Chuko and Arie Esiri's "Clarissa" is the second Nigerian film to ever play Cannes. With Neon as its global distributor, they ...

Nigerian actress and producer Bolaji Ogunmola has spent the last few years putting out Nollywood film after film on YouTube — ...

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 ...

Although early Nollywood generally had some cringy productions, when you look at some of these films today, you find that they are not so bad. There are some exceptional ones, that delivered premium ...

May 2026 brings an expansive lineup to African cinemas, featuring highly anticipated Nollywood releases and award-winning ...

The Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, was once seen as a mass producer of poor quality “home videos”. It’s now become known for increasingly slick films that are able to attract ...

The making of a Nollywood film happens in stages, and marketers have the important work of connecting the product with the audience. So Niyi Akinmolayan, one of the film's producers, reached out and ...

Success in Nollywood is often viewed through the deceptive gloss of cinema screens and red-carpet flashbulbs. But last Thursday, some of the biggest icons of African industry and cinema gathered in ...

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 ...

Reality TV star and actor, Saga Adeolu, popularly known as Saga, has spoken about the realities of acting, saying romantic scenes in films are far less glamorous than they appear on screen.In an ...

For decades, from what we have witnessed, Nollywood was the ultimate guerilla film industry that was the cynosure of all eyes ...