By Oluwapelumi OlusanjoNollywood, Africa’s largest film industry by volume, is undergoing a powerful transformation in 2026 as women increasingly take charge behind the camera, redefining storytelling ...

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 ...

Read how children of Nollywood legends like Salamis, Afolayans, Edochies are redefining the industry with their own successful careers, blending talent and legacy.

Iteledicon has announced a historic achievement for his movie Koleoso, which has now exceeded 100 million views on YouTube.

Koleoso, a movie by Nollywood actor Ibrahim Yekini, popularly known as Itele, has surpassed 100 million total views on ...

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. A year of gehri dosti overcoming all odds, triumph of spirit to be released from teen guna lagaan and loving the family ...

From A Very Dirty Christmas to Nigeria’s first major zombie survival thriller, these four Nollywood films, now showing and coming soon, are proof that the big screen is packed with stories worth your ...

Nollywood movie, Oversabi Aunty, produced by Actress Toyin Abraham has been announced as the fourth highest-grossing Nollywood film of all time in WestInstagram Africa. This feat was reported achieved ...

He and Douglas Trumbull went from creating a short film for the 1964 World’s Fair to working many exacting months on the Stanley Kubrick classic: The film "absolutely would not have happened without ...

Over the past four years, Funke Akindele has established herself as Nollywood’s most bankable filmmaker, delivering a remarkable run of box office successes from ‘Battle on Buka Street’ (2022) and ‘A ...

‘Where Love Lives’, Nollywood’s latest romantic comedy, was released on YouTube on 24 December, just in time for the holidays. Produced by and starring Bimbo Ademoye, the film is now streaming on her ...

If you think you have seen actor Wale Ojo in all his elements, then you need to look out for and watch his newest movie, ‘This is not a Nollywood Movie. The movie, which is produced by Boma Akpore, ...