Tag: Nollywood

Damola Layonu and Nollywood’s Canadian Pathway

In October 2025, I spent over an hour in conversation with Damola Layonu, a Nigerian film professional based in Oshawa, Ontario, about an hour east of Toronto, Canada. Layonu trained as a lawyer and worked in both Nigeria and Canada before co-founding Snag Productions with his wife, Chiagoziem Obi, a distribution company that, in his […]

African Box Office 2025: A Measured View of the Continent’s Theatrical Revenue

This launches Akoroko’s year-end review series of reports analyzing 2025 in African screen sector (film, TV, digital media) activity. The first report breaks down the year in box office data, continent-wide. The reality is that there are only a handful of countries with weekly, monthly, or annual reporting; others are partial or irregular, and a […]

Brazil–Nigeria Treaty Under Review at AFRIFF’s New Film Market

At the newly launched Africa Film Content Market (AFCM) in Lagos, held under the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), a panel titled “Brazil and Africa – Bridging the Gap to the Lusophone World and Latin America” revisited the Brazil–Nigeria audiovisual co-production treaty signed in June 2025. Panelists — including Marcio Yatsuda, Uche Agbo, Queen Blessing […]

Nile Entertainment × Action Xtreme: What This First-Look Deal Really Means

📅 Deal announced Sept 8: first-look partnership between Moses Babatope’s Nile (Nigeria) and Chee Keong Cheung’s Action Xtreme (UK). 🎬 First film: “Son of the Soil,” shot fully in Lagos, opens in Nigerian cinemas Oct 31 before festivals and streaming. 👥 Cast: Razaaq Adoti (“Amistad”), Ireti Doyle, Patience Ozokwo, Sunshine Rosman, Toyin Oshinaike. Produced with […]

Canal+ Group’s First Nigerian Original Series Launches—Here’s What to Know

Canal+ Group just premiered “Lagos Police Criminelle”, its first original series made in Nigeria. 📌 Co-produced with Lagos-based Asake Productions📌 Developed from “Lasgidi Cops,” rebooted for a pan-African audience📌 Distributed via Canal+ Pop and the myCANAL app📌 First episode free on YouTube (standard Canal+ promo model) Akoroko unpacks the behind-the-scenes action and broader context—Netflix bundling, […]

The Nigeria–Brazil Cinema Link Ola Balogun Built

When Nigeria and Brazil signed their first audiovisual co-production treaty last week, I couldn’t help but recall the films of Ola Balogun, which were co-produced decades before any such agreement existed. 🎬 In 1978, Balogun directed “Black Goddess” (“A Deusa Negra”), shot in Brazil and Nigeria, with support from the former’s national film body📽️ Two […]