Supported by DSTV and the National Film and Video Foundation, and representing South Africa at the global market, the Blitz Patrollie team return home from Cannes’ 2013 festivities with news of the conclusion of the film’s deal with sales and production company Picture Tree International GmbH (PTI). Director Andrew Wessels’[...]
We get excited when emerging filmmaker Ishaya Bako gets his creative juices spinning. Check out his latest work celebrating the beauty and the spirit of the ‘Northern Girl’ in Nigeria. The film is an Amateur Heads production for Girl Hub Nigeria. www.girleffect.org Produced and Directed by: Ishaya Bako Photography: Shalom[...]
Heaven’s Hell is the true story of a Nigerian woman who stabbed her husband multiple times to death after, her claims, of many years of domestic violence; and that is only the tip of the iceberg! As the movie shoot enters its third week, Katung Aduwak- the brain and force[...]
Bobby Boulder, a veteran music video director and executive at Storm Records, makes the transition to producing television/drama movies. Does he have what it takes? We will just have to wait and see. In the meantime, check out his latest release ‘The Island’ which has Nollywood A-List Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde[...]
Following a star-studded London premiere in December 2012, the details of the highly anticipated Lagos premiere of Nollywood and Hollywood production by HekCentrik Films, Turning Point, has been revealed. Expected to host the glitterati of Nigerian cinema, entertainment and fashion as well as government officials, dignitaries, leading business people and[...]
“IT HAS been two years since South Africa had a movie in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, which takes place on the French Riviera. Although the group of South Africans attending the prestigious event is the biggest since the country started attending 12 years ago, to some[...]
Kenya’s film industry has been racking up strong points at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival. The country was invited for the first time to grace the event. Capitalizing on the invitation, it has made several important moves including the launch of ‘Focus on Kenya’ interactive sessions at the festival[...]
South Africa and Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday that will enable filmmakers from the two countries to work together in telling the continent’s stories. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by Zama Mkosi, CEO of South Africa’s National[...]
Kunle Afolayan, one of Nollywood’s film directors garnering international recognition for his work, gains even more inroads with his upcoming movie screenings at the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan. The festival which will be held on May 18th to the 23rd, 2013 at the Auditorium Shibuya is produced by the[...]
New York – Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria’s foremost financial institution, has partnered with the Goethe-Institut of South Africa and Steven Markovitz to support African Metropolis; an initiative of the Goethe-Institut and executive producer Steven Markovitz, with further support of the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. African[...]
An experimental short-form dramedy about a webcam, siblings, high heels, hidden cameras – and getting rid of your older brother’s obnoxious girlfriend. CAST Ivie Okujaye Chris Attoh Eku Edewor OC Ukeje Vanessa Kanu Victor Godfrey Written and Directed by Victor Sanchez Aghahowa Produced by TatafoHQ and The WongFaeHong Prod. Co.[...]
“With exclusive behind-the-scenes access filmmakers Nick Francis and Marc Francis follow Joyce Banda, Malawi’s first female president, as she tries to steer her country out of an economic crisis. Undaunted by the challenge, claiming ‘all African women carry heavy loads’, Banda, an award-winning gender activist, says she is keen to[...]
“LOOP is a story about twin sisters – Jenny and Julia who scheme a deceptive plot to help one of them “Jenny” to travel out of town for an interview against the wishes of her husband. According to the plan, Julia was supposed to fill in for Jenny — her[...]
“Phyllis is a moving and atmospheric portrait of a ‘psychic’ vampire, a woman obsessed with synthetic Nollywood dramas, that lives alone in Lagos, Nigeria. The central idea of this short experimental film is the practise and significance of wig-wearing in Nollywood film; a practise the director has invested with deeper[...]