Ikenna Churchill

Bole Festival marked its 10th anniversary with three days, a major lineup and thousands of attendees, but crowd control, network and vendor issues frustrated many.

Eric Nwanso and Hassan Tha Kreator discuss We Go Talk Tomorrow, a four-minute short film built around a father’s voice notes and a son’s silence.

Fans are divided over Nollywood’s adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s novel, with debate surrounding its casting and visual direction ahead of its TIFF premiere and December release.

Five African film projects received awards and post-production support at Final Cut in Venice 2026, with Congolese filmmaker Machérie Ekwa Bahango winning the top prize.

Siraam follows Genoveva Umeh as a young creative confronting heartbreak, a toxic situationship and a pregnancy scare in Uzoamaka Power’s short film.

Martini Akande tells TNR how he taught himself editing through YouTube, cut Brotherhood, and built a Nollywood career through community and collaboration

Adé Sultan Sangodoyin talks to TNR about We Must Begin Again, Together, his Ibadan-set story of double betrayal, four years in the making

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is a monumental achievement in modern cinema. Read our review of the star-studded epic starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and Tom Holland

Dika Ofoma directed A Happy Ending as part of the second Zikoko Life anthology. It explores critical questions around sexual exploitation, women’s vulnerability, poverty, family negligence and the quest for financial Independence.

Maria Galliani Dyrvik and Nnimmo Bassey on Hope Is a Word, their documentary about poetry, oil, and resistance in the Niger Delta.