Cinéma Africain: Archiving, Resistance and Freedom, a new anthology celebrating the richness and diversity of African and diasporic storytelling in...
The Nollywood Studies Centre (NSC) at Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) is set to host a crucial conversation on the future of...
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has announced the 5th PAO Nigeria Digital Content Regulatory Conference (NDCRC5), which...
Nigerian production companies Judith Audu Productions and Switch Visuals Productions have officially begun production on “EVI,” an upcoming female-led feature...
In contemplating the works of these other portrait photographers one notices, almost immediately, the constant focus on the subject, especially the face or in the case of nudes, the body, as the object of the shoot but there is a sharp shift in portraits by Ike Ude which are, as earlier mentioned, usually full length and defined by a quirky dandification, an almost colouring in of the subject into his background something Ike Ude has explained as coming from his past as a painter.
Lagos, more than any other space in Nollywood, crystallises the contradictions of Nigeria itself. The city promises opportunity yet metes out hardship with the same intensity; it dazzles with its excess while suffocating with its scarcity. To enter Lagos on-screen is to be confronted with the paradoxes that define the nation = ambition and corruption, resilience and fatigue, spectacle and decay.
Filmhouse Group has joined forces with the Africa Film Finance Forum (AFFF) 2025 in a major boost to Africa’s creative...
Nollywood legends and a hip-hop star have united for one of Nigeria’s most ambitious animated features. MI Abaga, the renowned...
For a movie that runs for two hours, its pacing is incredibly rushed, with timelines not clearly delineated. Jaiye proposes to Adaora within two months of dating her, and they get married with very little on-screen chemistry allowed to truly develop. What is even more implausible is how such a successful business woman is forced into such a naïve and juvenile arrangement, where she cannot spot the glaring ulterior motive, external pressures be damned.
The Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) has begun the search for the nation’s entry for the Best International Feature Film...
Femi Odugbemi, renowned Nigerian filmmaker and media executive, has officially unveiled BLACKBox, a new creative hub poised to become a...
The Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board, Dr Shaibu Husseini, is calling on Nollywood’s guilds to prioritise professional...
