Ikenna Churchill

Nduka Ebube Dike wrote Dear Dija, a short film about an Igbo boy and a Muslim girl who fall in love across a balcony while bonding over Nollywood films.

Damien Hauser made Memory of Princess Mumbi six weeks after losing his younger brother. The film premiered at Venice, won the Golden Tulip in Istanbul, and is now screening across East Africa.

A Mama Deola Wedding Story brings Folagade Banks’ viral character to the big screen, but its wedding spectacle struggles to become a compelling story.

Senegal has selected Mamadou Khouma Guèye’s Liti-Liti as its official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.

Kenya has selected Vincho Nchogu and Josh Olaoluwa’s One Woman One Bra as its official submission for Best International Feature at the 99th Oscars.

Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opens on Broadway September 28, bringing its Ghana-set story to Manhattan Theatre Club.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has postponed its sixth edition from December 3–12, 2026, to the fourth quarter of 2027.

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.