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Lionheart
December 20, 2018

Genevieve Nnaji has allegedly accused FilmOne Distribution for refusing to distribute ‘Lionheart’

There has been a fairytale quality about Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, its ample, exquisite publicity and the goodwill from the film community. On Sunday, Nnaji announced via an Instagram post that her directorial debut will start showing in Nigerian cinemas on Friday. #Homecoming, she hashtagged. But yesterday, the news circulating was that the actress has reportedly... Read More
The Film Blog
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Kasala
December 13, 2018

Film Review: In an industry drowning in cliches; Kasala is a breath of fresh air

In an interesting twist, one of the most refreshing movies to come out of Nollywood in a long time has no big name leading lady attached, isn’t fronted by a comedian turned actor, wasn’t made by committee and appears to have little marketing spend. Set over the course of a single day in a Surulere,... Read More
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December 7, 2018

Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ screens at the Marrekech International Film Festival

This year’s Marrekech International Film Festival officially kicked off last week Friday, in Morocco, and is slated to end December 8. A celebration of Moroccan cinema with movies like Stateless (Narjiss Nejjar) and Sophia (Meryem Benmbarek), Genevieve Nnaij’s Lionheart, which gained film festival popularity at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, was among the lined-up... Read More
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November 19, 2018

Chief Daddy exclusively debuted for cast, select media and stakeholders

On Thursday, November 15th, 2018, EbonyLife Films hosted selected guests to an exclusive screening of upcoming feature film, Chief Daddy. Members of the press, cast and cinema operators were all present to view the movie as it debuted for the first time at the new Filmhouse cinema, Twin Waters, Oniru, Lagos.   As anticipated, Chief... Read More
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November 19, 2018

“The Delivery Boy”, “Kasala” | See full list of winners at 2018 AFRIFF Globe Awards

The eighth edition of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) has ended with South African movies leading the pack of winners at the festival’s awards night, AFRIFF Globe awards. 30 Nigerian films made it to the final list of the 140 films that were screened at the 2018 edition of AFRIFF. See list of winners below: SHORTS... Read More
Featured, The Film Blog
November 15, 2018

The YNaija Cover – the 15th of November

Follow the links to read up the stories and analyses on YNaija:         Is John Abayomi the founder of popular news outlet Instablog9ja?   Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys grosses N100m at the cinemas   Minimum Wage: We can only pay N30,000 if we downsize workers nationwide – Governors Forum
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King of boys
November 15, 2018

Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys grosses N100m at the cinemas

AY Makun’s Merry Men and Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys are leading the pack for the highest grossing Nollywood movies this year. This is according to FilmHouse Cinemas which declared that Merry Men had amassed N230million in the past 7 weeks while King of Boys, released late last month has grossed N100million at the cinemas... Read More
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November 15, 2018

Goethe-Institut Nigeria is running a series of events to celebrate Animation Film Day

There’s currently a renaissance of the animation film industry in Nigeria because recently, we have reported about two upcoming animated films – Niyi Akinmolayan’s The Passport of Mallam Ilia under Magic Carpet Studios, and adapted from the Cyprien Ekwensu novel of the same name and Frogeck from Anthill Studios. Even before these projects became public... Read More
The Media Blog
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November 12, 2018

Entertainment Roundup: #LagosRealFakeLife premieres; Rita Dominic has something to say about marriage | Other top stories

Here’s everything you missed in entertainment over the weekend and others that unravelled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Banky W emerges House of Reps. candidate in Lagos Singer, Olubankole Wellington will run for the position of House of Representatives in the 2019 presidential election. Wellington, 37, made this known Saturday when... Read More
Featured, The News Blog
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November 1, 2018

‘Coat of Harm’; ‘Kasala’; ‘Aje Vs Kpako’ | Here’s the list of 140 films to be screened at AFRIFF 2018

