The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it received and classified 274 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry in the first quarter of the year. Dr Shaibu Husseini, Executive ...
Long overshadowed by south Nigeria's Nollywood, filmmakers in the north of Africa's cinema powerhouse are pushing the boundaries of censorship in search of international recognition. The Kannywood ...
Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...
Olive Nwosu's 'Lady.' Hanway Films. “A lot is going on in the Nigerian film space right now,” filmmaker Olive Nwosu tells me over Zoom on a crisp morning in Park City, Utah. “There are a lot of ...
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 ...
Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most populous nation has been chosen as part of the Cannes Film ...
Nigerian documentary filmmakers, ages 20 to 35, can apply for a fellowship. StoryMi Academy, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Nigeria, launches the third edition of the StoryMi Documentary ...