Filmmakers in the north of Nigeria are pushing the boundaries of censorship in search of international recognition.

Long overshadowed by south Nigeria's Nollywood, filmmakers in the north of Africa's cinema powerhouse are pushing boundaries ...

Kannywood rsquo;s Rise The Kannywood film industry centered in Kano, Nigeria is the heart of Hausa cinema, producing films ...

Hadiza Aliyu, popularly known as Hadiza Gabon, is a celebrated Nigerian-Gabonese actress, filmmaker, philanthropist, and media personality best known for her work in Kannywood the Hausa-language film ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The film stars an Oscar nominee, is set in Nigeria during a civil war, is based on an award-winning novel and the head of Nigeria’s censorship board reportedly loved it. Yet a ...

The Kano State Censorship Board has placed an immediate ban on 22 Hausa-language film series, including well-known favourites like Labarina and Dadin Kowa, over allegations of bypassing established ...

On Saturday, 20th December, we convened the First Kannywood Roundtable on Reputation Management and Digital Advancement in ...

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says it received and classified 274 movies produced by the Nigerian film industry in the first quarter of the year. Dr Shaibu Husseini, Executive ...

Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...

Nigeria is going to Cannes. In what is understood to be a first in the film festival’s near-80 year history, a movie from Africa’s most populous nation has been chosen as part of the Cannes Film ...