Culture

A great trailer doesn’t convince. It converts. Across markets, platforms, and genres, audience behavior data shows the same truth.

As a Kigali cinema shuts its doors, Rwanda’s film industry faces the pressure of streaming — but the real story is about adaptation …

From Netflix’s early Nollywood bets to YouTube’s creator boom, these eight streaming decisions fundamentally changed film distribution economics and how African films are financed, distributed and monetised.

YouTube’s 2025 Nigerian Creators list reads less like a popularity ranking and more like a roadmap for where Nollywood is headed.

Water Girl, written and directed by Nnamdi Kanaga, blends Igbo mythology with modern narrative and indie ingenuity. Our review highlights its story, cultural heart, production context, and lessons for budget filmmakers.

Paramount’s $108.4B bid for Warner Bros Discovery sparks 2025’s biggest media battle — with major implications for Africa’s film …

After underperforming releases like Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts, 2025 shows the MCU’s box-office dominance is no longer guaranteed — a turning point for superhero cinema.

You’ve seen them winning international awards. You’ve heard the critics talk. And yet, for millions of Africans, some of the continent’s most celebrated films are still impossible to watch.

South Africa’s creative landscape just got a serious upgrade. Two new film- and theatre-based learning institutions are emerging this year — promising not just craft training, but a fresh infrastructure for the next generation of storytellers.

Africa is not suffering from a shortage of sequels — it’s suffering from the wrong sequels.

Morocco takes the spotlight at the 2026 European Film Market as Country in Focus, signalling new film-industry opportunities and broader implications for African cinema’s global role.

Almost half of African content producers say their internet simply isn’t keeping up and that digital drag is silently strangling the …