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Fuji: A Opera
“Fuji: A Opera” Delivers Its Most Expansive Edition Yet With Fuji Vibrations 2025

Fuji: A Opera opened with performances that paid tribute to Fuji’s ancestral roots. By Abioye…

The Heart is a Muscle
“The Heart is a Muscle” Review: Imran Hamdulay’s Debut Feature Traces the Wounds We Inherit and the Ones We Try to Heal

The Heart is a Muscle is a film made with care—perhaps too much care in…

Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2026 Selections, Including Titles from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa

Three African features from Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa will screen across competitive and non-competitive…

Cotton Queen
S16 Film Festival 2025: Suzannah Mirghani Insists on Female Joy and Agency in Powerful Sudanese-Set Feature Debut, “Cotton Queen”

Cotton Queen insists on female joy, centring the complexities of female relationships across generations, celebrating…

The Banjo Boys
ADIFF 2025: Johan Nayar’s “The Banjo Boys” is a Soul-Stirring Portrait of Music, Faith, and Survival

The Banjo Boys is unforgettable; a film that deserves not only acclaim but a place…

The Man Died
“The Man Died” Triumphs at the 2025 Zuma International Film Festival + Full List of Winners

The Man Died emerged as the festival’s undeniable champion, taking home awards for Best Picture,…

When Nigeria Happens
“When Nigeria Happens” Review: Young Nigerians Dance Through Dysfunction in Ema Edosio’s Theatrical Contemporary Dance Drama

When Nigeria Happens shines a spotlight on the sacrifices that young Nigerians have to make…

Jason Jacobs
ADIFF 2025: In Conversation with the Filmmakers of South African Coming-of-Age Drama, “Carissa”

“With Carissa’s foundation, we aim to continue to make films with themes of  freedom, indigenous…

Rise
ENIFF 2025: Jessica J. Rowlands Puts Zimbabwean Cinema on the Map with “Rise”

At a time when Zimbabwean cinema is hungry for global visibility, Rise does more than…

ENIFF short films
ENIFF 2025: “V’s Secret”, “The Noise Around Her Black”, “Falling Out”, “Ụmụnne”, and “She’s Got Courage to Love” Reviews

What united these films, across countries and sensibilities, was their insistence that the intimate is…