Nigeria is now the second biggest film producing country in the World after India. Right now the emphasis is more on short films and digital film making which has to grow now more on cello lied. Nigeria has a US$ 250 million movie industry, churning out some 200 videos for the home video market every month. 

Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry in terms of both value and the number of movies produced per year. Although Nigerian films have been produced since the 1960s, the rise of affordable digital filming and editing technologies has stimulated the country's video film industry. The Nigerian video feature film industry is sometimes colloquially known as Nollywood.