Passport of Mallam Ilia animated movie heads to Sharjah, Trinidad
Magic Carpet Studios will show its unfinished take on Cyprian Ekwensi's 1960 novel at two festivals abroad this month, eight years after the Lagos studio took on the project and with no Nigerian release date yet.
The Passport of Mallam Ilia animated movie is going on the road before it is finished. Magic Carpet Studios, the Lagos studio adapting Cyprian Ekwensi's 1960 novel, said on Thursday, 1 October 2026 that the film will screen as a work in progress at two festivals abroad. First stop is the Sharjah Animation and Comics Conference in the United Arab…