Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent
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.
21 hours ago
Afolabi Olalekan’s Freedom Way written and produced by Blessing Uzzi, takes a lengthy and laborious 90 minutes to drive home a single point: our lives, as humans and Nigerians, especially, are connected. Uzzi’s script assembles a varied cast to make this point: the co-founders of Easy Go Ride, Themba (Jesse Suntele), Tayo (Ogaranya), and Edi […]
7 months ago
The Yoruba people have a saying: “Sátídé ti ọ dà, àti Jímọ́h láti mọ́.” Although there are different iterations of this saying, what they loosely translate to is that tomorrow’s greatness is foreshadowed in the details of today. This often-recycled axiom captures my thoughts after watching the trailer for Akay Mason’s Red Circle which has […]
8 months ago
If you’ve been even remotely active online, the words Achalugo and Odogwu have likely crossed your path, either directly or embedded in brands like Piggyvest’s marketing materials. Perhaps you’ve also encountered the lavish praise hailing Love in Every Word as one of 2025’s cinematic masterpieces, or declarations that Omoni Oboli has revolutionized NollyTube. If we […]
10 months ago
As we look back on the previous year’s releases, debuts, and industry-defining moments in Nigerian Film, it’s time we look forward and embrace what this year might hold for Nigerian Film. Here’s what and who to keep an eye on as the year continues to take shape. I do not come to you by chance […]
1 year ago
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. […]
4 hours ago
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 […]
17 hours ago
Nigerian director, C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi has been tapped to direct A Blue Butterfly – a psychological drama led by Steve Toussaint and Sanaa Lathan and produced by UK outfit Boudica Entertainment. The film follows Sentwali, a limo driver consumed by his past, whose only human connection is Joseph, a Holocaust survivor who understands the weight […]
3 days ago
Nigerian actress and singer Osas Okonyon teams up with rising vocalist Abbey Wonder on All My Love,a tender and emotionally charged R&B duet from the original soundtrack of the highly anticipated Nollywood film EVI. Released today alongside its official music video, the single introduces audiences to EVI’s central love story between Dayo and Evi (played […]
4 days ago
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 […]
5 days ago
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 […]
7 days ago
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 […]
7 days ago
Kenyan filmmakers will now have access to affordable medical insurance under the new deal between the Female Filmmakers in Kenya Association (FEFKA) and Britam Insurance. In October 2025, FEFKA signed an agreement with Britam Insurance, to provide affordable medical insurance to female filmmakers in Kenya. This MOU was recently actualized in January 2026. In a […]
1 week ago
