Chuko and Arie Esiri's "Clarissa" is the second Nigerian film to ever play Cannes. With Neon as its global distributor, they pair tell IndieWire they hope to build a new Nigerian wave of cinema.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Left-right: Actor Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù stars in "My Father's Shadow," directed by Akinola Davies Jr. and co-produced by Fatherland ...

They transport us to a carefree time and place where we can relive our childhood memories and all the nostalgia that comes with them. In honour of Children's day, we asked everyone's favourite buddy - ...

From grand Lagos weddings to quiet village desires, Nigerian filmmakers have given us romance in every angle possible. Some stories are tender and poetic. Others are dramatic and chaotic. In the ...

A wonky mosaic in the shape of Nigeria plays a subtly telling role in Arie and Chuko Esiri's Cannes Film Festival break-out hit "Clarissa". Just like the brothers' first film, the highly-praised ...

Netflix’s recently released film Jagun Jagun (The Warrior) is set in pre-colonial Nigeria and follows the story of a feared warlord named Ogunjimi. While playing out in the past, it is steeped in ...

The line “I’ll see you in my dreams” is repeated frequently in Akinola Davies Jr.’s “My Father’s Shadow,” the first film from a Nigerian director to earn a slot in the Cannes Film Festival’s official ...

The distinctive makeup of early-aughts Nigerian movies is coming back — and so is the daring attitude of the women who wore it. By Houreidja Tall In the early 2000s, the femme fatales of Nollywood ...

From real-life stories told on screen to fiction inspired by real events, filmmakers in Nigeria have produced powerful works that showcase the human cost of insecurity. Through powerful storytelling, ...

Is Nollywood having its Cannes coming-out party? Ranking among the world’s most prolific film industries for years, Nigeria’s scrappy, homegrown biz is breaking out at this year’s festival, with the ...

The effects of COVID-19 were and continue to be felt on a global basis. Many industries were temporarily shut down in the months following the first epidemic. Many governments used non-essential ...