A Nigerian historical fantasy film, Osamede, will screen at the 2025 Cannes Film Market on May 17 at the prestigious Pavillon Afriques. A ...

Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most pop...

Filmmakers in northern Nigeria's Kannywood movie industry have been told they risk a jail term if they portray violence in their work or...

Nigeria's cinemas have announced cumulative revenue of 21.5 million dollars over the past three years. Analysts attribute the strong p...

Nollywood may be the heart of the Nigerian film industry, but it's not just local talent that has fallen in love with the vibrant landsc...

Rain Pryor, the daughter of American comedian and actor, Richard Pryor, has commenced shooting of her Nollywood-Hollywood film project in N...

A Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa’s most populous country has reached rec...

Nigeria has selected Sundance Festival award-winning film, “Mami Wata” as its contender for the 96th Academy Awards’ International Feature ...

Some cast and crew members of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , are in Lagos, Nigeria, ahead of the first-ever Marvel Studios’ premiere on 6t...

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Tuesday said that it generated N653 million from tickets sold across the country in M...

Amazon Prime Video is looking to attract new subscribers from Africa through a new deal with Nigerian filmmakers. The movie streaming platf...

Financed entirely in Nigeria and made with a predominantly Nigerian cast and crew, Arie and Chuko Esiri are capturing international attentio...

When the Nigerian Official Selection Committee sat down to select Nigeria’s nominee for the 2021 Academy Awards last December, the jury vote...

Netflix on Monday unveiled a new Nigerian original series and three new films from the African country. "The new series and films, whic...

Two Nigerian filmmakers face the prospect of imprisonment if they ignore the stern warning of the authorities and proceed with the relea...

John Boyega attended the European premiere of Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker wearing traditional Nigerian attire. On Wednesday even...

  The organisers of the Oscars have disqualified Nigeria's first-ever entry for consideration in the International Feature Film category...

Now an award-winning actor, he has brought his story to cinemas in his country of origin - Nigeria. He hopes his directorial debut will be...

“Oya!” shouts the director in Nigerian Pidgin English. Actors take their marks. Lighting blinks on. The film crew snaps into action after th...

Global streaming service Netflix set its eyes a few years ago on Nigeria’s film industry, better known as Nollywood. Distribution of Ni...