Ife Olujuyigbe’s Nollywood Story
There is a popular saying that “a film is made three times: first in the screenplay, next in production and finally, in the edit”. Every film that was ever made was first created in the mind of the writer. A…
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Seun Afolabi’s “Atoka” is a Contemplative Homage to Iseyin
There is something visually and mentally appealing about Atoka’s opening scene. The scene is set and shot on a mountaintop, far from the bedlam of modernity. This scene later evolves into a poetic sequence that introduces the film’s major cast…
The Annual Film Mischief Dispatch #2
The second day of The Annual Film Mischief 2023 expands on the social consciousness of Day 1. Shooting the culture can also be described as stoking the embers of topics we like to run away from or think of as…
The Annual Film Mischief 2023 Dispatch #1
The idea of a festival dispatch is to summarize the proceedings of a day from the vantage point of a unifying theme. The search for a theme that makes sense of everything can be fun, but there’s always the danger…
SUNSET IN MAKOKO SWEEPS AWARDS AT TAFM’23. (SEE FULL WINNERS LIST)
It was a celebration of eclectic films at the just concluded 2nd edition of TAFM’23. The four-day festival, held physically across Accra, Abuja and Lagos, came to a close on Sunday, April 30th 2023 with Awaiting Trial – a documentary…