Jan 20, 2010

Tweet Love Idoko is many things to many people. To some, she is the publisher of the soar away Moti-vation magazine; to others, she is a foremost entertainment promoter who has connection in right places. Her Democracy Day concert in Benue, a few weeks ago that had the governor of the state in attendance, is still...

Dec 16, 2009

The recently held ION international film festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, suffered a heavy setback, due to massive boycott from virtually all the major guilds in Nollywood, the Nigerian motion picture industry.

Dec 8, 2009

Superstar actress Daryl Hannah, Pras of The Fugees, and Giancarlo Esposito were joined by Bollywood Stars Nandita Das, Nandana Sen, and Filmmaker Madhu Mantena. All are bound for Port Harcourt, Nigeria to attend the 6th Annual ION International Film Festival.

Nov 25, 2009

Tweet The Riverside Theatre and ArtMattan Productions have teamed up to present an eclectic slate of award winning, thought provoking and entertaining films from Africa and the African Diaspora during the African Diaspora Film Festival, taking place from Thursday, December 3 to Saturday, December 5 at The Riverside...

Nov 16, 2009

Tweet Bella Naija reports that Nollywood actor Nkem Owoh has reportedly been released after a ransom was paid to his kidnappers. Owoh, who is popularly known as ‘Osuofia’ was kidnapped as he traveled along the Enugu – Port Harcourt expressway. Mr. Owoh is widely reported to be one of the highest paid...

Oct 19, 2009

Tweet On October 24th in Ghana, and the 31st in London, the world will get its first look at “The Figurine“, the movie everyone’s talking about by emerging Nigerian actor/director Kunle Afolayan, who previously brought us ‘Iredapa‘. “The Figurine” stars Ramsey Nouah, Omoni Oboli,...

Oct 7, 2009

Tweet In its bid to further create an enabling environment, enhance growth and facilitate service delivery to its stakeholders, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) will review the fees charged for the preview of films and movies in the country. The review, according to the release made available to...

Oct 7, 2009

Tweet Since 1984, Orlando Mesquita has edited, directed, and produced over 20 films, including features, educational programs, and documentaries. His projects explore the many facets of Mozambican life such as the role of women and war, refugees, and demobilized soldiers. In 1999 he won a Kuxa Kanema Best Video...

Oct 5, 2009

Tweet Egberun Maili (One Thousand Miles) is a new movie from the stable of Aroba pictures and one of African/Nigeria’s outstanding Producers/Directors, Dotun Taylor. The concept of that film is really captivating. It is truly a Nigerian concept which is the most needed in the Nigeria Movie Industry. This mind...

Oct 1, 2009

Tweet With the crisis in Nollywood persisting and its quest for perfection, veteran actor Akintunde Akinsola Ogunleye, otherwise known as Lord Williams – a role he played in DOMINO sometime ago, has said that Nollywood has a long way to go. In this interview, with Harry Idoro, Jnr. he speaks of his absence...

Sep 28, 2009

Tweet The 6th Abuja International Film Festival, which was initially scheduled to hold between 22 and 25 of this month, has been postponed. The festival was postponed in order to allow delegates, visitors and participants observe the Islamic Ramadan period actively. The event, which has so far received over 211 film...

Sep 18, 2009

Tweet TWILIGHT SCREENINGS OF “MADE IN JAMAICA ” WHEN: Friday, September 18, 2009 – Midnight Saturday, September 19, 2009 – Midnight General Admission: $12.50; Seniors (64+) & Child (-12) $8.50 WHERE: Sunshine Cinema, 143 East Houston Street, NYC ArtMattan Productions is celebrating the...

Tweet In November 2007, the National Council on Information and Communications (NCIC) received a joint memorandum from the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and the Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN). The main thrust of the memorandum is the need to regulate the airing of foreign...

Tweet The National Film Institute, Jos is set to partner the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), United States, in the area of manpower development and skill acquisition. This is in response to the overwhelming impact and progress recorded at the National Film Institute, Jos in terms of infrastructural development,...

Tweet by Dr. Iroh, OON, Abuja I always knew it would happen; that the bubble of delusion would burst. But I never imagined that it would happen in such dramatic fashion and right on our doorstep. But then, when you refuse to face reality, reality, like the mountain, will come face to face with you; when you prefer...

Tweet The original laugh merchant Okey Bakassi needs no introduction to Nigerian comic fans. Raised in Port Harcourt and graduate of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), he has come a long way in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Since he joined the country’s industry in 1993, the ace...

Tweet “One of our biggest problems is that the filmmakers are not developing, they don’t do enough reading, they don’t do enough travelling and they don’t do enough paying attention to how the world works. Therefore, your film becomes limited because you have not developed...

Tweet The Minister of state for Information and Communication Technology, Alintuma Nsambu has said that Nigerian movies have become a very big item on the Uganda entertainment and social scene. He says because of the popularity of Nigerian movies, many TV stations in Uganda are broadcasting Nigerian movies, some on...

Tweet Despite all efforts by the Nigeria Copyright Commission to stem the tide of copyright infringements in the country, the Nigerian entertainment industry and stakeholders appear to be at the mercy of pirates and their sponsors. Investigation revealed that the agents behind piracy have perfected strategies to...

May 5, 2009

Tweet Top Yoruba actress, Shade Omoniyi popularly known as ‘Lepa Shandy’, has opened up on how tribalism and sexual harassment almost derailed her career when she started out in Nollywood. The actress, who has successfully produced some movies ( Omi Owuro, Akano and Ifihan), and acted in a dozen flicks declared...

Tweet PLAYING as part of the NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2008, 6:15PM In five days the first South African democratic elections will take place, after which there will be majority rule under a Black government. Tensions are high thoughout the land, and no less so in Triomf, the poor white...

Mar 25, 2009

Tweet After premiering a couple of weeks ago at the National Theater in Accra, ‘My Sister’s Honour,’ a movie produced by HM Films, will hit the market very soon. The movie will be outdoored today with a number of activities including a brass band float across some principal streets of Accra to...

Mar 6, 2009

Tweet OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Zola Maseko, who fought apartheid in South Africa as an armed revolutionary, defends Africa’s ancient intellectual heritage in his latest documentary. The award-winning South African director’s Mali documentary “The Manuscripts of Timbuktu” premiered at the...

Mar 6, 2009

Tweet Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Senegalese film director, Thierno Faty Sow says his presence at the 21st Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) is not meant to present his work, but to attend the homage this African biennial paid to one of the African film pioneers, the late Sembene...