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IFA 2025: Destiny Festus Reflects on the Experimental Ethos of his Works and Mundaness of Everyday Living

Destiny Festus’ In Our Dream We Fly is a celebration of the divinity of everyday life. The film which screened at IFA 2025 and made in collaboration with his siblings revolves around the mundanity of everyday conversation that two sisters share. We watch the sisters dote on each other and get mischievous in the archetypal […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 weeks ago

IFA 2025 : Blue Adekunle Discusses the Layered Meaning of “Ranti Ronu”, Her Latest Work

In 2023, Blue Adekunle’s Man and Masquerades won the Best Student Film at Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) Globe Award. In 2025, she released Ranti Ronu which won the Best Storytelling award at the Ibadan Indie Film Awards (IFA). The centering of Nigerian and African culture is one of the relationships between Man and Masquerade […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 weeks ago

IFA 2025 : Odaro Eguavoen on Grief and The Performative Nature of Nigerian Burials

The journey to making Odaro Eguavoen’s Noise Around Her Black, his debut short film, started while he watched films at the 2024 edition of the S16 Film Festival. Attending the festival and watching specific films opened him to the possibilities of expressing himself through cinema. As Eguavoen shared this during the post-screening conversation at Ibadan […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 weeks ago

Kingdom Film Festival 2025: Towards The Future of Faith-based Cinema and Technology

The 4th edition of Kingdom Film Festival (KFF 2025) took place at Victoria Island, Lagos, bringing together faith-inclined filmmakers and talents within the creative industry in Nigeria. Partly modelled after other major film festivals in the country and around Africa, KFF 2025 featured exclusive film screenings, keynote speeches, panel sessions, workshops, pitch sessions and an […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 weeks ago

Unlimited LA’s Transition to Nollywood is Driven by Creative and Legal Ownership

After directing music videos for Olamide, Phyno, Timaya, Falz, Tiwa Savage, Rudeboy and other Nigerian musical acts, Unlimited LA stepped into Nollywood. That transition led to the production of Rise Again, a six-episode limited series on Africa Magic Showcase, which can be accessed on DStv (channel 151) and GOtv (channel 8) that reflects on the […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 weeks ago

What The FilmOne Entertainment Piracy Saga Says About The Present and Future of Copyright In The Nigerian Film Industry

In an Instagram post, FilmOne Entertainment, Nigeria’s leading film distribution outfit, announced the arrest of a certain man who was alleged to have uploaded clips of one of the company’s films, Owambe Thieves, on TikTik using the moniker NaijaPrey TV and distributed pirated high-resolution digital versions of the film for a fee. The arrest was […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 weeks ago

Kevin Schmutzler on Collaboration and Confronting Child Marriage Through “Nawi: Dear Future Me”

UNICEF describes child marriage as a violation of human rights. It hampers the development of the girl child, often leading to early pregnancy and social isolation, limiting career opportunities and exposing victims to increased risk of domestic violence. A UNICEF report reveals that Kenya is home to over four million child brides, with one in […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 weeks ago

Femi Adebayo’s “Ageshinkole: King of Thieves 2” and The Community Cinema Initiative

A few days ago, Nollywood actor and filmmaker Femi Adebayo took to social media to announce the second part of Ageshinkole: King of Thieves, a Yoruba epic production, which will be out at an unspecified date this Yuletide season. In the viral video, Adebayo revealed that the sequel will be distributed through community cinemas in […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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IFA 2025: Destiny Festus Reflects on the Experimental Ethos of his Works and Mundaness of Everyday Living

IFA 2025 : Blue Adekunle Discusses the Layered Meaning of “Ranti Ronu”, Her Latest Work

IFA 2025 : Odaro Eguavoen on Grief and The Performative Nature of Nigerian Burials

Kingdom Film Festival 2025: Towards The Future of Faith-based Cinema and Technology

Unlimited LA’s Transition to Nollywood is Driven by Creative and Legal Ownership

What The FilmOne Entertainment Piracy Saga Says About The Present and Future of Copyright In The Nigerian Film Industry

Kevin Schmutzler on Collaboration and Confronting Child Marriage Through “Nawi: Dear Future Me”

Femi Adebayo’s “Ageshinkole: King of Thieves 2” and The Community Cinema Initiative

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