formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Japan’s Toei Animation Co. plans to produce an animated short film with a Nigeria-based firm by spring 2027, making it its first collaboration with an African animation studio. Source: Kyodo News
Damilola Orimogunje is set to make a small piece of African cinema history this week in Venice, where he will become the first Nigerian filmmaker to debut a feature in the Giornate degli Autori competition with his sophomore directorial effort, … Continued
London, UK, has emerged not merely as an international side market, but as the most lucrative overseas theatrical territory for Yoruba-language cinema and high-budget Nollywood titles. Source: Nigerian Tribune
At the centre of the initiative is a commitment to creating pathways for emerging Nigerian filmmakers through the Centre for Nollywood Indigenous Filmmaking Studies, a platform dedicated to developing storytellers whose work is rooted in local realities while engaging global … Continued
The heavy humidity of Lagos is physically destroying the chaotic, hyper-literal Casio soundtracks of early Nigerian cinema. But as Mary Chiney argues, the global streaming algorithms that demand “chill vibes” from African music pose an equally insidious threat. Source: https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/nollywood-film-archive/
The project follows a successful London-based Nigerian man who enlists an Asian dancer to pose as his fiancé at a family anniversary celebration in Lagos. When the arrangement gives way to genuine feeling, both characters are forced to confront family … Continued