Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...
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Meet Nigeria’s Akinola Davies Jr. whose iconic film ‘My Father’s Shadow’ just made history at Cannes
Akinola Davies Jr., a British-Nigerian filmmaker, made history at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. His first feature, “My Father’s Shadow,” was formally chosen for the festival’s esteemed roster, making ...
The final quarter of 2025 promises a celebration of African cinema, with eight major festivals scheduled between October and December. From Lagos to Abuja, Enugu to Ibadan, these festivals represent ...
Is Nollywood having its Cannes coming-out party? Ranking among the world’s most prolific film industries for years, Nigeria’s scrappy, homegrown biz is breaking out at this year’s festival, with the ...
Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most populous nation has been chosen as part of the Cannes Film ...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s newest studio, Nile Media Entertainment Group, is already making moves. The Lagos-based business has struck a partnership with Mo Abudu‘s EbonyLife to roll out a luxury cinema ...
EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s Judith Audu Productions and Switch Visual Productions have started production on the female-led Afrobeats feature EVI. The project, which is written and directed by award-winning ...
LAGOS (Reuters) - "Oya!" shouts the director in Nigerian Pidgin English. Actors take their marks. Lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after the order to hurry up. It's another day in ...
Producers of two African-made films premiering on Netflix this month believe their work will show there's subscriber appetite ...
African film stars including Ghana’s Jackie Appiah, Kenya’s Kenneth Ambani, Burkina Faso’s Charles Koutou, and Nigeria’s Chinedu Ikedieze will lead a galaxy of African film stars and creatives to the ...
Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...
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