Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of ...

My first time actually watching a Nollywood movie was probably in about 2010. I had a conversation with my first-generation Nigerian friend about Tyler Perry movies, where I offered my theory on why ...

This story is featured in the March/April 2025 issue of ESSENCE. In 2017, sisters Tochi and Ebele ­Anueyiagu shared a single image on their new Instagram account: a still of Nigerian film and beauty ...

Nollywood in Hollywood has revealed the three films selected for the 2026 edition of its annual Nigerian film showcase, scheduled for 6 and 7 March in Los Angeles. The titles, Stitches, When Nigeria ...

Director Kunle Afolayan and actress Genevieve Nnaji discuss the international rise of Nollywood at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Tara Ziemba/Getty Images The Nigerian film industry, ...

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 ...

A cameraman films a scene for the Nollywood movie October 1, a police thriller directed by Kunle Afolayan, at a rural location in Ilaramokin village, southwest Nigeria. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye The ...

Nollywood’s box office lover-boy Timini Egbuson’s love film “Reel Love” has emerged as the highest-grossing Nollywood film for two consecutive weeks; raking over N167 million naira at the box office.

Onye ihe ejije Nollywood a ma ama bụ Chukwuma Don Uchegbu a ma dịka 'Don Brymo' anwụọla ka ọ gbachara afọ 56. Uchegbu, nwụrụ n'ụtụtụ Tozde ka ọ rịachara ahụ nwa oge. Odogwu ahụ e ji ime agwa eze maọbụ ...