Film And Tv

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

“After 30”: Momo Spaine’s Female-Focused Story is Plain, Precise and Potent

Momo Spaine’s After 30 starts on a brilliant note.  Sitting at the airport, Temi (Damilola Adegbite) concisely recounted pertinent details from Before 30, the series that birthed this new film. In her concise recounting, the film skillfully intimates viewers with almost-a-decade information without being stuffy and lacking. Nkem (Beverly Naya), after experiencing heartbreak, decides to […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

“After 30”: Momo Spaine’s Female-Focused Story is Plain, Precise and Potent

Four Things We Know About Nicole Asinugo’s “God Knows Best”

Following a successful decade-long journey as a multifaceted storyteller, Nicole Asinugo is taking a monumental leap towards directing. This leap has resulted in God Knows Best, her directorial debut film which isn’t your average grief story but one that offers a powerful, unflinching look at what it means to live on your own terms, even […]

Seyi Lasisi

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1 year ago

Four Things We Know About Nicole Asinugo’s “God Knows Best”

TIFF Taps Nigerian Executive Moses Babatope to Champion African Stories

Moses Babatope, founder and CEO of Nile Media Entertainment Group, has been named to the Advisory Committee for TIFF’s new industry market, TIFF: The Market. The market is set to run from September 10 to 16 in  2026.  As one of eight inaugural advisors, including executives from Sony Pictures Classics, MUBI, BBC Studios, and Lucasfilm, Babatope […]

Shalom Tewobola

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1 year ago

TIFF Taps Nigerian Executive Moses Babatope to Champion African Stories

A Breakthrough Moment: What Funke Akindele and Mo Abudu’s THR Recognition Means for Nigerian Women Filmmakers

It’s another year of The Hollywood Reporter (THR) giving flowers to outstanding women in international film. Mo Abudu and Funke Akindele deservingly make the list, bearing the flag for the glamorous Nigerian film industry and African entertainment scene. Mo Abudu, the founder and CEO of EbonyLife Media, who is not new to international recognition, is […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

A Breakthrough Moment: What Funke Akindele and Mo Abudu’s THR Recognition Means for Nigerian Women Filmmakers

Nollywood Deserves More Well-Grounded Historical Epics

The rise of streaming platforms in Nigeria has triggered a renaissance of Nigerian historical epics. From Femi Adebayo’s King of Thieves, Jagun Jagun and Seven Doors, to Frank Rajah-Arase’s The Legend of Inikpi, Izu Ojukwu’s Amina, Kunle Afolayan’s Anikulapo franchise, Bolanle Austen-Peters’ House of Ga’a, Eniola Ajao’s Beast Of Two Worlds, Odunlade Adekola’s Orisa, and […]

Adedamola Adedayo

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1 year ago

Nollywood Deserves More Well-Grounded Historical Epics

5 Nigerian Horror Shorts That Prove the Genre Isn’t Dead

Tucked between the glossy world of mainstream Nollywood and the gritty edges of Nigeria’s indie cinema lies a genre often pushed to the margins: horror. In the 1990s and early 2000s, it thrived with cult classics like Living in Bondage, Blood Money, and Nneka the Pretty Serpent, films that rooted their terror in distinctly Nigerian […]

Shalom Tewobola

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1 year ago

5 Nigerian Horror Shorts That Prove the Genre Isn’t Dead
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