The First Annual African AI Film Festival - live in Hollywood (Nov 21) & Kampala, Uganda (Dec 12 )  The annual African AI Film Festival is opening a new stage for African and African-diaspora storytellers using artificial intelligence. Launching its inaugural edition in November 2026, the African AI Film Festival is the first global stage dedicated to African and African-diaspora filmmakers reimagining cinema with artificial intelligence. The festival brings together Africa’s storytelling traditions with the newest creative technologies, creating a platform where filmmakers can explore new ways of telling authentic African stories. By hosting live events in both Hollywood and Kampala, the festival creates a bridge between African storytelling and the global AI filmmaking community. Festival: African AI Film Festival - live in Hollywood (Nov 21) & Kampala, Uganda (Dec 12) Submit (free for Africa-based + emerging): filmfreeway.com/ AfricanAIFilmFestival Trailer: ...

Not All Nollywood Movies Can Be On YouTube “First of all YouTube is a low-budget business model. I make films for N300 million to N500 million and up to N600 million. And unfortunately, I can’t put such films on YouTube. -  +Moses Inwang. Nigerian film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter best known for classic films in the mainstream of Nollywood that speak to societal ills and nagging life issues rarely documented in Nigerian films. Cinewav coming soon in partnership with Christian Cinemas in Nigeria 

AFRIFF 2023 Official Selection Narrative Features ​IN COMPETITION   Cameroon  Kuvah - Legend of The Sea | Directed by  Max Ngassa |  Duration 01:50:00  |  Year 2023 Canada The Founder Effect | Directed by  Justin MacGregor  |  Duration 01:51:00  |  Year 2023 Orah | Directed by  Lonzo Nzekwe | Duration 01:36:00  |  Year 2023 Germany 4 Days to Eternity  | Directed by  Konstantin Korenchuk and Simon Pilarski |  Duration 01:47:38  |  Year 2021 Ghana Dynamite  | Directed by  Uche Aguh  |  Duration 01:00:00  |  Year 2023 Morocco   Triple A | Directed by Jihane El Bahar  |  Duration 01:56:00  |  Year 2023 Namibia   Under the Hanging Tree | Directed by Perivi Katjavivi  |  Duration 01:33:00  |  Year 2022 Nigeria Afamefuna | Directed by Kayode Kasum |  Duration 02:05:24  |  ...

Outstanding Filmmakers Don't Solicit for the Attention of Netflix If you are really an outstanding good filmmaker, you don't need to look or solicit for the attention of #Netflix , because you will attract Netflix and the best film acquisition and distribution companies in the film industry. Therefore, focus on making good movies on interesting existential realities of life on Earth and telling intriguing, enthralling and enchanting stories in motion picture. Then you are going to be the one Netflix, Amazon Prime Video , #HBO MAX, #Disney+ and other top OTT platforms will be competing for your movies and series. You don't need to be fasting and praying for Netflix, Amazon and others to accept you. - By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor, NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series

The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy has achieved within three years of its establishment since 2018 what other older film schools in Nigeria have failed to achieve for the advancement of the Nigerian film industry. In fact, MTF has exposed the shortcomings of the film schools that have been existing since 2010 to date, but these film schools are still having unaccredited courses and poorly trained graduates who have been rushed through ad-hoc courses in overcrowded classes without in-depth hands-on training on the most important components of filmmaking. The alumni of MTF have won international awards and scholarships; including the Spotlight award at the 15th edition of the Mobile Film Festival held in Paris, France in 2019 and awards of scholarships from the New York Film Academy (NYFA)  among other notable achievements. The other film schools in Nigeria should use the template of the MTF for the improvement of their curriculums in accordance with the in...

Chioma Ude, Founder and Executive Director of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) Cinema has long been revered as a powerful and transformative tool to create awareness and change in the society.  While the film-industry acts as a catalyst of global change, it still remains heavily male-dominated with vast discrepancy between the numbers of male and female workers. The under-representation of women in an industry that stands as a stimulant for social change, growth, progress and development, is a critical issue that needs to be addressed at global events such as the Dubai Expo 2020. In an effort to shed more light on this matter, Canon’s panel discussion will involve women from the film industry who shattered the glass ceiling across Middle-East and Africa such as UAE’s first female Film Director/Producer and CEO of Nayla Al Khaja Films and Motivational Speaker - Nayla Al Khaja from Dubai, Sara Shazli from Egypt who directed the critically acclaimed movie ‘Back Home’ an...

N OLLYWOOD is the National Treasure of Nigeria Nollywood diva, Rita Dominic, one of the national treasures of Nigeria. See the facts on  https://nigeriansreportng.blogspot.com/2020/12/nollywood-is-national-treasure-of.html

Bringing Class, Glamour and Style To #Nollywood The second edition of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is twice as nice as the first edition both in content and context and definitely a collector’s item. It featured 34 beauty queens of Nollywood and Kannywood and highlights of the Miss Fair & White beauty pageant with the leading ladies of Lagos Upper Class society; fashion icons Abba Folawiyo and Chief Opral Benson, the "Iya Oge" of Lagos at the event. The book design was done by Juvelin Aripal, an international graphic designer based in the Philippines and printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. The first edition was a celebration of the emergence of Nollywood as a phenomenal film industry in Africa and celebrated the icons of Nollywood from the best awards events - Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) to the sexiest actresses, best directors and how Nollywood can break into the highly competitive global film market. NOLLYWO...

The most accomplished black female filmmaker is without dispute, Ava Marie DuVernay , the outstanding award winning African American film director, producer and screenwriter. And following in her trail blazers' status is the French Senegalese Filmmaker, Mati Diop who just became the first black woman to make the Official Selection of the annual Cannes Film Festival in the competition for the Palme d'Or. You can read more about her on my previous updates or read Tambay Obenson's article on https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/mati-diop-atlantiques-first-black-woman-cannes-2019-1202059926/ .

Nollywood diva, Genevieve Nnaji has become the first Nollywood filmmaker whose directorial debut feature has made the Official Selection in the Discovery section of the highly esteemed annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) of Canada. The world premiere of Lionheart will be held on the opening day of the film festival, Thursday, September 6, 2018. The opening film is "Outlaw King" by David Mackenzie and closing film is "Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy" by Justin Kelly. The film festival will end on Sunday, September 16.

Zenith International Film Festival: Guided Tours of Locations of Popular Nollywood Movies There are many exotic and romantic movie locations in Nigeria that millions have seen in the Nollywood movies and Kannywood movies. And many of them in Nigeria and other countries will like to visit these movie locations for film tourism. Zenith International Film Festival (ZIFF) will soon start guided tours of these locations in Nigeria. They include the top five locations I selected for the famous Emma Forest whose directorial debut, "Untogether" premièred at 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. See the locations published in the Wings in-flight magazine of Arik Airlines on Sets And The City http://www.arikwings.com/5434-2/ . Zenith International Film Festival is a duly registered international film festival founded and owned by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, The Founder/CEO of the International Digital Post Network Limited and the Publisher/Editor of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series, the first ...

The History of the Cannes Film Festival and Adolf Hitler Camera flashes, flashed bare chests, and flashy screen sirens give the Cannes Film Festival some of its je ne sais quoi, and that's why it's one of the favorite film fests. The inaugural ... https://pin.it/6Beaot6 Artwork by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Nigeria's foremost film writer, Publisher and Editor of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series, the first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry since 2013. Available for art collection and exhibition by special request.