Africa’s film industry is underfunded and underutilized — but recent investment from streamers is boosting production opportunities and access to funding for many creators on the continent.

Protesters had gathered from as early as 07:00 before being dispersed The Nigerian police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered in the capital, Abuja, over the continued ...

Nigeria’s film industry scored big at this year’s Africa Movie Academy Awards as Lisabi: The Uprising and 3 Cold Dishes bagged multiple nominations across major categories, including Best Film and ...

The organisation revealed that at least 1,844 people were killed between January 2021 and June 2023. The global human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), has called on the Nigerian ...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has reported a strong resurgence in activities across the country’s oil and gas upstream sector, highlighted by a remarkable rise in rig ...

I’m extremely happy about this win. I’m even happier that my team including editor Pratheek Shetty and lyricist Nagarjun Sharma bagged awards. Rakshit deserves every bit of the accolade because acting ...

The iKON Awards recently hosted its inaugural Activate event at EbonyLife Cinemas, Lagos, bringing together leading Nigerian and Ugandan filmmakers, industry associations, and partners. The gathering, ...

Nigerian films Dust to Dreams and My Father’s Shadow are set to screen at the 2025 BFI London Film Festival Every October, the British Film Institute (BFI) turns London into a global hub for cinema ...

Utica Capital Limited yesterday launched a N20 billion fund to support film makers in all stages of film production, a groundbreaking move for Nigeria’s creative economy. The N20 billion Utica Film ...

Akinola Davies, the director of "My Father's Shadow", Nigeria's first film to win an award at the Cannes film festival, is savouring his return to Lagos, the country's cultural capital, where the ...

While Nigeria has long been known for Nollywood, the industry has never had a film make it into the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Official Selection. That changed this year with the film “My ...

In a landmark move, Nigeria and Brazil have signed a co-production agreement which will allow both countries to jointly develop, fund and distribute film and TV projects, animations and other ...