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Zimbabwe’s Ambidextrous Pictures Launches Programme to Develop the Next Generation of Women Filmmakers

Zimbabwean production company Ambidextrous Pictures has opened applications for the inaugural edition of “Girls Making Films,” a new initiative aimed at equipping women creatives with the skills, mentorship and industry connections needed to develop their ideas into screen projects. The free two-day masterclass is scheduled to take place from July 23 to 24 in Harare […]

Anjola Akinmade

2 months ago

Nollywood Needs More Male Characters Like Tunde Kelani’s Ajani

Conversely, if Nollywood, as one of the country’s culture shapers, is committed to corrective cinema and global storytelling, it needs to aspire beyond its single framing of men as connoisseurs of violence, provider, and rigid.

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

Damilola Orimogunje’s “Dear Ajayi” Selected for Venice, Acquired for Sales by Italian Agency, Luminalia

Damilola Orimogunje, of For Maria, Ebun Pataki‘s fame, sophomore feature film, Dear Ajayi, has been selected for its world premiere at the 23rd edition of Giornate degli Autori (Directors/Authors’ Days), the independent sidebar of the Venice Film Festival. The Giornate degli Autori, founded in 2004, is promoted by the associations of Italian film directors and […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

How the Ethiopian Government’s Corridor Development Project is Destructive to the Ethiopian Film Industry

In 2024, Mayor Adanech Abebe and the Ethiopian government, under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, initiated the Addis Ababa Smart City Project. The primary motive behind the Smart City Project, also known as the Corridor Development Project (Corridor Lemat), is to aggressively modernize the capital and cement its status as a premier global diplomatic and economic […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

Moses Ipadeola’s “Ekún Ìyàwó: A Tale of a Runaway Bride” gets Acquired by Homi TV

Moses Ipadeola’s Ekún Ìyàwó: A Tale of a Runaway Bride gets acquired by Homi TV, a global streaming platform. The acquisition follows an extensive festival run in which the short film received multiple honors across Africa, Europe, and North America, including Best Short Film at Quramo Fest 2024, Audience Cheese at TAFM 2024, Best Production […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

Zikoko Life Anthology Returns for Second Edition with New Director and Expanded Storytelling

Big Cabal Media is bringing back Zikoko Life, the anthology film series that translates Zikoko’s sharp, intimate journalism into short films, and has announced a new director for the upcoming season. The second edition will deepen its exploration of love, sex, and autonomy in contemporary Nigerian life, focusing more closely on the inner worlds of […]

Amber Asuni

2 months ago

Muhammed Hamdy’s “Perfumed with Mint” Lands on AFLAMUNA for Limited Free Access

Muhammed Hamdy’s Perfumed with Mint is now available for a free-to-watch, 14-day global release on the non-profit platform, AFLAMUNA. Handy’s feature directorial debut is available from 2nd to 16th July, 2026. The film follows Bahaa, a lovesick physician, and his old friend Mahdy as they try to escape the ghosts of their past, running from […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

Analyzing African Cinema’s Dependency on Western Spaces and Institutions

When I asked Rwandan filmmaker, Mutiganda Wa Nkunda, in 2025, about his concern and critique of Western funding amidst the troubling realization that there are scanty national funds and grants for contemporary African filmmakers, his response was political. They were a “new form of colonialism.” That these European cultural institutions and bodies get to decide […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

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Zimbabwe’s Ambidextrous Pictures Launches Programme to Develop the Next Generation of Women Filmmakers

Nollywood Needs More Male Characters Like Tunde Kelani’s Ajani

Damilola Orimogunje’s “Dear Ajayi” Selected for Venice, Acquired for Sales by Italian Agency, Luminalia

How the Ethiopian Government’s Corridor Development Project is Destructive to the Ethiopian Film Industry

Moses Ipadeola’s “Ekún Ìyàwó: A Tale of a Runaway Bride” gets Acquired by Homi TV

Zikoko Life Anthology Returns for Second Edition with New Director and Expanded Storytelling

Muhammed Hamdy’s “Perfumed with Mint” Lands on AFLAMUNA for Limited Free Access

Analyzing African Cinema’s Dependency on Western Spaces and Institutions

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