Is Nollywood having its Cannes coming-out party? Ranking among the world’s most prolific film industries for years, Nigeria’s scrappy, homegrown biz is breaking out at this year’s festival ...

After decades of being written off for its cheap and cheerful crowd-pleasers, Nollywood -- the frenetic film industry based in Lagos which churns out up to five films a day -- is basking in the ...

Kano — The Kano State Censorship Board has suspended the streaming or airing of 22 Hausa Film Series for violating ... called on all TV stations and the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC ...

Set in 1993 Nigeria during political unrest Director hopes Cannes pick boosts African film representation Critic praises film as a subtle coming-of-age tale CANNES, France, May 19 (Reuters ...

It would be a historic and special moment just simply for the fact that Akinola Davies Jr.‘s debut feature, My Father’s Shadow, is the first film from Nigeria to be selected to play in the ...

With "My Father's Shadow," Nigeria's first film in the Cannes Film Festival's official selection, director Akinola Davies Jr. says he wanted to create something deeply personal. Alice Rizzo reports.

That was certainly the figure that Nigeria got after the coup in the shape of General Sani Abacha. But Akinola and his film subtly suggests that there could have been an alternative father of the ...

A Nigerian epic movie, “FESTAC 77′ has been selected by the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), to make an exclusive preview at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in France. The movie, scheduled to ...

Exclusive: Set over the course of a single day in Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, the film premieres in Un Certain Regard. In 78 years of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s hard to ...

With "My Father's Shadow," Nigeria's first film in the Cannes Film Festival's official selection, director Akinola Davies Jr. wanted to create something deeply personal, he told Reuters.

June 24, 1993 will become known as one of the most consequential days in the brief history of post-colonial Nigeria ... this poignant and vividly realized film invites us to imagine, on June ...