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Despite the pandemic. Nigeria’s entertainment industry is making money. It is time to give it more! Read More
Twitter was agog this morning when it was announced that Genevieve Nnaji’s juggernaut of a film, Lionheart, had been disqualified from the Oscar running for best International Film. The category, former called the Best Foreign Language film had given Africa its first Oscar, won by South African gangsta film Tsotsi. Since then, films like Wanuri Kahiu’s Rafiki... Read More
The Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) on Wednesday announced that Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart will be the country’s submission in the International Feature Film category of the 2020 editiion of Oscar Awards. The 12-man NOSC team which has some notable Nollywood stakeholders of international standing as its members, picked ‘Lionheart’ for its considerable shots at the rules.... Read More
Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart was a huge inflection point in her career, having its premiere at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival and with Netflix nabbing the rights for world wide distribution. Lionheart was a loving, warm, love letter to Southeast Nigeria with beautiful performances from Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu, and Nkem Owoh. Since then,... Read More
Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart has been a success story out of Nollywood, beaming a light towards Nigeria and the Igbo culture. Remember when Kerry Washington said she loved it? The movie has screened in a couple festivals, and to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day, Lionheart screened in London at the Bonhams African Art... Read More
The 91st Academy Awards, for which critical darling Roma took home major wins, came with a surprising post-script: Steven Spielberg wants the rules of the Oscars changed deeming Netflix films ineligible at the Oscars at an upcoming Academy board meeting. Critics, film lovers, and even fans of Spielberg have weighed in on this campaign by one of... Read More
In December 2018, two decades after starting out with a bit part in the crime drama, Most Wanted, Genevieve Nnaji entered yet another phase of her eventful career with a limited theatrical release of her directorial debut, the family comedy, Lionheart. Earlier in September, just a day before Lionheart’s world premiere at the Toronto International... Read More
The buzz around Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart, which arrived on Netflix last week Friday, hit a new high when Hollywood actress Kerry Washington tweeted this morning that she was watching the movie and loving it. She congratulated Nnaji and ended the tweet with the hashtag #NaijaLove. Currently watching and loving #LionHeartTheMovie ?? Congrats @GenevieveNnaji1 for this heart... Read More
Just four days after Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart arrived on Netflix, a clip of a pirated copy being hawked in Lagos traffic hit social media yesterday. Recorded by a man in a car who was clearly miffed at the hawker and rebuked him for what he was doing, the problem of piracy has been... Read More
Only recently marking 20 years in Nollywood, Genevieve Nnaji’s buzzy, directorial debut Lionheart is a love letter to Nigeria. After having its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Lionheart amassed so much dizzying publicity in part because of Nnaji’s perennial, effortless charm. And also her talents. Towards the end of last year,... Read More
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
With the film festival fare and goodwill that Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart has enjoyed, streaming powerhouse Netflix has announced the films and TV shows coming to its platform in January. As such, Lionheart, which was picked up by Netflix in a global rights deal back in September, will be available for streaming on January... Read More
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
Following the announcement that Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there’s been this palpable excitement and fever on social media. “Walking into TIFF18 like…” tweeted TIFF via their official account, showing images of Nnaji in lipstick-red pantsuit and making an entrance. READ MORE: Seun Onigbinde took on... Read More
Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival today. No longer news. But according to multiple reports, the family business comedy has been picked up by streaming giant Netflix in a global rights deal. More pointedly, this marks Lionheart as the first Netflix Original from Nigeria. Whoop, whoop. Netflix Originals... Read More
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
