Roll Call Africa
Theatrical releases, production intelligence, distribution, and the business of African film.
In 2025, Nollywood and Hollywood split the Nigerian box office evenly — 50 percent each of a ₦15.8 billion gross. In the first half of 2026, Nollywood pulled…
The Polygamist. Umthetho. A run of South African scripted drama is landing on Netflix with real force, showcasing…
August is shaping up as one of Nollywood's busiest theatrical months of 2026. Sweet 16 opens August 14.…
Spinners — the Cape Town drag-racing drama that was the first African series selected in competition at Canneseries…
Two months after Showmax shut down, its original content has scattered across MultiChoice's remaining platforms. Showmax Originals now…
Canal+ has unveiled a €100 million plan for 2026 to revive growth in its MultiChoice markets — lower…
Nollywood's highest-grossing film of 2025 was about a woman exploited by her family until she fakes her own…
Call of My Life — Dammy Twitch's romantic comedy debut, written by and starring Uzoamaka Power — has…
Mildred Okwo — the director of The Meeting and La Femme Anjola, one of the most precise and…
My Father's Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr.'s film about a father and his two young sons navigating Lagos…
Fusion Intelligence has launched Film X — a platform giving Nollywood producers faster access to box office data.…
To Kill A Monkey — Kemi Adetiba's Netflix crime thriller about a desperate programmer pulled into the world…
