Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of ...

Dozens of young people crowd round the screen on plastic chairs, ready to discover the new wave of Nigerian cinema. The second edition of the S16 film festival, which took place late last year, ...

The Nollywood film Blackberry Babes 2 was released yesterday. What is remarkable about the film, besides its unusual name, is that it shows how mobile phones have become so culturally integrated into ...

YouTube is now raking in millions of views for full-length Nollywood films, proving that the audience is not just there but actively consuming and engaging with the content. Once seen primarily as a ...

Nollywood actress Queen Nwokoye has revealed that a lot of known actors in the movie industry who flaunt their luxurious lifestyles are not well paid. She said that a lot of them parade themselves ...

Editor’s Note: Nadia Denton is curator of Beyond Nollywood part of the Black Star season at the British Film Institute (BFI) and the author of ‘The Nigerian Filmmaker’s Guide to Success: Beyond ...

However, a new generation of filmmakers, like C.J Obasi who directed “Hello Rain”, a Nigerian sci-fi film is looking to chart a departure from the conventional and move Nigerian filmmaking beyond ...

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the actors traded accusations following a heated confrontation on a movie set that reportedly escalated into a physical altercation.

Nollywood actor, Taiye Arimoro, has questioned the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), the Directors Guild of Nigeria, and the ...

He crosses himself slowly, staggers against the pews and freezes. Black baseball cap shielding her eyes, director Esther Abah squints into her monitor. The shot was off. Time for another take. "Come ...

The search for an alternative to oil as the mainstay of the economy has become even more crucial with the prevailing falling price of oil in the international market. Of all the options available to ...