Reviews
‘Baby Farm’ Review: Might Just Be the Best Thing to Come Out of the EbonyLife-Netflix Deal
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 EbonyLife and Netflix partnership has been one fraught with many announcements and few […]
Short Film Review: Emily Nkanga’s ‘Yam And Egg’ is a Subtle Invitation to a Private Grief
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. When Nkanga’s charming female lead, Pelumi (Treasure Obasi Johnson), asks Gbenga (Tomisin Ajayi) if […]
‘Finding Me Review’: Industry’s Missing Craft Can’t Be Papered by Box Office Dazzles on Streaming
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. By now, Funke Akindele should be used to the terms highest-grossing and award-winning being […]
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 […]
News
Wapah Ezeigwe’s ‘Shall We Meet Tonight’ Examines Queer Love and Marital Constraint in Contemporary Nigeria
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Shall We Meet Tonight is a short film that explores the emotional complexities of […]
How Can African Short Films Become As Widely Spread As Skits?
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 success and popularity of skits prove that there is a market for short-form […]
Nollywood Film Club Asks, “What’s the Future of Nollywood on YouTube Like?”
The Nollywood audience is invited to participate in a survey to share preferences amidst ongoing discussions about the challenges faced by filmmakers on YouTube. Insights from the Nollywood Film Club reveal mixed views on content success, audience expectations, and the state of Nigerian arts. The situation suggests a need for reevaluation of distribution methods and audience engagement.
FAME Shorts Film Festival 2025 Now Open for Submissions
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 FAME Shorts Film Festival, part of the annual FAME Week Africa event in […]
Kaelo Iyizoba Selected for Sundance Institute Inaugural Cultural Impact Residency
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Kaelo Iyizoba has been selected as one of the inaugural fellows for the Sundance […]
Chukwu Martin Unveils ‘GUY’, an Experimental Indie Series on Identity and Isolation
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Chukwu Martin, known for his distinctive approach in projects like Oga Mike and Mr […]
Full AMVCA 2025 Nominees List: Femi Adebayo’s ‘Seven Doors’ Leads with 11 Nominations
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 2025 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) nominations have been announced, with Femi […]
Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife Expands Internationally with London Launch in Q4 2025
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. After topping the box office as the highest-grossing cinema in West Africa in 2024, […]
Essays
After a Netflix-Focused Era, Kunle Afolayan Brings ‘Recall’ to the Big Screen
Dear reader, help us understand your Nollywood preferences by filling out our audience survey—your input is invaluable and deeply appreciated! Click this link. Kunle Afolayan is set to return to cinemas with Recall following its premiere at […]
September Newsletter: August Review, Return of TV Season and Introducing a Google Film Calendar + Mailing List
Let’s look forward to September together.
Retro Review: ‘Ṣaworoidẹ’ and Timelessness
It would seem an overstatement to term Saworoide the most important political movie in Nollywood’s history. Released in 1999, more than two decades ago, with a portion of its cast either aged or deceased, our […]
Movie Review: Although a Worn Love Story, ‘Loving Rona’ Manages a Few Laughs
This Luke Aire Oyovbaire (We Are Fine, A Break From Reality, Lemonade) Nollywood romantic comedy movie stars Rona Adams (Meg Otanwa) as the main character.
Movie Review: ‘Nneka the Pretty Serpent’ and the Conundrum of Remakes
Play Network Studios is leaving a trail of remakes. It opened with Living in Bondage, then Rattlesnake: the Ahanna Story, and now Nneka the Pretty Serpent.
Movie Review: Who Names Their Kid ‘Beckett’
Ferdinando Cito Filomarino’s latest film, Beckett, is the classic wrong place at the wrong time.
