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What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

Blood Sisters Understands That Sex Can Tell a Story. It Just Doesn’t Always Know What Story It’s Telling.

3 months ago

Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, The Custodian of Action and Nollywood’s Voice of Reason

Nollywood actor Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, who has died aged 66 of an unnamed cancer, inspired Nigerian film audiences and industry practitioners with his commanding performances and recorded goodwill. The actor who has stayed away from mainstream attention and conversation was the face of recent conversation after one of his daughters posted a video detailing the […]

Seyi Lasisi

3 weeks ago

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

While Nollywood’s artistic ambitions have supposedly heightened, they often don’t translate onscreen.

Seyi Lasisi

2 months ago

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

My Father’s Shadow dual-citizenship tension isn’t an isolated conversation in African cinema. From the early 2000’s to date, there have been a select number of African titles with similar tension.

Seyi Lasisi

4 months ago

Intentional Storytelling and Black Consciousness in Kunle Afolayan’s “The Figurine” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

Intentional storytelling are the purposeful creative choices that involve a smooth blend of narrative, aesthetic style and themes in a manner that enhances meaning and overall appeal.

Adedamola Adedayo

7 months ago

From “Kajola” to “Colours of Fire” The Problem with Niyi Akinmolayan’s Filmmography

When Culture Custodian interviewed Nigerian filmmaker and founder of Anthill Studios, Niyi Akinmolayan, in 2023, he outlined some of his guiding principles. This interview was held days ahead of the release of his ambitious project, The House of Secrets which was severely panned by Nigerian film critics. After working as a director for hire, working […]

Seyi Lasisi

3 weeks ago

“Whispers of a Burning Scent”: Can We Ever Know What Someone Truly Feels?

Some stories ask audiences to decide who is innocent and who is guilty. Mo Harawe’s Whispers of a Burning Scent, an official BlackStar Film Festival selection, instead makes that decision uncomfortable from the start. The Somali film follows Hanfade, a reserved wedding musician whose private life is abruptly thrust into public view. On the day […]

Anjola Akinmade

3 weeks ago

Tunde Olaoye’s “Where Is Mr. Right?” Combines a Timely Subject With a Muddled Plot

Funke Akindele’s Where Is Mr. Right?, a Nollywood melodrama, released exclusively on Prime, follows event planner Bunmi (Omowunmi Dada) on her near desperate quest for marriage in a film that feels confused about what it aims to be. It bounces from being a social commentary to a thriller, and by the time the credits roll, it has failed to achieve either.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

4 weeks ago

How Frames of Freedom is Translating Academia for the Film Audience

On 5th August, 2026, the newly-launched Frames of Freedom, in partnership with FAME Week Africa presented a two-part webinar titled Africa Gendered Freedom in African Industries & Freedom of Representation: The African Gaze. The webinar was presented by Writer, Media Scholar, and Communications Strategist, Aphiwe Mame and Freelance director, writer, and creative producer Aishlyn Mulligan. […]

Seyi Lasisi

4 weeks ago

ANICC Presents FIC Luanda 2026 to Angolan Film Professionals

Ahead of the 2026 Luanda International Film Festival (FIC Luanda), the Angola’s National Agency for Cultural and Creative Industries (ANICC) held a presentation and dialogue session in Luanda on Tuesday with audiovisual professionals. The session outlined the festival’s eighth edition programme strands and gathered input from industry professionals. Held on 19th August, 2026, the meeting […]

Seyi Lasisi

4 weeks ago

“To Run Is To Return”: Even Caretakers Need Care

Precious Wura Alabi’s To Run Is To Return is about a quiet kind of collapse: one that happens behind a smile, professional demeanour and the practiced assurance that everything is under control. The 2026 Black Star Film Festival selection follows Michael, a young Black British pharmacist who navigates an exhausting 11-hour shift while his personal […]

Anjola Akinmade

1 month ago

CIFF Opens Application for New Wave Programme

In 2025, Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) launched the debut edition of its New Wave, a programme for emerging filmmakers, film students, arts and media professionals, and cinephiles living in Egypt outside Cairo. It was created in response to the concentration of CIFF and most film-related opportunities in Cairo, the heart and centre of the […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 month ago

“Colours of Fire”: A Promising Fantasy Undone By A Weak Script

When Akinbode (Uzor Arukwe) is sent to kill a monster, he leaves his home believing he understands exactly what he is fighting. He has been told the creature is the product of the Red Tribe, an enemy community responsible for terrorising his people. He has been raised inside a worldview where the Reds are not […]

Anjola Akinmade

1 month ago

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What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, The Custodian of Action and Nollywood’s Voice of Reason

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

“My Father’s Shadow”: Analysing the Identity Crisis of a Nigerian and African Title

Intentional Storytelling and Black Consciousness in Kunle Afolayan’s “The Figurine” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

From “Kajola” to “Colours of Fire” The Problem with Niyi Akinmolayan’s Filmmography

“Whispers of a Burning Scent”: Can We Ever Know What Someone Truly Feels?

Tunde Olaoye’s “Where Is Mr. Right?” Combines a Timely Subject With a Muddled Plot

How Frames of Freedom is Translating Academia for the Film Audience

ANICC Presents FIC Luanda 2026 to Angolan Film Professionals

“To Run Is To Return”: Even Caretakers Need Care

CIFF Opens Application for New Wave Programme

“Colours of Fire”: A Promising Fantasy Undone By A Weak Script

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