her Dreams, has now entered post-production, with […]
Cheta Chukwu’s ‘To Catch a Falling Sky’ Wins Two Awards at Red Sea Souk Project Market
Cheta Chukwu’s To Catch a Falling Sky emerged as one of the major winners at this year’s Red Sea Souk Project Market, which took place from December 6–10 alongside the Red Sea International Film Festival. […]
FaithStream and EnfiTV Enter Africa’s Streaming Market With Local Audiences and Creators in Focus
Two new African streaming platforms, FaithStream and EnfiTV, are entering the market with plans to serve audiences and creators that global platforms have not fully supported on the continent. One caters to an underserved population, […]
One Year After Winning Rising Star Award, Dika Ofoma Wins First AFP Critics Prize at S16 Film Festival 2025
Nigerian filmmaker Dika Ofoma has won the inaugural AFP Critics Prize at the 5th edition of the S16 Film Festival in Lagos for his short film Obi Is a Boy. The new prize, created by […]
S16 Film Festival 2025 Highlights, Awards Winners and Our Standout Creatives
S16 Film Festival has calmly wrapped our 2025 festival season, most memorably, as always. The fifth edition of the festival, themed ‘Let There Be Light’, took place across three venues from December 1-5, at the […]
S16 Launches Distribution Arm, Announces Film Lab and Monthly Film Screenings
The S16 Film Festival closed its fifth edition with some major announcements, unveiling plans to launch a film lab, monthly screenings, and a dedicated distribution arm beginning in 2026. What began as a filmmaker-centred festival […]
Essays
FaithStream and EnfiTV Enter Africa’s Streaming Market With Local Audiences and Creators in Focus
Two new African streaming platforms, FaithStream and EnfiTV, are entering the market with plans to serve audiences and creators that global platforms have not fully supported on the continent. One caters to an underserved population, […]
Movie Review: Jade Osiberu’s ‘Gangs of Lagos’ is a Timely Allegory
Art, the cliche goes, imitates life. A friend, H, sat by the window in a Lagos Danfo. She was enduring the infamous Lagos go-slow. Her head nestled on the glass, and she held her phone […]
#WKMUpQuiz: Which Gangs of Lagos Character Are You?
Gangs of Lagos is a crime drama directed by Jade Osiberu streaming on Prime Video as their first African original film. Try out our personality quiz to find out which of the characters is your […]
‘John Wick Chapter 4’ Review: The Carnage Continues in a Franchise Best for Invincible Keanu Reeves
It has been a while since spoilt Russian gangster brat Losef (Alfie Allen) inadvertently brought out fabled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves), the Baba Yaga, out of retirement, shortening his grieving for his late wife […]
Movies and TV Shows Available in Nigeria in April
It promises to be a shower of Nollywood releases across all platforms in May, from cinemas, Netflix, Prime Video to Showmax. This teases that the showers of April (most especially April 7) should usher in […]
I Have An Idea Entertainment Releases Official Trailer For ‘What No One Knows’, Starring Tope Laguda and Mofe Duncan
Since the release of the teaser in September 2022, What No One Knows, written, produced and directed by Tope Laguda has entered a number of festivals and snagged some awards along the way. Africa’s First […]
