Tag: nollywood
Fans ignite ‘battle of the best’ between Funke Akindele and Toyin Abraham
Nigeria for the longest time has battled with the idea of inclusion. In almost any industry, there is an imbalance ...
Nigerians hail ‘Eagle Wings’ trailer, demand more from Nollywood
The Nigerian Film Industry, Nollywood, as it is fondly called, is one of the largest in the world with an ...
The Oscars have been postponed, throwing Nollywood a lifeline
First it was the Met Gala, and now the Oscars have finally woken up to the realities of Covid-19 and ...
UPDATED: Ramsey Nouah has a serious matter to settle over ‘Living in Bondage’
Editor’s note: Please note that this piece has been updated with a footnote, following new developments on the allegations. It’s ...
More Nollywood titles are coming to Netflix this May | 5 Things that Should Matter Today
More Nollywood titles are coming to Netflix this May, from The Delivery Boy to Anchor Baby and Light in the ...
Stella Damasus & Daniel Ademinokan adopt the direct-to-Youtube model for ‘@BetweenTheMovie’
Earlier this year, Plan B, the Nigerian/Kenyan collaboration helmed by two female film makers Lola Adelek of LowlaDee studios Sara Hassan of ...
With ‘Glamour Girls,’ is Nollywood finally in the era of remakes?
The allure of remaking any piece of art is to be allowed the chance to view it from wholly refreshing ...
Can new Nollywood learn anything from their YungNollywood?
Old Nollywood movies have found a second life as shorthand for virtual interactions across social media platforms. First generation Nigerian ...
Film Review: In Katung Aduwak’s Heaven’s Hell, the rich also cry
If you scored a thousand Naira for every time the f… word was uttered in Heaven’s Hell, the long gestating ...
Film Review: Knockout wants to make you laugh. What’s wrong with that?
It is hard to recall considering today’s fragmented media space but there was a time when Wale Adenuga Productions was ...
Rambo: Last Blood, Jessica Jones season 3, The Goldfinch – Here are the movie trailers you might have missed during the week
It was a whirlwind of movie trailers during the week. Case in point: Pixar’s new animation film Onward, which imagines ...
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 ...