After making its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and winning in the category of Best Director at the Africa Movie Academy Award, Akin Omotosho’s Vaya is coming to Netflix on November 1. Announced by filmmaker Ava DuVernay, founder of the film collective ARRAY Releasing, Vaya chronicles the innocence lost by three... Read More

May 14, 2017

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’76’ nominated 8 times | See full AMAA Awards 2017 nomination list

The Africa Movie Academy Awards 2017 nomination list has been released. The nominations were on Sunday announced by Bernie Goldblat, president of the AMAA jury, in Kigali, Rwanda. Nigerian movie ’76 got 8 nominations while Akin Omotosho’s Vaya was nominated 10 times. See full list: EFERE OZAKO AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM Bout – Nigeria... Read More

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November 20, 2016

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The Film Blog: And the (AFRIFF) winners are…

And after a week of feverish activity, the 2016 edition of the Africa International Film Festival has come to a close. We’ve kept a close eye and this year has seen significant buzz for new hands, in particular Ojukokoro and Green White Green (which we’ve had our eyes on for some time now). The event wrapped... Read More

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