Discoveries from Nigeria World Cinema

Following the story of three kids, the film explores the impact of an unstable marriage on the lives of children's development.

A young man discovers that he must offset a debt owed by his late father. He goes through a myriad of trials and tribulations that stand to make or break him.

Jallaba's trade boom crumbles due to internal conflict among the ruling clans. A new dynasty promises stability, shattered by a king's heir choice - his daughter. Princess, rival, and a deposed clan clash for the throne. Who will rule - and can Jallaba survive?

Three sons try to make their mother’s dreams come true by bringing home wives for Christmas.

Their life as luxury escorts offered these women glamour, money and a chance to reinvent themselves…until a murder and a robbery ruined everything.

An adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare's novel. The story of a young sickle-cell patient and the various social and emotional challenges she's faced with.

“Hotel Labamba is an opportunity to showcase the behind-the-scenes that goes on in the society on a daily basis, uncovering murder, the justice system, and much more. This project was exciting, and I’m sure the viewers will love the storytelling and have a good laugh while at it,” she added. The movie follows the murder of a popular Instagram influencer in Hotel Lambaba, hidden in plain sight and known by only those who want exclusivity or something to hide. The manager is on the neck of the detectives to solve things fast or keep everything hush. But will the killer be caught, and can the death of this popular influencer be kept under wraps? In Hotel Lambaba, everyone is a suspect!

The film follows Martins, escaping a dangerous past that endangers his life, as fate draws him to fiery Anabelle—stuck in an abusive nightmare. Sparks fly amid tension, but his secrets summon a deadly assassin. Will love defy the hunt?

Amara's mistake awakens Madame Koi-Koi. Now she and Mr. Mustapha must stop the vengeful spirit before it's too late.

What started out as a fun night at a prom after party in 2005, quickly turns into Ife’s worst nightmare. She carries a dark secret from that night into adulthood that continues to plague her everyday life.

Following the dealings of Mauritanian fixers ferrying migrants by sea, this film shows the human cost of irregular migration in West Africa. Interrogating the role of fixers as facilitators of the voyage across the sea as well as the casualties that occur, this asks if they are very different from 16th century slave catchers.

Tosin Shina, a glamorous Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, sees her perfect life shatter when her husband is arrested as a top drug trafficker. With her wealth gone and children to protect, she’s forced to rebuild. But when a deadly cartel demands she take over her husband’s operations, Tosin must navigate crime, betrayal, and survival—or lose everything.

An exceptional soldier and leader, Major Agbo leads his special forces team on a mission to successfully rescue hostages from insurgents. However, as the only member of his team to survive the operation, he must now fight his way back

During a perfect picnic, Malik discovers that his beloved Precious has been having an affair with Steve. After a heated confrontation and fight, Precious later shows up at Malik’s house, heartbroken and remorseful. Despite the pain and betrayal, Malik, still deeply in love, lets her back into his arms.

An 8-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from Sunday school service. She unwittingly witnesses the underbelly in and around a Mega Church in Lagos.

The story of billionaire industrialist Chief Beecroft, a flamboyant benefactor to a large extended family of relatives, household staff and assorted mistresses. Chief lives large, like there’s no tomorrow, until the day he dies suddenly and the ‘bullion van’ stops. What’s in his will and who gets all that money? What happens next will surprise you, as Chief Daddy has the last laugh from beyond the grave.

B for Boy is a contemporary drama set in Nigeria, about one woman's desperate need for a male child, which reveals the discrimination of women in the names of culture and religion.

A former serviceman joins a movement to challenge the continent's political status quo during the Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) of 1977.

Set in the 1980s, Tolani Ajao is a bank secretary in Lagos, who finds herself persuaded by her friend Rose Adamson to enter the world of drug trafficking.

Two friends enter into an agreement they intend to keep secret, but their lives start to implode, as the breadth of the decision unravels before them.

Nimbe is a story addressing the issues associated with drug abuse, some of the causes, how to identify and avoid such. - In a fictional universe comprising ten nations. Seeing the neighboring country become more and more powerful, a warlord organizes a competition to reveal the best warriors. Hearing the news, Dong Yilong, a valiant young villager decides to take up the challenge despite the doubts of his village. So begins the journey .

When Obi Okonkwo completes his studies in England and returns to Nigeria, he finds himself in a country marked by rapid industrialisation and deep political change. In a time of social upheaval, Obi represents modern Nigeria. Through his gaze, his own expectations, those of his environment and the woman he loves become visible. And the disappointment of these expectations. Obi experiences the spreading corruption, the dominance of the Europeans and the conflicts with the values of traditional societies. In flashbacks, his struggle is interwoven with that of his grandfather Okonkwo. The latter experiences the first foreign influences in his village of Umuofia, from the arrival of the Christian missionaries to British colonialism.

The Beecroft family are ready to spend all of Chief Daddy's inheritance, but not if the CEO of his company has anything to do with it.

Kamal and Bashir finish their first degree and become pride and ambitious, they become to pride for a side jobs their only mission is to start somehow big and become rich in no time with that degree.

Two brothers move silently through the mundane world, carrying an unseen offering of light. As they journey from place to place, dancing and observing, subtle traces of change begin to appear, revealing how quiet presence can shift everything.

This documentary first aired in Britain in May 1994 during the height of the Ogoni conflict in which a small Nigerian minority, the Ogoni, rose up against the oppression and exploitation perpetrated by Shell in their collaboration with the Nigerian military government and powerful Western economic interests. The peaceful Ogoni protests were violently ended by the military government in 1995 with the unlawful hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a writer, journalist and activist for the Ogoni people. Saro-Wiwa succeeded in reaching out to the international community to put pressure on those holding the Ogoni hostage. In the end, he may not have achieved all the goals set out by the Ogoni, but he drew attention to social grievances which were falsely believed to be exclusive to the colonial era.

