Film and TV

Muscle
Berlinale 2026: Karimah Ashaduʼs “Muscle” Turns the Black Male Body Into a Site of Witness

Muscle is the kind of film that earns its place not by being conventionally digestible…

visa denials
How Visa Denials Are Costing African Film Professionals More Than Just a Trip

Visa denials for African film professionals is not a bureaucratic inconvenience sitting at the edge…

Olive Nwosu
Berlinale 2026: In Conversation with Olive Nwosu, Writer-Director of “Lady”

“For me, it’s about making a body of work that is emotionally resonant and speaking…

Love and New Notes
“Love and New Notes” Review: Kayode Kasum’s So-Called Romantic Period Drama Confuses Ambition for Vision

Love and New Notes wants to be different. It wants to be bold. It wants…

Kissing
The Performance of Purity: Nollywood, Kissing and Nigeriaʼs Faux Conservatism

The outrage over kissing is not the expression of ancient tradition. It is the performance…

Paradise
Berlinale 2026: Jérémy Comte Confronts Human Connection and Contradictions in Lyrical Debut Feature, “Paradise”

In Paradise, Jérémy Comte offers a lyrical peek into the complex interconnectedness of all of…

Beza Hailu Lemma
How Beza Hailu Lemma and Bandamlak Yimenu Are Elevating Arthouse Film Culture in Ethiopia Through Videobet Cinema

The joint effort of Beza Hailu Lemma and Bandamlak Yimenu, and the launch of Videobet,…

Next Narrative Africa Fund
Next Narrative Africa Fund + Parrot Analytics Partnership: Advisory Board, $50 Million Content Seed, and Implications for Africa’s Screen Industry

The NNAF+Parrot Analytics deal joins other existing strategic efforts towards African screen development. While Africa…

Everything Is New Again
“Everything Is New Again” Review: What Is New About Nollywood’s Fear of Conflict?

Watching Everything Is New Again, Nollywood’s non-committal approach to conflict becomes more glaring. One is…

Praise Odigie Paige
In Conversation: Praise Odigie Paige Reflects on Migration, Memory and Artistic Trajectory in “Birdie”

“[This film] is about a chapter of Nigerian immigration history that is incredibly underexplored and…