Film And Tv

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

TIFF 2026: Kaelo Iyizoba’s Homage to Old Nollywood is Spectacular

Seven years ago, Kaelo Iyizoba revealed, in fragments, the kind of filmmaker he wants to be. In 2021, Iyizoba released Boy Meets Girl, an unusual title for the story it tells. The eight-minute short film follows an ordinary day in 15-year-old Musa (Gabriel Dung)’s life. After a pantomime with Girl (Aaliyah Atazamu), who he discovers […]

Seyi Lasisi

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2 months ago

TIFF 2026: Kaelo Iyizoba’s Homage to Old Nollywood is Spectacular

DOCUBOX & France in Kenya to Connect East African Short Filmmakers to Global Market

DOCUBOX‘s East African Documentary Film Fund (DOCUBOX EADFF), in partnership with France in Kenya, has announced the East African short film fiction development grant. The intent is to connect East African filmmakers to Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Market, the world’s leading short film market. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, DOCUBOX EADFF is an independent, […]

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2 months ago

DOCUBOX & France in Kenya to Connect East African Short Filmmakers to Global Market

Much Ado About Folagade Banks’ Mama Deola

Nigerian male skit makers have built an entire subgenre out of female alter egos, and it has earned a reputation, deserved in many cases, for being lazy. It is rarely observational or funny in a way that reveals anything true about the women it claims to depict. It is simply loud and obnoxious men wearing wigs and women’s clothes.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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2 months ago

Much Ado About Folagade Banks’ Mama Deola

Damilola Orimogunje Is Nationalist With His Films

In October 2020, Damilola Orimogunje’s feature-length directorial debut, For Maria Ebun Pataki, premiered at the Beyond Nollywood strand at Film Africa Festival. In 2022, it landed on Netflix and attracted critical and commercial acclaim. Orimogunje, who is no stranger to the international film festival circuits courtesy of his shorts, Losing My Religion, Mo, and others, […]

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2 months ago

Damilola Orimogunje Is Nationalist With His Films

Ique Langa on Returning “O Profeta” to Mozambique

The days when internationally decorated African filmmakers and films struggled to get national and continental attention and distribution are slowly going extinct. From Wanuri Kahiu’s Rafiki, C.J Obasi’s Mami Wata, Baloji’s Omen (Augure), Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Mohamed Kordofani’s Goodbye Julia, Zoey Martison’s The Fisherman, Akinola Davies’s My Father’s Shadow, and others, […]

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2 months ago

Ique Langa on Returning “O Profeta” to Mozambique
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