A growing number of film projects linking Nigeria and Kenya are beginning to hint at a deeper creative exchange between both industries, with Cheta Chukwu’s The Child Will Carry You and Ella Chikezie’s Nwanne emerging […]
Streaming deals have dwindled. It has become a near-weekly chorus, if not on this publication, then across the wider industry. As distribution models shift and new platforms emerge, filmmakers are searching for alternative paths. Yet […]
All confirmed to be available in Nigeria in June 2025, you will find the titles in four categories, further listed in order of their release dates: – Nollywood Movies (and select African countries) – Nollywood […]
Nigerian-American actress and comedian Yvonne Orji, known for her role on HBO’s Insecure, is now an executive producer on The Fisherman, a Ghanaian film getting global attention. Orji joined the team through her production company, […]
The highly anticipated 20th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards took place November 2, 2024, at the Balmoral Convention Center in Sheraton, hosted by Segun Arinze and Joselyn Dumas. It was a big night […]
Zambia’s first Netflix feature film, by homegrown director Kenny Mumba, chooses to explore a poignant issue in Zambian society (and the African society at large, especially Southern and Eastern Africa): the negative stigma experienced by […]
Can You See Us?, marking the first Zambian film on Netflix, is a tale that is inspired by a true life story. Rejected by his father at birth, a boy with albinism navigates a childhood […]
African Folktales Reimagined is an anthology of short films released on the 29th of March, directed by the winners of the UNESCO-Netflix competition. As an initiative to support young African filmmakers and promote cultural diversity, […]
The Kenyan film industry is finally getting the Netflix treatment, expanding the streaming giant’s reach across Africa. The first original series from Africa to debut on Netflix was Queen Sono, a South African production which […]
Vaillante is a UNICEF mini-series about the horrors of child-marriage in sub-Saharan Africa. It features new actors (Maguy Essey and Mouna Loueke) from across the continent and was shot by a South African production team. […]
