Tag: nollywood
Hey, the French movie industry has signed an exchange agreement with Nollywood
In an interesting development, the French movie industry (I’m tempted to say Follywood) has signed a mutual agreement with Nollywood, ...
Joke Silva will attend the 2019 Cannes Film Festival to discuss women in film as a panelist
This year’s Cannes Film Festival will be huge for African films, in that African filmmakers, artists, distributors and key stakeholders ...
Younger Nollywood filmmakers are tackling diversity in storytelling. Is there an audience?
At the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Nigeria’s biggest and most important film festival, held in Lagos from 12-17th November ...
The trailer for Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ is scary and terrifying, and this is a reminder that the horror genre in Nollywood is still dead
On Christmas day, Jordan Peele released the trailer for Us, a post-Get Out horror film that drove the internet into ...
Mike Ezuruonye wants you to know that Hollywood movies are more pirated than Nollywood movies
Mike Ezuruonye’s sophomore movie as a director/producer Lagos Real Fake Life opened in cinemas last month, and while I bemoaned ...
#AFRIFF2018: The Delivery Boy is a future Nollywood classic
Amir is The Delivery Boy. Amir is a terrorist on a mission. After existing as a pawn for most of ...
King of Boys: An unvarnished look into the seedy underbelly of the Lagos elite
Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys is a coming of age film and a departure from the mundane theme of comedy ...
Even Kunle Afolayan hardly watches Nollywood movies. And here’s why
In a recent interview with TheCable Lifestyle, Kunle Afolayan discussed his upcoming movie Mokalik, which will feature singer Simi in ...
Actors Guild of Nigeria has secured N5 million to support ailing members
One of the issues that has plagued Nollywood, aside the lack of funds and government support, is actors falling into ...
The YNaija Cover – the 9th of August
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: “Seven and a Half Dates” reportedly makes 10 million ...
#YNaijaEssays: A written history of Nigeria’s great film epochs
If we’re being factually accurate, then Nigeria’s first contact with film was in 1903 when Herbert Macaulay invited Balboa and Company ...
There’s a new Nollywood pop-up channel on DStv, for you Nollywood lovers
Till date, the best pop-up channel experience I’ve had as a DStv subscriber is the one dedicated to Marvel movies. ...
Oreka Godis is giving acting another stab in “Faces,” set to premiere at the 39th Durban International Film Festival
Of all her many talents, acting is one side to Oreka Godis that is still shaping up. Gradually, she’s been ...
Film Review: Alexandra is a near sterile immigrant hustle story
The Nollywood-diaspora collaborations are pretty much a staple of the film industry. In the last decade, they have become so ...
The AMVCAs, Tyler Perry’s Acrimony and why Nollywood needs new audiences
Over the weekend, on Twitter, the age-old battle of the sexes was revived for the 57,000th merry go round. This ...
“Cock Crow at Dawn” actor Ignis Ekwe has passed away
In another industry loss, we can confirm the death of veteran actor Ignis Ekwe who died on Monday. Ekwe reportedly ...
Stop what you are doing and read Mary Njoku’s Instagram post on sexual harassment in Nollywood
On Thursday, actress and ROK studios head honcho Mary Njoku posted a disturbing (and hardly surprising) account of sexual harassment ...
Review: Eniola Badmus gives us Ghetto bred, another Nollywood Rom-com nobody asked for
Enola Badmus has Funke Akindele-Bello to thank for her career. Or at least for her star making appearance in the ...
Nollywood has made an alien invasion movie called “Sector Zero”…wait…WHAT?
Yes, I was also shocked too! “Nollywood” and “alien invasion” in the same sentence does my head in. If you ...
NASS threatens to invoke constitutional powers on the executive; Nigerian actor says gays, lesbians rule Nollywood and other stories that made headlines this week
These are the top ten stories that drove conversation this week. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) invited Senate President, Bukola Saraki to ...
Here are the Nollywood movies coming to cinemas this June
The first quarter of 2018 was a wellspring of movie releases in Nollywood and, so far, reviews are gradually pointing ...
“Foreigner’s God” is easily the most ambitious project to come out of Nollywood this year
Foreigner’s God, the period piece from director Ifan Ifeanyi Michael, hasn’t even been released yet. The film is still in ...
“Boss Of All Bosses” explores Naija’s corporate world with this new, funny trailer
In another edition of Nollywood copies Hollywood, I present to you the trailer of Ike Nnaebue’s upcoming comedy Boss Of ...
In case you haven’t noticed, gimmicky star-studded movies are killing Nollywood
Old-era Nollywood was much simpler. It was a period in an evolving industry where actors were discovered, and with every ...
This trailer for “Date Night” is the stuff psychological thrillers are made of
Okay. So I’m a little excited about the forthcoming Date Night, partly because it’s a piece of filmmaking that derails ...
The Good, the bad, and the left out: Lessons from the VICE on HBO Nollywood documentary
Nollywood, the second biggest film industry in the world, has since put Nigeria on the global map. The 2016 record-breaking, ...
[The Film Blog] How Africa Magic gave Nollywood a bad image
Long before streaming became such a huge part of our culture, access to Nollywood films mostly ran on an efficient ...
Obituary: Akinwunmi Ishola, the honest man and culture icon
On Saturday, February 17, 2018, the family of renowned playwright, culture activist, actor, author, academic, and dramatist, Akinwunmi Ishola, confirmed ...
[The Film Blog] We need to talk about Nollywood’s obsession with marriage
Hello Nollywood, can you hear me? I’m fairly convinced that I speak for everyone when I say I’m tired of ...
Entertainment Roundup: We will all be reading Lupita Nyong’o’s children’s book, Sulwe | More stories
Here’s a quick update of everything you missed in entertainment yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept. Nollywood filmmaker ...