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Seyi Lasisi

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Seyi Lasisi is a Nigerian creative with an obsessive interest in writing and documenting about Nigerian and African cinema.

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

Digital Piracy in Nigeria: We Need Honest and Accommodating Conversations

The Nigerian literary community has been engaged in an important conversation around piracy, unapproved digitization, accessibility, and distribution of Nigerian and African books. Fortune Amor’s digitization of over 200 African writers’ books belonging to the Heinemann African Writers Series sparked this timely conversation. Nigerian journalist and writer, Molara Wood, and others have rightfully called out […]

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The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival Prepares for its Fourth Edition

The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival is preparing for the fourth edition of its annual literary festival. The annual literary and cultural event held in Enugu, Nigeria is gradually becoming one of the anticipated Nigerian literary events and dedicated spaces for curating bookish dialogues, knowledge exchange and cultural insights in South-Eastern Nigeria. The festival which […]

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The Umuofia Arts and Books Festival Prepares for its Fourth Edition

Berlinale 2026 : Olive Nwosu and the Politics of Truth in “Lady”

Olive Nwosu is an award-winning Lagos-born and London-based screenwriter and director. In 2019, Troublemaker, her short film featuring non-actors, became the first Igbo-language film to be featured on the Criterion Channel. Two years later, she made Egúngún (Masquerade) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2022. […]

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Berlinale 2026 : Olive Nwosu and the Politics of Truth in “Lady”

Zimbabwean Tapiwa Chipfupa and Lesotho’s Phillip Leteka Selected for the 2026 Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme

Zimbabwean director and producer, Tapiwa Chipfupa and her film initiative Audiovisual Entrepreneurs Laboratory (AVEL) have  been awarded the coveted Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme. Lesotho-based filmmaker, Phillip Leteka, with Majoaneng, his film initiative, returned to Berlinale as one of the returning alumni of the enablement programme.  Chipfupa’s AVEL is a yearly personal and professional development […]

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Zimbabwean Tapiwa Chipfupa and Lesotho’s Phillip Leteka Selected for the 2026 Berlinale Talents Mastercard Enablement Programme

Who is Nollywood Making Films For?

Conversely, in mainstream Nollywood, there exist two categories of filmmakers : the ones that make films for intellectuals and for the unthinking masses. There’s a pretension among members of both groups that they are different.

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Who is Nollywood Making Films For?

South African Filmmakers Are Protesting to Save Their Industry

South African filmmakers were seen protesting on the streets of Cape Town and Pretoria in late January with simple demands. Under the Save SA Film Jobs banner, South African filmmakers, actors, and industry workers protested against the deepening and entombing crisis that has pushed the South African film sector towards the cliff of collapse. To […]

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3 weeks ago

South African Filmmakers Are Protesting to Save Their Industry

Five Thoughts on the 2026 Filmjoint Awards

The Filmjoint Award 2026 announced the winners of its annual Filmjoint Awards, dedicated to celebration of excellence in short filmmaking locally and internationally. The award ceremony took place at the Alliance Française de Lagos’ cinema hall on the 7th of February 2026. In 2024, Gbenga Adeoti (Managing Director) and Dawn Ntekim-Rex (Programs Director), co-founded the […]

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4 weeks ago

Five Thoughts on the 2026 Filmjoint Awards

Videobet Launches First Independent Cinema in Ethiopia

Beza Hailu Lemma and Bandamlak Yimenu’s Videobet Cinema, a new arthouse cinema dedicated to celebrating and advancing film culture in Ethiopia, has opened its doors to the public, marking a major milestone for the country’s growing film community.  Videobet began as a bi-monthly curated cinema program at a local multiplex a year ago in February […]

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Videobet Launches First Independent Cinema in Ethiopia
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