A compelling look at the third-largest movie industry in the world - in the heart of Africa.

Infectious

Los Angeles Times

Irresistible

Film Threat

Cheers to the filmmakers [...] for going beyond a look at Lagos as the Wild West of cinema to offer unexpected insights, not always sunny, into the economic and social forces that created [...] Nollywood.

IFC.com

A fantastic Canadian documentary exploring the unknown side of the cinematographic planet

Twitch

A stand out doc !

Playback

Top Film Pick of the Week

Torontoist

Nollywood Babylon is a feature documentary about the explosive popularity of Nigeria's movie industry.

The film drops viewers into the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market. Here, among the bustling stalls, films are sold and unlikely stars are born.

Unfazed by low budgets, enterprising filmmakers create a brash, inventive and wildly popular form of B-Movie that has Nigerians Nollywood-obsessed. In these films, voodoo and magic infuse urban stories, reflecting the collision of traditional mysticism and modern culture that Nigerians experience every day.

Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, present an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.

Nollywood Babylon is Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal's third film.

They began their collaboration at the NFB in Montreal. Their first film, Discordia, screened at festivals and universities around the world. Hailed by The Globe and Mail as "the newest wave in documentary filmmaking", Discordia won a Gold award at the New York Festival and Best Socio-Political Documentary at the Columbus International Film Festival.

Mallal and Addelman's second feature, Bombay Calling, was nominated for a Gemini award for Best Socio-Political documentary. It won the Grand Jury prize at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and premiered at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto. Bombay Calling was also broadcast in over 150 countries on National Geographic International. In 2007, they launched AM Pictures.

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