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Unlimited LA’s Transition to Nollywood is Driven by Creative and Legal Ownership

After directing music videos for Olamide, Phyno, Timaya, Falz, Tiwa Savage, Rudeboy and other Nigerian musical acts, Unlimited LA stepped into Nollywood. That transition led to the production of Rise Again, a six-episode limited series on Africa Magic Showcase, which can be accessed on DStv (channel 151) and GOtv (channel 8) that reflects on the […]

Seyi Lasisi

6 days ago

What The FilmOne Entertainment Piracy Saga Says About The Present and Future of Copyright In The Nigerian Film Industry

In an Instagram post, FilmOne Entertainment, Nigeria’s leading film distribution outfit, announced the arrest of a certain man who was alleged to have uploaded clips of one of the company’s films, Owambe Thieves, on TikTik using the moniker NaijaPrey TV and distributed pirated high-resolution digital versions of the film for a fee. The arrest was […]

Adedamola Adedayo

6 days ago

Kevin Schmutzler on Collaboration and Confronting Child Marriage Through “Nawi: Dear Future Me”

UNICEF describes child marriage as a violation of human rights. It hampers the development of the girl child, often leading to early pregnancy and social isolation, limiting career opportunities and exposing victims to increased risk of domestic violence. A UNICEF report reveals that Kenya is home to over four million child brides, with one in […]

Adedamola Adedayo

7 days ago

Femi Adebayo’s “Ageshinkole: King of Thieves 2” and The Community Cinema Initiative

A few days ago, Nollywood actor and filmmaker Femi Adebayo took to social media to announce the second part of Ageshinkole: King of Thieves, a Yoruba epic production, which will be out at an unspecified date this Yuletide season. In the viral video, Adebayo revealed that the sequel will be distributed through community cinemas in […]

Adedamola Adedayo

7 days ago

10 Films To Watch at S16 Film Festival

The Surreal 16 Collective-curated film festival, S16 Film Festival is in its fifth edition and deciding which films to watch, as a festival attendee, is top priority. The festival which has programmed and screened some of the rare-to-find Nigerian and African films is scheduled to hold from 1st to 5th December, 2025. Organized by Abba […]

Seyi Lasisi

1 week ago

Seven African Documentaries to Watch Ahead of Karam Gill’s “Wizkid: Long Live Lagos” December Premiere

In 2020, Wizkid released Essence featuring Tems, the fourth single off his Made in Lagos album. One year later, the remix featuring Tems and Justin Bieber followed. That song is sitting as Wizkid’s most-streamed record, first song with a lead Nigerian act to crack the hallowed Billboard Hot 100 and has gathered lots of accolades […]

Seyi Lasisi

2 weeks ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Kolade Mann’s “Ovisa” Laughs At Society Without Minding Its Own Specks

Ovisa, a satirical drama written by Nwaru Favour Ikechukwu and directed by Korede Mann (Best Director nominee for The FilmJoint Awards 2026) is one of the seven films chosen for The Accelerate Filmmaker Project (AFP) 2024, the others being Loveth Ogbene’s The Boy from the Window, Samuel Ajirebi’s Egbeji, Ashimedua Odiachi’s Mofe, Rotipin Tobiloba’s Purgatory, […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 weeks ago

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Myde Glover’s “Irin Ajo (The Journey)” Embodies The Myth of Reincarnation

Yoruba metaphysics categorizes human existence into at least three cyclic stages: the worlds of the unborn, the living and the ancestors or dead. Soyinka, in his book Myth, Literature and the African World, introduces an additional, less explored fourth realm, which he describes as “the dark continuum of transition” and a home for “the ultimate […]

Adedamola Adedayo

2 weeks ago

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Kevin Schmutzler on Collaboration and Confronting Child Marriage Through “Nawi: Dear Future Me”

Femi Adebayo’s “Ageshinkole: King of Thieves 2” and The Community Cinema Initiative

10 Films To Watch at S16 Film Festival

Seven African Documentaries to Watch Ahead of Karam Gill’s “Wizkid: Long Live Lagos” December Premiere

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Kolade Mann’s “Ovisa” Laughs At Society Without Minding Its Own Specks

Lagos Fringe Festival 2025: Myde Glover’s “Irin Ajo (The Journey)” Embodies The Myth of Reincarnation

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