Anikulapo was nominated in 16 different categories of the awards, which was unveiled by the organisers on Sunday
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Kunle Afolayan’s “Aníkúlápó” hits number one on Netflix global Non-English speaking top 10. This is a significant victory for Nigerian indigenous language cinema and the Nigerian Film making industry.
He spoke about his father’s passing, the legacy his father left and the work he is doing as a filmmaker and businessman.
The burial, which held at Ibadan, Oyo State, was attended by a lot of bigwigs in the high society, with King Sunny Ade on the bandstand
The late Daba was buried at a cemetery in Agege, Lagos State, on Thursday.
The actors took to their Instagram pages to pay tributes to the late thespian who had contributed meaningfully to the growth of the Nigerian entertainment industry.
On Boxing Day, at my insistence,Tunde Kelani, TK, immediately went into “self-isolation” to catch his breathe, catch up with sleep and recover from the mixed bag of the good and the ugly of experiences whilst filming. Stress and satisfaction found common ground on this his most challenging of works. Filming in the midst of a global pandemic cannot be anything but a challenge of monstrous proportions.
“Citation” is the title of a 2020 Nigerian film directed by Afolayan, written by Tunde Babalola and starring Temi Otedola, a Master student in the film, who became a victim of attempted rape by her Senior Course Supervisor.
The coming of age movie, written by Tunde Babalola, is a university drama centred on a female postgraduate student who has to find a way of dealing with the incidence of sexual harassment from a popular male lecturer.
The star-studded movie, which happened to be a teaser of Otedola’s first feature movie, was directed by Kunle Afolayan
The movie, Citation, is created to correct one of the greatest ills – rape and sexual molestation – which affect the educational system and indeed societies around the world
Some notable actors, including Kunle Afolayan, on Saturday took to their Instagram handles to celebrate a veteran actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello, who clocked 67 years.
Kunle Afolanyan, veteran Nigerian filmmaker, says there is so much segregation in filmmaking between the Francophone and Anglophone countries in Africa.
Award-winning actor, film producer and director, Kunle Afolayan, has released the trailer of the acclaimed movie, ‘Mokalik’, featuring singer, Simisola Ogunleye, a.k.a Simi, in her debut acting role.
Splendor ruled the 4th Pan African Music and Fashion runway as reality star, Alex Asogwa, a.k.a Alex unusual, made her debut showcasing cutting-edge designs by internationally renowned Ade Bakare and IRE Clothings by Kunle Afolayan.
The sponsor of the programme in a press statement in Lagos on Friday said the edition would celebrate the Nigerian personalities who have distinguished themselves in various capacities in the film industry
Three weeks after its release in July 2014, Half of a Yellow Sun, a film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie’s novel, was found being hawked on Lagos streets.
Afolayan, a multi award winning filmmaker best known for his renowned work ‘Figurine’, released a statement confirming the news on his Instagram page @Kunleafo on Monday.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Fola Adeyemi, said this on Saturday during the unveiling of the magazine, Cinema in Lagos, by the State Government at the ongoing Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France
Afolayan told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the television series would be an epic Yoruba drama capturing 16th century tradition of the ethnic group.