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NBO Film Festival: Repurposing Trauma as A Tool of Resistance in Mathews Joseph Mkoga and Vinod Mishra’s “Nana”

Nana is about a woman’s struggles with love, intimacy and trauma, which leads to fatal consequences. The feature film, produced by Vinod Mishra and directed by Mathew Joseph Mkonga, mirrors a society where violence against women is often underreported and treated with levity, and shows what it is like when a woman fights back against […]

Adedamola Adedayo

9 months ago

NBO Film Festival: Neil Sandoz’s “Open Your Eyes” Documentary Underscores The Reparative Effect of Grassroots Sports

With a population of over 250,000 people, Kibera, informally called Kibra, is undoubtedly the largest slum in the city of Nairobi, Kenya, and arguably the largest urban slum in Africa. The settlement emerged in 1918 as an abode for Nubian soldiers in a forest on the outskirts of Nairobi. The forest was originally given to […]

Adedamola Adedayo

9 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Kalu Oji Discusses the Identity and Cultural Fragmentation in “Paso Faho”

Nigerian-Australian filmmaker, Kalu Oji is a filmmaker whose work explores the themes of identity, family and community. Pasa Faho, his feature directorial work screened at African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) to warm reception. The film, featuring Okey Bakassi and Tyson Palmer as father and son, follows the relationship between Azubuike, an Igbo Nigerian father and […]

Seyi Lasisi

9 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: Few Great Films and Manifold Chaos

The 14th edition of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and 1st edition of the African Film and Content Market (AFCM) commenced on November 2nd and ended on the 8th November, 2025. Themed Rhythms of The Continent: The Afrobeats Film Movement, the festival opened with festivity and the screening of Oluseyi Asurf’s 3 Cold Dishes, […]

Seyi Lasisi

9 months ago

AFRIFF 2025: “The Boy Who Gave”: Allison Precious Emmanuel’s Film is Pedantic about its Lead’s Suffering

In 2008, Segun Ogungbe’s Ibi Giga (loosely translated as high places) was produced. This film which would thrust Ogungbe into public attention was also written, directed, led and produced by him. The film tells the story of Opeyemi, a hardworking but destitute man. Opeyemi does menial jobs and exerts himself but his financial and social […]

Seyi Lasisi

9 months ago

NBO Film Festival: Damien Hauser’s “Memory of Princess Mumbi” Is A Heartwarming Retrofuturist Mockumentary

How much experimentation is too much for a creative mind? For Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser, the answer seems elusive, determined by how effectively ideas are orchestrated. Memory of Princess Mumbi, Hauser’s retro-futuristic film and a co-production between Kenya and Switzerland, embodies this fluidity and abstraction of boundaries in storytelling, bestriding the threshold of fiction and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

9 months ago

Chiderah Uzowulu Wants Black Filmmakers to Know They Can Do Anything

Chiderah Uzowulu embodies what happens when talent, creativity, and relentless determination collide. Though he built his foundation on the basketball court, film has always been his true passion, he was simply waiting for the right moment to step into the spotlight. After earning his engineering degree from the University of Texas, Uzowulu made a bold […]

Shalom Tewobola

9 months ago

The Mischief Maker and Rough Player: In Conversation With Chukwu Martin on Community Building for Independent Cinema

On a tranquil evening at the modest Lagos venue of this year’s The Annual Film Mischief (TAFM), the final screening of the day is Irin Ajo (The Journey), a short film by Myde Glover rooted in Yoruba spirituality and the belief in reincarnation. The story follows a man’s visit to his wife’s family, leading to […]

Adedamola Adedayo

9 months ago

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NBO Film Festival: Repurposing Trauma as A Tool of Resistance in Mathews Joseph Mkoga and Vinod Mishra’s “Nana”

NBO Film Festival: Neil Sandoz’s “Open Your Eyes” Documentary Underscores The Reparative Effect of Grassroots Sports

AFRIFF 2025: Kalu Oji Discusses the Identity and Cultural Fragmentation in “Paso Faho”

AFRIFF 2025: Few Great Films and Manifold Chaos

AFRIFF 2025: “The Boy Who Gave”: Allison Precious Emmanuel’s Film is Pedantic about its Lead’s Suffering

NBO Film Festival: Damien Hauser’s “Memory of Princess Mumbi” Is A Heartwarming Retrofuturist Mockumentary

Chiderah Uzowulu Wants Black Filmmakers to Know They Can Do Anything

The Mischief Maker and Rough Player: In Conversation With Chukwu Martin on Community Building for Independent Cinema

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