Countdown begins for 20th Abuja International Film Festival, as filmmakers invited to showcase creativity

Filmmakers around the world are gearing up for the highly anticipated 20th Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF), set to captivate audiences from October 30th to November 3rd, 2023.  With the festival’s call for entries now in full swing, creators are…

Questlove to direct live-action reimagining of Disney’s 1970 movie The Aristocats

The Aristocats are coming to life. Deadline reported on Monday that Disney’s 1970 animated film The Aristocats is getting a live-action reimagining directed by Questlove. According to the outlet, the movie will be written by Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit) and…

Nigeria football legend Jay Jay Okocha set for animated series adaptation at Showmax

Nigerian icon Jay-Jay Okocha is the hero of a new animated series which follows his childhood. The skilful attacking midfielder is widely considered one of the best African footballers of all time. He represented Paris Saint-Germain and, most famously, played…

‘Dreams in Vantablack’ centres young Canadian Black poets in new animated series

Diligent wordsmith, artist, author, and director Ian Keteku spares no effort to ensure that you understand the meaning behind his CBC Gem animated poetic anthology, “Dreams in Vantablack” — or more specifically, the word Vantablack. “It’s known as the darkest…

‘Iyanu: Child of Wonder’: Nigerian animated superhero series coming to HBO Max

HBO Max, along with Cartoon Network and Lion Forge Animation, is set to adapt Iyanu: Child of Wonder, a graphic novel by Nigerian creator Roye Okupe and illustrator Godwin Akpan. The animated superhero series will be steeped in Nigeria’s rich…

Tim Allen finally shares his thoughts on new Lightyear movie

Comedian Tim Allen is sharing his thoughts on Lightyear for the first time The Home Improvement star voiced the character of Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut toy, in the Toy Story franchise. Pixar’s Lightyear, now in cinemas, focuses instead on Buzz,…

Chris Pratt defends Super Mario Bros. movie role

Chris Pratt has defended his upcoming voice role as Mario in the animated Super Mario Bros. movie. Reacting against criticism that an Italian actor should voice the plumber – who speaks with an Italian accent in the Nintendo video games…

Goethe-Institut, Institut Français, AFRIFF collaborate on animation workshop

Goethe-Institut Nigeria, Institut Français Nigeria and the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) are partnering on a workshop for young Nigerian animation filmmakers. To take place during the ongoing AFRIFF, date is Friday, November 16; time, 10am – 06:30pm at the…

Digital Content Conference 2018: MTN rewards content creators

MTN Nigeria hosted content creators on the 5th and 6th of November 2018 to a digital conference and awards ceremony. During the two-day event, which held in Lagos, upstart and aspiring content creators had the opportunity to interact with some…

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