Ifeoluwa Olutayo

Content Contibutor

Ifeoluwa Olutayo is a writer and filmmaker with three years of experience. He is an avid lover of Cinema, books, and music and his writing has been published in Shado Mag, Getunruly, The Republic, and 49th Street among others. He has lost many arguments defending the recent The Artic Monkeys album releases.

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Culture & Society

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Loose Cannon: Engaging National Trauma through the Personal

Loose Cannon is a selection at the Ibadan Indie Film Festival (IFA) to be held on the 29th and 30th of November.

Culture & Society

Ifeoluwa Olutayo

Chapter Ex: A Tale of Haunted Love

Stories abound on the state of love in Lagos. It’s in flow everywhere, and you can hear it on the streets, in third spaces, and even in religious institutions.

Art & Design

Ifeoluwa Olutayo

Symbolism and an African Education

How do we as a people connect to our roots, our history, when it’s been demonized and cast aside in favor of neo-colonialist institutions and a certain “pressing forward”, preached in all the arts and sciences, social media timelines, and newspaper columns?

Art & Design

Ifeoluwa Olutayo

A Night For The Ages

A review of the Ivorian masterpiece, Night of the Kings

Culture & Society

Ifeoluwa Olutayo

Mami Wata: A Landmark Triumph In Nigerian Cinema

There’s been talk about a need for diversity of stories on the Nigerian screen, with other stories given a chance to shine on the big screen. We are used to having stories chronicling the lives of the obscenely wealthy, or following the wacky adventures of service staff as they navigate their (rarely done on screen) jobs and the gossip they glean off the happenings of the central story. With C.J Obasi’s third solo feature —Mami Wata—, we finally do.

Art & Design

Ifeoluwa Olutayo

The Rockefeller Foundation Extends Bellagio Centre Residency Invite to C.J Obasi

The Rockefeller Foundation invites Nigerian Filmmaker, C.J Obasi to their Bellagio Centre Residency Program

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Culture & Society

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TO GOD BE THE GLORY – A Surreal16 Filmfest Experience

At the African International Film Festival in 2017, the Surreal16 Collective announced their manifesto; sixteen guidelines for making films as members of the collective.