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 

An Evening with the Icon, Femi Odugbemi hosted by Terra Kulture, the most vibrant cultural centre in Lagos last Sunday, November 13, 2022 at #1376 Tiamiyu Savage Street on Victoria Island.  It was an unforgettable evening to unwind, dine and wine with distinguished personalities in the creative Industry of Corporate Nigeria such as veteran TV broadcaster and actress, Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede; Tunde Kelani, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Steve Gukas, President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) Victor Okhai, Mrs. Iyaabode Aboaba, the Chief Operating Officer at Freedom Park on the Lagos Island and Mrs. Bolanle Austen-Peters, outstanding award winning filmmaker, theater producer and cultural entrepreneur who is the Founder and Artistic Director of BAP Productions and owner of Terra Kulture. The event celebrated Femi Odugbemi who is of the rare breed of few people who are amiable, credible, humble and noble in Nollywood and the Nigerian film described as a force to reckon with locally and interna...

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...

 

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 ...