After years of fertility issues and her mother-in-law's nagging, a woman hires her assistant as a surrogate. But things don’t go as smoothly as planned.

He's a well known Fraudster who runs a Cartel, but When the scores are up.the only language he understands is survival ,But Amanda will do anything possible to save her brother who's caught in the web of this syndicate.

A Yoruba man proposes to his Igbo girlfriend, but when the news eventually reaches their parents, their reactions aren’t exactly what they expected due to tribal prejudice. Rivalry between the two families begins, but the couple are adamant on their love prevailing.

A taxi driver in bustling Lagos agrees to deliver a mysterious package in exchange for his dying mother's medical treatment.

Things get unnerving when a suave realtor and his sick daughter take refuge in a mysterious mansion after a medical emergency in the middle of nowhere.

A Fulani milkmaid confronts religious extremists in rural Sub-Saharan Africa in a quest to locate her missing sister, but efforts to recapture her disrupted past prove complicated.

The undercover prostitutes that moonlight as waitresses at Oyoyo Restaurant are known as the Airline Babes. They will go to any lengths to secure safe flights for their passengers.

In order to save their marriage, a couple hires a high class maid to help, but things turn out for the worse.

Kambili Maduka, is an irresponsible, spoiled, spendthrift 28-year-old woman who is turning 29 in a few days. The only thing on her mind is to get married before she turns 30. However, after getting suspended from work due to her incessant lateness, she goes on a date with her boyfriend and he breaks up with her, dashing her hopes of getting married before 30. She decides that what she needs to do is prove to her boyfriend that she can be everything he wants her to be which is; responsible, driven, focused, and wife material.

A Nigerian man travels to America for adventure and has a life changing encounter with a New Orleans artist.

A slick serial seducer bets his friends that he can bed three old flames in six weeks, in this risqué comedy from the director of the smash hit Wives on Strike.

Mid-air difficulties force a Nigerian commercial plane into an emergency landing with devastating consequences.

A promising young footballer must choose between following his dreams of soccer success and returning to college in order to support his family.

Drawing on the experiences of undocumented migrants, KARMA explores the emotional and moral dilemmas they face and ultimately celebrates the transformative power of truth and compassion. This Nollywood drama, filmed in Frankfurt, Benin City, and Lagos, revolves around themes such as love, deception, justice, and redemption.

Two buddies and a girl, down on their luck, have their lives changed when one of them discovers a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which, according to legend, bestows seven years of good luck. But no one told them about the next seven years...

A romantic comedy starring Nollywood veteran Nkem Owoh. When tragedy strikes, a heartbroken Jonny embarks on hilarious attempts to end his life, but ends up discovering the beauty of life.

A rich brat must work together with a “ghetto” tomboy if he wants to recover his stolen passport; or he would miss a flight to a life-changing interview.

Tola, Elizabeth, Maria and Kate are four friends forced at midlife to take inventory of their personal lives, while juggling careers and family against the sprawling backdrops of the upper middle-class neighbourhoods of Ikoyi and Victoria Island in Lagos.

In the sprawling African metropolis of Lagos, a fiercely independent young cab driver meets a band of radiantly reckless sex workers whose sisterhood pulls her into danger and joy, setting her on a journey toward her own transformation.

Three couples, each in different phases of romance, head to Ibadan for a fun and frisky holiday. But secrets soon spill, causing trouble in paradise.

A power-hungry First Lady's quest for control unravels when a murder investigation threatens to expose the deadly secrets behind her glamorous facade.

Country Hard is a hyperlink crime-drama that explores a day in the lives of seven strangers as their paths interconnect in a way that may alter their lives forever.

Three young men frustrated with their current employment get mixed up in a seemingly low-risk, high-profit theft job. Things unfold and they just might be adding kidnapping to the list of crimes they are committing. With a comedic twist to it all, it's a wonder how they end up as heroes of the day.

A young lady in love with her struggling high school sweetheart, gets romantically involved with a politician who shows her a ruthless side of him when she wants out.

Seven friends reunite for a weekend getaway after years of being apart. But things aren't as smooth as they hoped, as old tensions and unresolved issues resurface.

An inglorious Journalist sets out to interview a deceased Preacher.

In the heart of Nnewi in Anambra State, genial billionaire, Afamefuna Okoli, and his radiant wife Amaka, throw a lavish funeral party for Afam's deceased father. In the midst of the mega shinding, officers of the Nigerian Police arrive and privately invite Afam's to the station.

A young woman tries to help a stranded man at the beach but does not get a thank you

Faith becomes a beacon for people struggling with family, career ambition and romantic longing in this adaptation of Yewande Zaccheaus' popular book.

In the pursuit of 'love and forever', single parent and Travel Blogger Amanda, embarks on a social media romance with American TourGuide Michael. A trip to the US to meet up for the first time, opens up more doors than both anticipated.

Anita, a bright and determined young woman from a humble background, graduates from university with big dreams. Her family, having sacrificed everything—including selling their few possessions—to support her education, pins all their hopes on her future success. But life doesn’t go as planned.

Fikayo Holloway, a journalist from a wealthy socialite family, is on the verge of uncovering a powerful crime ring in Lagos, whose atrocities have hit close to home.

A newspaper seller bemoans his lack of success but is undermined by his own laziness when he gets a better job as a driver and finds his rich father.

When a neighbor refuses to share his WiFi password, Georgie executes him in cold blood, honoring the year's ruthless motto: "No gree for anybody." Drenched in gore and wearing a hollow smile, he moved to the next door—What starts as a simple request quickly turns into a bloody, psychopathic rampage from door to door.