Filming Africa

Filming Africa FILMING AFRICA... The African Guide to Everything Film. We seek to serve as a guidepost, to provide bearings as we grow in the art form.

Filming Africa is a film industry resource started in an effort to create a new forum to promote artistic expression and support diversity in filmmaking by Africans and the global black film community. With the increasing interest in motion picture, and with the rise of the African cinema, Filming Africa takes its place as a platform for the filmmaker who shares a sincere interest in the unlimited

scope of the motion picture. We talk everything film; television series, short films, narrative features, documentaries, literature, as well as independently produced experimental and underground works. Filming Africa seeks to deliver not just film news but analysis, reviews, opinion and commentary on the issues, people and products shaping the African film industry and the global black film community.

Welcome to 2026.
01/01/2026

Welcome to 2026.

Filming Africa Top 10 Nollywood Actors of 2025.It was a great year for performances, marked by a compelling mix of estab...
31/12/2025

Filming Africa Top 10 Nollywood Actors of 2025.

It was a great year for performances, marked by a compelling mix of established actors and an impressive screen debutant.

1. Michelle Dede (Ms. Kanyin)
2. Osas Ighodaro (Safari)
3. Gideon Okeke (Blackout)
4. Uzor Arukwe (Love In Every Word)
5. Padita Agu (Blackout)
6. Daniel Etim Effiong (The Herd)
7. Wale Ojo (3 Cold Dishes)
8. Bambam Adenibuyan (Love In Every Word)
9. Ifeoma Fafunwa (The Lost Days)
10. Linda Ejiofor (The Serpent’s Gift)

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Here’s the Filming Africa Top 10 Nollywood Directors of 2025 — presented in no particular order.This was the only list t...
31/12/2025

Here’s the Filming Africa Top 10 Nollywood Directors of 2025 — presented in no particular order.

This was the only list this year where ranking proved impossible, as every director selected delivered outstanding work. In fact, while we call it a Top Ten, our members were ultimately able to agree on nine directors, each of whom made a remarkable impact in 2025.

We also included one non-Nigerian director on this list. At Filming Africa, we view Nollywood not only as Nigeria, but as the wider Nigerian creative effect across Africa and the diaspora. For this reason, we added Shirley Frimpong-Manso for her direction of the Nollywood film Stitches, in recognition of her significant contributions to Nollywood and African cinema as a whole.

FILM DIRECTORS:

Asurf Oluseyi - 3 Cold Dishes
Obi Emelonye - Safari
Ikechukwu Jerry Ossai - Ms. Kanyin
Okechukwu Oku - Blackout
Wingonia Ikpi - The Lost Days
Daniel Etim-Effiong - The Herd
Kayode Kasum - The Serpent’s Gift
Afolabi Olalekan - Freedom Way

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The year 2025 delivered a number of impressive releases, and while the range of genres varied, many films showed maturit...
31/12/2025

The year 2025 delivered a number of impressive releases, and while the range of genres varied, many films showed maturity in ex*****on and ambition. This list highlights works that, in our view, best represented Nollywood’s progress and creative strength in 2025.

Here’s the Filming Africa Top 10 Nollywood Films of 2025:

1. Ms Kanyin by Ikechukwu Jerry Ossai

2. Safari by Obi Emelonye

3. Freedom Way by Afolabi Olalekan

4. Blackout by Okechukwu Oku

5. The Herd by Daniel Etim Effiong

6. 3 Cold Dishes by Asurf Oluseyi

7. The Lost Days by Wingonia Ikpi

8. Love in every word by Stanley Obi

9. The Serpent’s Gift by Kayode Kasum

10. Stitches by Shirley Frimpong-Manso

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AMAA 2026 Submissions Are Now Open!Calling all African filmmakers, animators, storytellers & visionaries.This is your mo...
03/12/2025

AMAA 2026 Submissions Are Now Open!
Calling all African filmmakers, animators, storytellers & visionaries.

This is your moment. This is your stage.

Categories: Short Film, Animation, Documentary & Feature
Submission Window: 1 Dec 2025 — 31 May 2026
Submit via: FilmFreeway.com/africamovieacademyawards

Celebrate African cinema. Shape the future. Enter today.

Here are the winners for ENIFF Awards 2025 - Best Film - The Strong Man of Bureng Best Narrative Feature - Water GirlBes...
29/11/2025

Here are the winners for ENIFF Awards 2025 -

Best Film - The Strong Man of Bureng
Best Narrative Feature - Water Girl
Best Narrative Short - Rise
Audience Choice Award - Enyo (Reflection)
Best Documentary Short - Dying for Water

Congratulations to all the winners of Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival 2025.

First Look at Netflix comedy special “Kevin Hart: Acting My Age”.
28/11/2025

First Look at Netflix comedy special “Kevin Hart: Acting My Age”.

SARAH’S OIL — A Story of Faith, Resilience & Destiny.What happens when a woman discovers that the miracle she’s been pra...
28/11/2025

SARAH’S OIL — A Story of Faith, Resilience & Destiny.

What happens when a woman discovers that the miracle she’s been praying for has been in her hands all along? Sarah’s Oil is a journey of courage, divine timing, and the power of belief when the world says otherwise.

The Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival has officially kicked off, and we are here LIVE soaking in the energy, ...
27/11/2025

The Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival has officially kicked off, and we are here LIVE soaking in the energy, creativity, and brilliance of storytellers from across Africa and beyond!

We’re excited to be part of this vibrant experience, and here are the nominees for the awards this year.

From Lagos to the world stage. HBO’s new documentary on Wizkid, , from Music Box creator Bill Simmons and director Kara...
24/11/2025

From Lagos to the world stage.
HBO’s new documentary on Wizkid, , from Music Box creator Bill Simmons and director Karam Gill, premieres December 11 on HBO Max.

AMAA 2025: Celebrating Excellence in African Cinema! It was unforgettable at the 21st Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA ...
24/11/2025

AMAA 2025: Celebrating Excellence in African Cinema!

It was unforgettable at the 21st Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA 2025)! Let us shine a light on some of the biggest winners who made the night sparkle.

Huge congrats to ALL the winners and nominees, your stories are shaping the future of African cinema.

Men? In Hollywood?Vanity Fair’s 32nd Hollywood Issue is all about men. New editor Mark Guiducci says the era of untoucha...
24/11/2025

Men? In Hollywood?

Vanity Fair’s 32nd Hollywood Issue is all about men. New editor Mark Guiducci says the era of untouchable matinee idols is over — today’s stars are your “internet boyfriends.” Jeremy Allen White, ASAP Rocky, Glen Powell & more show a chummy, nostalgic vibe across three covers. They’re real, approachable, and just a half-inch out of reach. Hollywood is changing — and VF is here for it.

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