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New Nigerian Cinema or New Nigerian Cinema era (also known as New Wave [1] [2] or controversially as New Nollywood [3] [4]) is an emerging phase in Nigerian cinema, in which there became a major shift in the method of film production, from the video format, which came about during the video boom, back to the cinema method, which constituted the films produced in the Golden era of Nigerian ...
Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref. January: 13 The Trade: Jadesola Osiberu: Rita Dominic. Chiwetalu Agu Blossom Chukwujekwu Gideon Okeke. Nengi Adoki. Crime drama Based on true events
Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref. J A N U A R Y: 1 Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke: John Demps Funke Akindele-Bello. Nkem Owoh. Patience Ozokwo. Zainab Balogun
The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes generally classified in four main eras: the Colonial era, Golden Age era, Video film era and the emerging New Nigerian cinema era. [9] Film as a medium first arrived in Nigeria in the late 19th century, in the form of peephole viewing of motion picture devices. [10]
The following are the highest-grossing Nigerian films of all time in Nigerian cinemas. The 2024 film Everybody Loves Jenifa currently leads the chart, with ₦1,820,000,000 grossed over a few months. Revenues from special screenings, DVD sales, online streaming, and theatrical screenings outside English-speaking West Africa are excluded from ...
The New Patriots: Terry Ayebo Akin Lewis. Dele Odule. Bimbo Oshin. Taiwo Ibikunle Lateef Adedimeji Political thriller Selected for 4 film festivals [19] Badamasi: Obi Emelonye Enyinna Nwigwe. Charles Inojie. Sani Danja Yakubu Mohammed. Biopic Biopic of Ibrahim Babangida, former Nigerian head of state [20] 16 Dwindle: Kayode Kasum Dare Olaitan ...
The origin of the term "Nollywood" remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema. [2] [3] Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times.
This is a list of films / movies produced in Nigeria by year of release. This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)