Dare Olaitan returns to the director’s chair with Alahun: The Weaver, a Yoruba epic adventure filled with spirits, mythical creatures, and an unlikely hero at its centre. The film asks many questions, such as what […]
EXCLUSIVE: Beyond Olympic Glory (2025) follows Cynthia Ogunsemilore’s journey from Bariga to the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she was set to represent Nigeria in boxing. However, a doping allegation forced her to withdraw a day […]
With Difficulty Comes Ease director Akorede Azeez alongside producer Fulfilment Fuchi Nwaturuocha and screenwriter-director Hajarat Alli have been selected as part of an Africa No Filter cohort of filmmakers from Nigeria and Kenya creating gender-equitable, […]
Blue Pictures embraces vertical drama distribution, Film Lab Africa reveals its second-edition creative teams, Tunde Kelani restores Saworoide, Africa No Filter backs a new Korede Azeez project, Iyabo Ojo begins her next theatrical campaign, and The Almajiri finds a new audience through a regional cinema rollout.
Veteran filmmaker Tunde Kelani recently unveiled Opalaba, a Yoruba-language satirical micro-web series that uses AI-assisted visualisation, animation and post-production tools. The filmmaker announced that principal production is expected to begin before the end of August […]
From international expansion and festival development to streaming releases, theatrical rollouts and the start of another festival submission season, this week’s Nollywood Distilled traces six developments from the previous week that should be on your […]
For the third year in a row, Funke Akindele has begun the road to December with a competition against herself. In 2024, characters from A Tribe Called Judah and the Jenifa franchise faced off in […]
Few things are better than a romantic comedy that keeps both of its promises. Very few things. (A plate of smoky party jollof, perhaps.) I suspect this, among other reasons, is behind the runaway success […]
Nigerian project I Live in V.I. and Ghana’s Too Much Music have picked up prizes at the 2026 Locarno Open Doors, with the latter receiving CHF10,000 in development funding. The awards come in the second […]
Netflix may have slowed down in Nigeria, but it has not disappeared as many still believe due to the late 2024 widespread rumours. Much has already been said about the streamer’s reduced activity in the […]