The film reflects Nollywood’s growing shift toward intimate, character-driven storytelling for digital audiences.

Nollywood has been unlucky with its Oscars submissions for the International Feature Film category. Dozens of films and actors have been nominated across categories with many of them waiting to be ...

With performances from Bisola Aiyeola, Kie Kie and Odunlade Adekola, the film offers stylish chaos and occasional humour but ...

Released in 2024, Everybody Loves Jenifa was a cultural phenomenon that dominated the Nigerian box office. The film, led by Funke Akindele, showcased her signature comedic brilliance, leaving ...

In Nollywood, finishing a film is only half the story; the harder part begins when the lights come on. Between producers chasing viral moments and distributors trying to fill cinema seats, the journey ...

Paris gets a taste of Nigeria's film industry on Wednesday with the start of the NollywoodWeek festival, with movies exploring love, family and duty, shorts and documentaries. - A 'lab for what's ...

For the first time, Essence Fest – which has been celebrating African American culture in the United States for more than two decades – is devoting a day to Nigeria’s Nollywood film industry – the ...

Veteran Nigerian movie stars Sola Sobowale and Kanayo O. Kanayo have been honoured with the Industry Merit Award at the 2026 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards.The duo received the ...

Long before the winners were announced at the 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards on Saturday night in ...

The distinctive makeup of early-aughts Nigerian movies is coming back — and so is the daring attitude of the women who wore it. By Houreidja Tall In the early 2000s, the femme fatales of Nollywood ...

Post-pandemic audiences are much more open to different cultures, thanks to streaming and exposure to new types of content, but some of the world’s biggest film industries are still figuring out how ...

Nollywood, Nigeria’s prolific video-film industry, has been popular in Kenya since it was introduced to east Africa at around the turn of the century. At first Nollywood films were screened in ...