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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.

Naomi Ezenwa

2 months ago

Best Nollywood Films of 2026, So Far

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

Seyi Lasisi

3 weeks 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

3 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

6 months ago

Afolabi Olalekan’s “Freedom Way” Fails to Aspire Beyond Reiteration and Lamentation

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 […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 year ago

Andy Mundy-Castle’s “Shoot the People” Gets U.S. & U.K. Cinema Release via Watermelon Pictures

Watermelon Pictures has announced the US and UK theatrical release of BAFTA-winning director Andy Mundy-Castle’s documentary project, Shoot The People.

Seyi Lasisi

3 months ago

AMVCA Snub: Where Did “Gingerrr” Go Wrong?

Watching Gingerrr in retrospect, the zero-win AMVCA outcome hardly feels shocking.

Anjola Akinmade

3 months ago

Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary Join C.J. Obasi Film From Flix Oven’s African-Korean Residency

Obasi is set for a month-long Seoul stay to work on a new feature described as a story bridging African and Korean cultures, with a theatrical release planned. Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary will serve as executive producers through their Revelations Entertainment banner.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

3 months ago

Thirty-Six African Projects Selected for Durban FilmMart Pitch and Finance Forum

The Durban FilmMart, Africa’s leading film finance and co-production market, has announced 36 African film projects for its 17th edition, scheduled for 9 to 12 October in Durban, South Africa. The market will present these 36 projects, including 8 animation, 10 fiction features, 10 documentary features, and 7 series projects in development at the Pitch […]

Seyi Lasisi

3 months ago

A Night of Legacy, Film and Celebration at the 2026 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

The Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards night took on a new height of splendour and legacy as stars and personalities converged in celebration of the strides African cinema has come. And as a result of the remarkable success of African Cinema, Johnnie Walker joined lovers of the form and other dignitaries in celebrating the achievements […]

Favour Bamijoko

3 months ago

7 Years of AMVCA’s Best Score/Music Category: How Well?

This year’s pool of Best Music/Score nominees was competitive, representing a broad range of talent from within and beyond the continent and consistency that few other categories at the 13-year-old award show can lay claim to.

John Eriomala

3 months ago

Who Owns What? Understanding IP Rights in the Wake of the AMVCA Drama

This issue remains very much on the table. Creatives have always been vulnerable because of the fragile nature of their brainchild — intellectual property (IP). Unfortunately, this vulnerability has become even more harrowing with the fast-pace growth of digital technology and the consequential rise of a fast-fashion culture, one in which legal protection, enforcement, and, […]

Favour Bamijoko

3 months ago

“The Farmer’s Daughter”: Omoni Oboli Attempts to Reach for Nollywood’s Golden Age

Although “The Farmer’s Daughter” is not particularly original in style or themes and subject matter, it is still worth seeing.

Favour Bamijoko

3 months ago

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What Exactly Is All This Sex Doing in Blood Sisters?

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”

Afolabi Olalekan’s “Freedom Way” Fails to Aspire Beyond Reiteration and Lamentation

Andy Mundy-Castle’s “Shoot the People” Gets U.S. & U.K. Cinema Release via Watermelon Pictures

AMVCA Snub: Where Did “Gingerrr” Go Wrong?

Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary Join C.J. Obasi Film From Flix Oven’s African-Korean Residency

Thirty-Six African Projects Selected for Durban FilmMart Pitch and Finance Forum

A Night of Legacy, Film and Celebration at the 2026 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

7 Years of AMVCA’s Best Score/Music Category: How Well?

Who Owns What? Understanding IP Rights in the Wake of the AMVCA Drama

“The Farmer’s Daughter”: Omoni Oboli Attempts to Reach for Nollywood’s Golden Age

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