Nigerian Screen Star Rita Dominic Brings Nollywood to TIFF, Sits Down With Vision Newspaper

Rita Dominic TIFF 2026 brought the acclaimed Nigerian actress to Toronto for the world premiere of The Spectacular Death of Prisca and an exclusive interview with Vision Newspaper

TORONTO, ON — Nigerian actress and producer Rita Dominic was in Toronto during the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival as The Spectacular Death of Prisca, a new short film starring Dominic in the title role, made its world premiere in TIFF’s Short Cuts programme.

Directed by Nigerian-American filmmaker Kaelo Iyizoba, the 23-minute drama-comedy draws inspiration from the heightened style and visual language of Old Nollywood. Dominic stars as Prisca and also serves as an executive producer. The cast includes Genoveva Umeh, Fae Olumide, Shamz Garuba, Amaka Ukuta and Kenzy Udosen.

TIFF Spotlight for a Nollywood Story

The film follows a mother who, on her daughter’s wedding day, is transported into the world of an Old Nollywood film and forced to confront fears surrounding motherhood and losing her daughter. Its TIFF selection placed a distinctly Nigerian cinematic reference point before an international festival audience in Toronto.

Iyizoba has described the project as a proof of concept for a planned feature, A Nollywood Story. In interviews surrounding the TIFF premiere, he said the film was shaped by the Nollywood movies he grew up watching.

Dominic’s participation also carries a connection to an earlier chapter of TIFF’s engagement with Nigerian cinema. In 2016, she attended the festival for the world premiere of 76, in which she starred, during TIFF’s City to City spotlight on Lagos.

Vision Newspaper Sits Down With Rita Dominic

During her latest Toronto visit, Dominic sat down with Vision Newspaper – The Caribbean Update for an exclusive interview.

The conversation gives Vision readers an opportunity to hear directly from one of Nigerian cinema’s established screen figures as African film continues to reach audiences through major international festivals and global distribution platforms.

Vision Newspaper will publish the full exclusive interview separately. Readers can look out for that conversation in the coming days.

A Career Across Acting and Producing

Dominic has worked in Nigerian cinema as both an actress and producer and is a co-founder of The Audrey Silva Company. Her screen credits include The Meeting, Shattered, 76 and La Femme Anjola.

Her appearance in The Spectacular Death of Prisca brings her back to a filmmaking tradition that helped shape her career while introducing the visual language of an earlier Nollywood era to new audiences.

Readers can look out for Vision Newspaper’s exclusive interview with Rita Dominic, coming soon to Vision Newspaper – The Caribbean Update.

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