Vivian Nneka Nwajiaku

Slum Bomber
AFRIFF 2026 Dispatch: “Slum Bomber”, “Bad Blood”, and “Hadda” Make for Uneven But Entertaining Cinema

‎If Slum Bomber and Bad Blood are fun watches, Hadda takes itself very seriously, even…

Adanne
AFRIFF 2026: In Conversation with Orobosa Ikponmwen, Gold Gerry, and Lotanna Nwose on Exploring the Stories of Three Generations of Women in “Adanne”

“I wanted to explore how much progress can happen within three lifetimes, but also how…

Her Daughters’ Mother
Film Africa 2026: Chinàzaēkpērē Chukwu’s “Her Daughters’ Mother” Confronts Patriarchal Power Imbalances in a Familiar but Poignant Tale of Mothers and Daughters

In Her Daughters’ Mother, her debut feature, Chukwu returns to the vulnerabilities and agency of…

Keith Shiri
In Conversation with Keith Shiri on Curating Film Africa 2026 and the Festival’s Women-Centred Programming

“What I would like people to take away, after seeing Ben’Imana, and Lady, and Cotton…

LCA! Film Festival 2026
LCA! Film Festival 2026 Dispatch: The Return and Reintroduction of a Trailblazing Nigerian Film Festival

Contained in this dispatch are brief reviews and commentaries on the five films on the…

Kamel Laaridhi
Venice 2026: In Conversation with Kamel Laaridhi on “The H@llow Man” and the Dystopian Character of Our Times

“Right now, there is a big, big, big change in the world. I think it’s…

Ashgan El-Hamus
Venice 2026: In Conversation with Ashgan El-Hamus on Making the Case for Small, Collective Living in Debut Feature, “Al Baraneya”

“We’ve lost the capacity, I think, to just spend time together without doing anything, and…

Al Baraneya
Venice 2026: Ashgan El-Hamus’ “Al Baraneya” Captures the Tensions Between Simple Living and Urban Aspirations as a Young Woman Comes of Age

A film about the pleasures and pressures of simple, communal living, Al Baraneya is underlined…

La Maison du Vent
Venice 2026: “La Maison du Vent (House of the Wind)” Studies the Tragic Cost of Migration and the Loneliness of Old Age

In La Maison du Vent, Cameroonian writer-director Auguste Bernard Kouemo Yanghu captures both the tragic…

Nollywood
Nollywood’s Political Unconsciousness and the Critic’s Quagmire

If films are inherently political, if all films have something to say, though they may…