1. What we did for the first time in 2024
- Opened our store and sold merch.
- Opened a Patron
- Launched a new brand identity
- Launched our YouTube channel with 3 new shows
- Expanded #WKMUpShorts to spotlight two short films monthly with a Twitter Space
- Hired our first full time staff
2. Our future plans
- Sell more merch
- Go international! You might catch us at a couple of global film festivals
- More video and audio content
- More community discussions.
- Return with our young adult internship program at some point. Keep an eye out.
3a. Most beautiful essays:
- Brutus Richard’s Quiet Revolution in Nollywood
- The Complex Journey of Nigerian Adaptations: What ‘Things Fall Apart’ Tells Us
- What Kept Me Up Chooses You: Our Rebranding Story
- The Inspiring Journey of Ebele Okoye, Nigeria’s First Female Animator
- An Analysis of Celestine Ukwu’s “Okwukwe na Nchekwube” and Eddie Okwedy’s “Happy Survival” in ‘Eyimofe’
- How S16 is Bridging the Gap Between Nigerian Filmmakers and the Global Stage
- Nollywood can’t rely on Netflix to save itself
3b. Most read non-review essays
- Genoveva Umeh interview
- A Green Fever Explained
- Nadine Ibrahim interview
- Collins Okoh and Akinlabi Ishola Discuss Writing a ‘A Tribe Called Judah’
- Kenneth Gyang mini profile
- The Inspiring Journey of Ebele Okoye, Nigeria’s First Female Animator
- What is the AMVCA Trailblazer award?
- Lateef Adedimeji, Uzee Usman and Eyiyemi Afolayan discuss Anikulapo
4. Favourite films
- B for Boy
- La Haine
- Lobola Man
- Challengers
- The Teachers’ Lounge
- The Worst Person in The World
- Poor Things
- Lady Bird
- With Difficulty Comes Ease
- Exhuma
- Dune: Part Two
- A Tribe Called Judah
- Isoken
5. Favourite series
- Nobody Wants This
- Batman: Caped Crusader
- Shogun
- Fallout
- Monk
- Mr and Mrs Smith
- Flawsome
- Wura
- X-Men 97
- One Day
- The Good Bad Mother
- Silent
- Goblin
- Industry S1
- Flawsome S2
- Love is Blind
6. Favourite books
The Housemaid- Freida McFadden
The Mechanics of Yenagoa- Michael Afenfia
7. Artistes that made our year
- Who’s on The Lord’s Side- Dunsin Oyekan and Mercy Chinwo
- Ask About Me- Mohbad
- Lift Up Your Eyes- Lionel Peterson
- Gratitude- AEO
- Me Le Se- Adekunle Gold
- De Selby 1&2- Hozier
- Cola- CamelPhat and Elderbrook
- Legend- Jannabi
- Dancing Queen- ABBA
- Florida!!!- Taylor Swift ft Florence and the Machine
- Everyday (I Dey Pray)- KOLD AF ft Aema
- Undignified- Dunsin Oyekan
- Juba- AEO
(Here is a Spotify Playlist for you)
8. Most of the time spent with:
Pushing the depth and breadth of our work.
9. The best time spent with:
#WKMUpShorts guests and our YouTube show guests!
10. Prevalent mood in 2024:
Things got serious!
11. What we would have liked to have done without in the team:
Not having enough resources like time and capital.
12. What we would like to convince everyone of:
Again, piracy doesn’t help the industry!
13. Most important realization:
There is so much noise around You should find ways to cut through it.
14. The best present we have given someone:
The Film That Lit My Fuse Episodes! It is an awesome resource for filmmakers!
15. The best gift that someone has given us:
Support from Iroko Critic, Iyebiye ‘Kaizenkreativ’ Adeitan and Mautin Tairu.
16. The most beautiful sentence of the year:
“I don’t think it’s a healthy industry for the arts when professionals work so much that they lose the joy of memory.”
17. 2024 was:
eventful!
18. 2025 will be:
taken slowly, with us cutting through the noise!
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