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As the family of late veteran filmmaker, Adeyemi Afolayan, aka Ade Love prepares for the 20th anniversary of his demise, it is another opportunity for movie buffs to experience the early days of filmmaking in Nigeria and how Nollywood evolved from the Yoruba travelling theatre and the celluloid technology. In…
After a glamorous opening of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) at the new Filmhouse-IMAX, Lekki, Lagos, the real business of the one-week festival began on Monday with film screenings, industry sessions, master classes and other programmes, taking place simultaneously at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island; Genesis Deluxe and Filmhouse-IMAX,…
The search for the best film in Africa has begun as the Africa Film Academy has announced call for entry for the 13th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). The academy invites filmmakers to submit their feature, short, animation and documentary work for consideration in nearly 30 film categories of the…
The 6th Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) opened Sunday night at the newly commissioned Filmhouse-IMAX theatres in Lekki, Lagos. Filmmakers, guests, the media as well as dignitaries from all walks of life turned out for the festival’s opening presentation, the acclaimed Hollywood film, Birth of a Nation, written, directed by…
20 finalists have emerged for the Sahara Group’s ‘Grooming Film Extrapreneurs’ competition after a rigorous screening of over 150 docu-film entries by Nigerian movie producer and director, Kunle Afolayan, Bethel Obioma, Head, Corporate Communications, Sahara Group, has said in a statement. Describing the screening process as “nostalgic and indicative of…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN I could tell that most of the media men who attended the Wednesday press premiere of the film, ’76, were anxious. Our anxiety was based on the various stories written on the film before Wednesday. Some of us were sceptical about the quality and perhaps the predictable story…
TEF to provide structural support to encourage innovation, growth and productivity of Nigeria’s creative industries. At the historic National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) on Wednesday signed an MOU with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for the development of Nigeria’s creative industries. The…
Nollywood contributor and publisher of www.Xplorenollywood.com Efeturi Doghudje has released her first ever Nollywood review series on YouTube titled Xplorenollywood reviews. On Xplorenollywood, Efeturi talks about the Nigerian Film Industry also known as Nollywood, movies showing in the cinemas, out on dvd, online, television as well as theatre productions. “I…
In recognition of the importance of film to the economy, Founder/CEO of Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Chioma Ude, joined several African leaders who have been listed among economic influencers at an interactive session with the Chairman of Institut Choiseul, Dr. Pascal Lorot, who was on a three-day visit to…
The Lakecity Film Festival (LACIFF) has begun accepting films that will be in competition for the first edition of the three-day festival, which will take place from December 16th to 18th in Oguta, Imo State has been. Ekine Stronghold, the chief executive of Nollyflames Studios Ltd., and founder of LACIFF…
“93 Days” a movie which depicts the true account of how Nigeria faced its first case of the Ebola Virus and conquered it, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday, 9 September, 2016. The TIFF has built a reputation for only screening the best films from around…
Ace movie producer and director, Kunle Afolayan and other judges have commenced the screening of over 150 docu-film entries for the “Grooming Film Extrapreneurs” competition which is being powered by the Sahara Foundation. Leading African energy conglomerate, Sahara Group, in partnership with the award winning film maker Kunle Afolayan, unveiled…
The much expected movie, ’76 directed by Izu Ojukwu celebrates Nigerian musicians whose creativity are on display through their songs in the film. Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s 1971 hit, ‘Buy Africa’, one of the songs used in the film, signposts an era when the military government of the day in Nigeria…
The well acclaimed film, ‘Chameleon’, produced and written, by Nigerian film maker who lives in Luxembourg, David Danisa, will premiere in cinemas across Nigeria in August. Danisa told media men at a press conference in Lagos on Friday that after two years of shooting the film in Luxembourg, ‘Chameleon’ will…
OLALEKAN FADEYI is the Programs and Policy Director at International Centre for Development Initiatives (ICDI) who is passionate about filming documentaries that highlight social issues. In this interview, he tells BEATRICE ISOLA, about his new projects. Starting Out ICDI is an independent research and educational organisation and resource centre incorporated…
Sahara Group and foremost Nigerian film producer, Kunle Afolayan have extended the deadline for application to the ongoing “Grooming Film Extrapreneurs with Kunle Afolayan” project following requests from young film makers across the nation. Submission of entries into the competition which was designed to provide a hub for budding…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Something remarkable is set to happen in Nigeria film industry with the newly announced ‘‘Grooming Film Extrapreneurs with Kunle’, an initiative of the Sahara Group. It will be a big step towards helping to boost professionalism in the film industry as a PSCR project by the Sahara Foundation.…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN The city of Lagos is going for what could be called an intercontinental tour come September 2016 as it comes to spotlight at this year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, the first for any African city. Lagos will feature prominently at the City to City Toronto…
The Media Release party of the much anticipated movie ‘Bloodlines’ took place on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at the prestigious Civic centre in Victoria Island. It was a different kind of premiere and was explicitly glamorous, with Nigerian and Ghanaian stars in attendance. The stars included Stephanie Linus and her…
It was the first time in history that a film would be premiered aboard a flight. Last week, FUNKE OSAE-BROWN flew with top management of Air France, the cast and crew of KUNLE AFOLAYAN’s new film, ‘The CEO’ from Lagos to Paris where the film was shown for the first…
