Discoveries from Nigeria World Cinema

2019 Yourba language film

A serial killer traps a series of women in his house. Nollywood's first torture porn film.

Kunle works as a driver in the wealthy part of Lagos in Nigeria. One night as with every other night, he drives his boss home and makes his way home to his own family. As he arrives home, a horror awaits him. His wife, Eniola seems to have gone mad, hallucinating, screaming at their children and neighbours in the cramped housing accommodation they all live in.

A celebrity couple look like a perfect pair in the eyes of the media, but their relationship struggles behind the scenes.

Two beautiful, sexy female singers have a rivalry that dates back to their secondary school days. They go head to head in a fierce battle to be crowned the winner of a national singing competition. [parts 1-2]

Weave your way through the bustling streets and idyllic beaches of Lagos. Lagos at Large is an immersive 360-degree documentary told from the perspective of poet Njideka. Featuring her bracingly affectionate words and buoyed by its vibrant, percussive score, the work takes in a range of spaces – from markets and monuments to seasides and more – and emerges as a poignant love letter to the titular city.

An intriguing story of three women crossed by fate, one a drunkard, another a Ghost and the other, a murderer. A struggle ensue as the drunkard seek for justice the dead. An investigation is launched, more information become know about the murderers, they fight back.

For many, a toilet cleaner’s work might seem invisible, but for Mama Balo at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos students hostel, it’s a role she approaches with unmatched care and purpose. In this documentary, "Mama Balo" directors Hassan Yahaya and Kayode Idowu follow her daily routines, shining a light on how she finds pride and meaning in what many consider an “unimportant” job. Through her story, we see the extraordinary dedication behind the work that keeps overlooked spaces functional and dignified.

A struggling teenage girl in Mainland Lagos discovers new hope in the presence of God. Based on the book of poems, "ZION," by June Olu.

In a turbulent enclave along the great African Savannah, two contrasting victims of man’s unbridled greed and blind quest for power find themselves allied for survival.

Tade can't seem to break free from the toxic relationship he's stuck in.

About an incorruptible officer who gets stranded in a lone forest and must find a way to be saved while trying to remember all that has happened to him. It is also essential to know that it is a Nigerian story.

Kasarmu Ce mixes Hausa and western storytelling techniques to create an enlightening, politically potent and culturally rich African thriller, complete with conspiracy, murder, and the power of "Dodo" spirits. Sani, a young man of charm and quiet self-confidence, is moved to act when his grandfather is killed by agents of a corrupt businessman, who wants to buy up the entire village with revealing that precious stones have been found all over its lands.

The Story of a roadside food vendor who comes across a stranded wealthy man and offered him shelter while he awaits his car mechanic. An attempt to help her out from her life of poverty wrecked his home. Saint Obi, Monalisa Chinda, Oby Edozie.

Tade, a free-spirited scion of a respected political family, is living her best life and without a care in the world. However, things get complicated when she develops feelings for Chidi, a fast-rising politician who also happens to be her EX and Cheta, her best friend. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Chidi and Cheta are brothers.

Khalid (Ramadan Booth) returns home after a long trip and find his girlfriend Deeja (Nafisa Abdullahi) missing in a brothel where she is in the custody of Magajiya (Fatima Isa Makamashi), he violently begins a quest for her whereabout which leads him to the home of an influential man Alh Kabir (Ali Nuhu). His curiousness and edgy nature lead to a journey that makes him discover some events that left him shocked

A shy, reserved prince is ordered by his father the king to get married, however the two men do not see eye to eye on the qualities that a wife should possess.John Dumelo, Osita Iheme, Walter Anga (2012)

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Obinna, an African refugee in Canada, faces deportation in 30 days. When all hope seems lost, a chance confrontation with Timothy, his terminally ill landlord, provides him an opportunity to remain in the country. Timothy who is a former immigration officer makes him a deal; he will intervene in his pending deportation if Obinna finds his estranged daughter Nicole and convinces her to see him one last time before he dies. With the clock ticking, Obinna fights to save his dreams, in the course of which he stumbles on a discovery that will shake the very foundations of his principles.

When a girl from the past crashes into the present, one man’s obsession with her mystery could heal— or destroy—the people he loves most.

Henna tells the moving story of a young girl from Northern Nigeria whose life is shaped by the intersecting challenges of child marriage and abuse. Married off in her adolescence, she escapes her home seeking freedom, only to face new trauma when she is sexually assaulted by someone she trusts. Through Henna’s journey of pain, courage, and eventual self-discovery, the film sheds light on the urgent need to protect vulnerable girls and end cycles of violence and neglect. Ultimately, Henna is a story of resilience and hope—affirming that one’s past does not define one’s future.

Tonna and Emelia's love faces a test when her friends urge her to leave him due to his deformity, sparking a tale of love, betrayal, and truth.

Photojournalist Ese arrives in Ibeshe to find her missing sister and uncovers a journal leading to a dark mystery involving supernatural forces and a ritual killing ring.

Chief Donald intends to spend the rest of his life in perfect celibacy. But his adventurous past eventually catches up with him, when he suddenly discovers he fathered many children with several women during the days of his youth.

