Oscars

Our critic analyses the reasons Africa and its filmmakers had a less than stellar experience at the Oscars 2025 ceremony and season.

Africa’s sole representative at the 2025 Oscars lost the Best Live Action Short award in an unfavourable award season for the continent.

Tems won the Best African Music Performance category at the 2025 Grammys for “Love Me JeJe”. Why has Nollywood never received Oscar attention?

For Africa at the 2025 Oscars, it is Cindy Lee’s short film, The Last Ranger, in and Mati Diop’s Dahomey falling short.

Two of the filmmakers behind Nawi say they want their film to spur social change.

The Nigerian Official Selection Committee has named Mai Martaba as its entry for the International Feature Film category ahead of the 2025 Academy Awards. The announcement follows the announcement of …

Nawi, by Vallentine Chelluget, Apuu Mourine, Kevin Schmutzler, and Toby Schmutzler, is Kenya’s 2025 Oscar pick.

Selected films will be in the running for Best International Feature Film.