Call of My Life — Dammy Twitch's romantic comedy debut, written by and starring Uzoamaka Power — has become the highest-grossing Nollywood film of 2026, crossing ₦498.8 million…
Read Cover StoryNollywood's highest-grossing film of 2025 was about a woman exploited by her family until she fakes her own death. Its highest-grossing film…
Spinners — the Cape Town drag-racing drama that was the first African series selected in competition at Canneseries — is getting a…
Spinners — the Cape Town drag-racing drama that was the first African series selected in competition at Canneseries…
Two months after Showmax shut down, its original content has scattered across MultiChoice's remaining platforms. Showmax Originals now…
Canal+ has unveiled a €100 million plan for 2026 to revive growth in its MultiChoice markets — lower…
She learned filmmaking in Kigali two decades ago from a then-unknown director named Lee Isaac Chung, who would later make Minari. She spent ten years developing her debut feature. She…
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Q2 2026 Rising Watchlist™. He is 25 years old. He is self-taught. He started filming in 2020 with his friend's phone after…
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Q2 2026 Rising Watchlist™. She spent seven years developing Ben'Imana. It is the first Rwandan film in the Cannes official selection. It…
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Q2 2026 Rising Watchlist™. She is a graduate of UniMAC-IFT, Ghana's primary film school. She is Rev. Dr. Chris Hesse's chosen mentee…
The 79th Cannes Film Festival closed on May 23. Cristian Mungiu's Fjord took the Palme…
The 47th Durban International Film Festival runs July 23 to August 2, 2026. Africa's oldest…
For the first time, Lagos is an official partner city at the Cannes film market,…
For the second consecutive year, three African films are in the Cannes official selection. Ben'Imana…
The 12th AMVCA ceremony takes place on May 9 in Lagos, hosted by Bovi Ugboma…