SPADE: THE LAST ASSIGNMENT is a new feature film (by Oliver Mbamara) about the career/adventures of Special Agent Spade, who goes on a last assignment to crack an international syndicate engaged in women trafficking and smuggling of African artifacts

A woman asks her housemaid to bring her ice. But she misunderstands her and asks which person’s eyes she wants.

In a remote African village, a young girl is forced into a life of oppression when her parents arrange her marriage to a powerful tyrant.

Its the best of entertainment and comedy with John Okafor (Mr Ibu), Francis Odega, Charles Inojie, and Others...

A frustrated and bitter woman, struggling to have a child of her own, tries to find spiritual guidance.

Chuma Eze is an opinionated, feminist journalist in the running for a prestigious women’s award. When her boss (Jia) asks her to interview Iziegbe “Izi”, who is also a contender for the same award, Chuma reluctantly takes on the job. She soon discovers that there is more to Izi than meets the eye.

About the power of love and sacrifice during uncertain times.

A veteran thief is forced to perform one last robbery. In a reality where vengeance is more precious than gold, two thieves break into the house of a troubled couple struggling with marital discord.

The Camssassins is an exaggerated film about the filmmaker struggle.

Femi the “Femi-nist” is a renowned Casanova with a 100% record. His latest target has an irresistable bounty but with a significant challenge.

Nigeria is a hub for human trafficking. Victims are transported to 33 countries, mostly as part of the $100 billion dollar sex trade. The documentary underlines the human costs behind the statistics. Its tender, devastating interviews, reveal an all-too-common tale: African women turned prostitutes spend years paying off their trafficking debt in Europe. Few ever escape the shackles of their nightmarish ordeals.

A woman’s word against a man’s: a doctor seeks justice – and vengeance – on a rapist, but the demon inside him is about to surface.

Tamunoba the goddess appears to Ibanichuka a carefree warrior and against the norm pronounces him the king of Okrika. In a cryptic warning, the goddess advises him to show true strength in the face of his greatest adversary in order to save his people from annihilation. His interpretation of her message leads to conquests, alliances and even a civil war with an influential member of his war cabinet, all these while trying to unite a people already divided by the Christian religion led by the wily Chief Ogan wielding his own supremacist agenda. When Ibanichuka eventually discovers his greatest adversary, he realizes to his shock that he had been on a wrong trajectory after all and is forced to make the decision that no true warrior should ever make.

Raped and scarred by her gynaecologist, Dr. Kyle. Evi seeks justice and vengeance on this rapist on the prowl that may go Scot free like other abusers.

When four college friends—Jess, Ben, Lila, and Drew—uncover an unlabeled VHS tape in the attic of Drew's late uncle’s home, they think it’ll be a fun throwback horror night. But when they hit pause at a seemingly random scene, time itself stutters—and the film begins to reflect their own lives in real time.

An unfaithful young man quickly learns that cheating with his next door neighbor is causing issues within his relationship with his girlfriend

A budding writer thinks he's found a muse and quickly develops a relationship with her, but it turns out that they are both placeholders for each other's repressed psychological problems.

The continuing adventures of Pete, Nicole, and their acquaintances.

An insecure wife continuously looks for issues within her marriage. Opinions from family and friends makes matters worse and divorce is on the rise. After many efforts of trying to prove his love and dedication to his wife , the husband finally gets fed up with his wife's antics and immature behavior and decides to give her some space. Space is what makes the couple recognize their true love for one another. This couple must put their pride and egos to the side and realize that a perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who won’t give up on each other.

A Nigerian movie about a couple of priests and some nuns entering a haunted "forest" to purge it of evil. Along the way they battle mermaids who have come to claim back the Water of Life stolen from them.

A documentary filmed at the Oron museum in Nigeria showing various traditions and customs of the Nigerian population and their value as art.

A case of infidelity that leads to misfortunes and death...

A ghost story with nightmarish echoes concerning the traumatic memories of the Nigerian Civil War.

Surfers, metal heads, and guerilla filmmakers explore their identities and culture in Sierra Leone, Botswana, and Nigeria.

A couple’s quiet life is shaken when an unforeseen crisis tests their love, faith, and everything they hold dear.

A story about the transition from childhood to adulthood, about a curious 17-year-old teenager who longs to explore her interests in the arts, but must reconcile her desires with her dying mother's wishes for her to become a doctor.

Four female housemates team up with a notorious gangster to swindle the son of a prominent Nigerian industrialist of his newly acquired inheritance, but their plan goes horribly wrong.

When a soon to be married man finds himself in a trouble at his bachelor's eve party, he must try all he can to clean the mess before he walks down the aisle the next day.

A professional escort falls in love with his client, a lonely businesswoman who is still entangled with her cheating ex-husband.

A cultural sciences professor named Sam has spent nearly two months buried in archival research on Remi Silva — a Lagos philanthropist of Afro-Brazilian descent whose life, on paper, reads as entirely ordinary. But the deeper Sam digs, the more the man refuses to stay ordinary. A cassette tape in Yoruba. A cryptic sealed letter. A symbol that keeps appearing where it shouldn't. When a young bookkeeper steps in for the absent librarian, what begins as small talk about belief and mythology starts to quietly destabilize everything Sam thinks he knows. *Static* is a slow-burn mystery about the limits of skepticism — and what happens when a man of reason comes face to face with what he cannot explain.