The organisers of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF), have released the list of 140 films that will be screened at the 2018 edition of the one week-long event. The festival founder, Chioma Ude said “The Many Faces of Woman” is the theme for its eighth edition and will hold between Sunday, November 11, 2018, and Saturday, November... Read More
The Film Blog
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Trailers
October 16, 2018

Trailers, posters, and agbadas: The reason Nollywood’s marketing of movies is dead

Movie marketing is serious business. Take a look at Hollywood and see for yourself: it’s all there, in the crafting of teasers and trailers and release of posters, the film festival publicity that trickle into raving reviews from critics, and the usual social media promotion from the actors and studios. These are traditional marketing routes... Read More
The Film Blog
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Nollywood
October 3, 2018

The future is female: the Nollywood Travel Film Festival to spotlight female directors at Glasgow

The Nollywood Travel Film Festival (NTFF) is an initiative that seeks to promote films by Nigerians living all over the world to new and existing global audiences with the aim of creating new market places for Nigerian cinema. Now in its second edition, the festival this time will beam a spotlight on female directors in... Read More
The Film Blog
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October 1, 2018

The YNaija Cover – the 1st of October

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu was arrested for spending fake dollars – Ambode ‘Green White Green,’ ’76,’ ‘October 1’: Check out our list of Naija movies to celebrate Independence Day ICYMI: 75-year old former Minister, Useni emerges as PDP guber candidate for Plateau
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September 27, 2018

7 “films” why you must not miss Lights Camera Africa 2018

    We are hours away from the 2018 edition of Lights, Camera Africa film festival and if you are still in a comme ci, comme ca mood, here are  films that provide ample reason why you CANNOT miss this year’s LCA film festival which runs from Sept 28 to Sept 30 at the MUSON... Read More
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Chief Daddy
September 14, 2018

Nkem Owoh & Patience Ozokwor continue their comeback in Ebony Life’s ‘Chief Daddy’

Contrary to popular convention, their Golden age of  Nollywood (circa 1999 – 2012) never really faded into obscurity. Long before the new Gen-Z obsession with that era of Nollywood began thanks to the tireless curation of the people behind Twitter profile YungNollywood and Instagram profile ‘Nolly.Babes‘, we’ve always turned to the actors who personified that... Read More
The Film Blog
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Lionheart
August 25, 2018

Why we are rooting for Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’ at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

From the current crop of Nigerian female directors and filmmakers, Genevieve Nnaji’s solid career as an actress is coming to an inflection point with her directorial debut Lionheart, set to premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival next month. Nnaji is one of the top-tier talents in Nollywood we have come to love and... Read More
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Mami Wata
July 30, 2018

Pleased to inform you that CJ Obasi’s “Mami Wata” has been selected into the Ouaga Film Lab

Mami Wata, the black-and-white, supernatural thriller coming from genre director CJ Obasi, is inching towards becoming a fully-realised program. Still crowdfunded via Indiegogo, Obasi recently announced on social media that his movie has been accepted into the Ouaga Film Lab. We are very pleased to announce that our feature film project MAMI WATA @mamiwatamovie has... Read More
The Film Blog
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Ruth Nkwenti
July 2, 2018

Here’s where you can watch Ruth Nkweti’s upcoming sitcom “Hook Line & Sinker”

For those who don’t know Ruth Nkweti, she is an award-winning Cameroonian actress, producer and writer who has managed to infiltrate the Nigerian film space. Although she doesn’t have a weighty catalogue, she did a feature film in 2011 called Obsession produced by Binam Studios, which got three nominations at the Ecranes Noires film festival... Read More
The Media Blog
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Linda Ikeji
June 20, 2018

Entertainment Roundup: Linda Ikeji says her “vision for movies is different from what Nigeria currently produces” | More stories

Here’s everything you missed in entertainment yesterday and others that unravelled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Universal Music Group unveils Burna Boy as the latest signing In a post on their Instagram page on June 19, the international label wrote: ‘New Deal Alert… Proud to welcome Burna  Boy to the #UMPG family’. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkLxqvVgwvr/?taken-by=umpg... Read More
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