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Features, reviews, and essays on film and TV shows from across the African continent

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

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 […]

Seyi Lasisi

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7 months ago

Akay Mason’s “Red Circle” is a Thoughtful Drama that Doesn’t Add Up

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

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 […]

Shalom Tewobola

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9 months ago

Nollywood Romcoms Do Not Reflect Nigeria

7 Predictions For Nigerian Film in 2025

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 […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

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1 year ago

7 Predictions For Nigerian Film in 2025

AMVCA Welcomes Entries For 12th Edition 

Africa Magic, in collaboration with MultiChoice, a Canal+ company, has announced the call for submissions ahead of the 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA), Africa’s glamorous event for celebration of excellence in film and television content on the continent. From January 11th, 2026 to February 15th, 2026, filmmakers and content creators […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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4 days ago

AMVCA Welcomes Entries For 12th Edition 

EbonyLife Returns to Cinemas with Lola Shoneyin’s “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives”

Four of Nigeria’s most influential entertainment companies are joining forces on what could become one of Nollywood’s most significant productions in recent years. The collaboration brings together EbonyLife Films, Genesis Group, Nile Media Entertainment Group, and Silverbird Group to adapt Lola Shoneyin’s acclaimed novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives for the big screen. […]

Shalom Tewobola

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4 days ago

EbonyLife Returns to Cinemas with Lola Shoneyin’s “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives”

African Filmmakers, Critics, Titles Feature In Lineups For The 2026 Berlinale

The 2026 Berlinale Talents, an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), is set to welcome 200 selected film professionals (filmmakers and film journalists/critics) to Berlin, Germany, with at least twelve Africans set to feature in the programme scheduled to run from February 13th to 18th, 2026. Themed “Creating (and) Confusion—Cinema, Chaos and the Power […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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5 days ago

African Filmmakers, Critics, Titles Feature In Lineups For The 2026 Berlinale

“Supernowa” Is a Visually Arresting Portrait of Prodigious Burden 

Nemsia Studios has steadily built a reputation as one of Nigerian cinema’s most visually literate production houses. From the introspective Before 30 to the evocative Breath of Life, the atmospheric A Green Fever, and the moody The Fire and the Moth, the studio has cultivated an unmistakable aesthetic signature of meticulously composed frames, richly layered […]

Shalom Tewobola

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5 days ago

“Supernowa” Is a Visually Arresting Portrait of Prodigious Burden 

Long Live Lagos: Wizkid, Afrobeats, and the Making of a Global Industry

Wizkid: Long Live Lagos is an immersive documentary that offers an intimate look into the life of 35-year-old Nigerian pop star Wizkid, while also situating his superstardom within a much larger political, social, and cultural framework. Rather than limiting itself to presenting a portrait of a star, the film makes a valiant attempt at explaining […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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1 week ago

Long Live Lagos: Wizkid, Afrobeats, and the Making of a Global Industry
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