The industry, fresh off a record-breaking 2024, is charging into the new year with bold projects, promising stories, and star-studded lineups. Just two days in, major announcements are pouring in, ...

It has taken nearly 80 years, but a Nigerian movie will finally be screened in a hallowed official slot at the Cannes film festival Sunday. After decades of being written off for its cheap and ...

Lagos, Nigeria, is Africa’s most populous metropolitan area—with an estimated 21 million inhabitants. It also boasts the biggest economy of any city in Africa, housing some of the richest people on ...

The Cannes screening of “My Father’s Shadow” by director Akinola Davies Jr marks a milestone for Nigeria’s frantically prolific film industry, nicknamed Nollywood, which is counting on the French ...

EXCLUSIVE: In a landmark move, Nollywood heavyweights Inkblot Studios and Filmhouse Group have joined forces to create Kava, a new global streaming platform dedicated solely to Nollywood and African ...

Set up by filmmaker Femi D. Ogunsanwo and finance execs Tunde Leye and Adedayo Amzat, the fund has already invested in heist-thriller 'The Lagos Job.' By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent The banner’s $3 ...

In 1992, after years of watching only imported American, Indian or Chinese films, Nigeria’s local film industry had its first real hit. “Living in Bondage,” a straight-to-video dramatic thriller, ...

In the 90s, Mount Zion films were vehicles for messages on heaven and hell, but they also scared “the hell” out of many Nigerians. c chibumga izuzu Follow In the 90s, there were more Christian-driven ...

The film Love in Every Word, by Nigerian filmmaker Omoni Oboli, has gained more than 20 million views on YouTube in the first three months of this year, similar to other Nollywood films. Nollywood, ...

Machine generated contents note: PART 1 -- 1.Creating Nollywood: Conditions and Foundations -- 2.Living in Bondage: Money and Values -- 3.Nnebue's Glamour Girls: Scandalous Women -- 4.Family Films -- ...