Ikenna Churchill

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.

Riyo David on taking the risky role in All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White, the power of the stage, and why he keeps moving

Ny Nana on her Urhobo-language short film Okeoghene, its 21 TINFF nominations, and why she is building indigenous cinema from London