Funke Akindele made history once again as her latest movie, ‘Behind the Scenes’, has become the fastest Nollywood film to ...

Left-right: Actor Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù stars in "My Father's Shadow," directed by Akinola Davies Jr. and co-produced by Fatherland Productions CEO Funmbi Ogunbanwo. - Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty ...

Akinola Davies Jr.'s gorgeous debut My Father's Shadow takes place during a consequential day in Nigerian politics. It's June 12, 1993, and the country is holding its first election since a coup in ...

Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...

Akinola Davies, the director of "My Father's Shadow", Nigeria's first film to win an award at the Cannes film festival, is savouring his return to Lagos, the country's cultural capital, where the ...

Whether it’s a love story that sends the internet into collective “awwws,” a historical epic, or a heist flick, Nollywood knows how to keep people talking. Last month was no different. From romantic ...

Nigerian audiences are set for a cinematic treat as My Father’s Shadow, the internationally acclaimed debut feature film by Akinola Davies Jr., will premiere in cinemas nationwide on September 19. The ...

Nigeria breaks ground at Cannes with Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow This marks the first time a Nigerian director has brought a Nigerian-set fiction feature into Cannes' official selection, ...

The Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, continued its rise in 2025 with a mix of record-smashing box-office hits, culturally resonant epics, and boundary-pushing cinema that expanded both local and ...

Filmmaker and popular curator, Femi Odugbemi has opined that Nigerian films are already culture superpowers across the globe. Odugbemi recently made this known at an industry panel session while ...

The Nigerian Official Selection Committee has declared that no Nigerian film will be submitted for consideration in the International Feature Film category at the 2026 Academy Awards. In a statement ...