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ISOKEN

Jadesola OSIBERU

Nigeria 2017 98 min English
Jadesola Osiberu

At 34, Isoken is still single. While her family wants her to marry Osaze, a wealthy entrepreneur, Isoken meets a young photographer called Kevin. They grow closer and closer, but the thing is that Kevin is an Oyinbo – a white man. Family pressure is mounting for Isoken to marry a man from the Edo ethnic group.

Crédits

Cast

Dakore Egbuson-Akande, Marc Rhys, Joseph Benjamin

 

Screenplay

Jadesola Osiberu

Image

Adekunle Adejuyigbe

Editing

Adekunle Nodash Adejuyigbe

Music

Gray Jones Ossai

Production

Tribe 85 productions

Chosen by the National Film Institute of Jos, Nigeria

The National Film Institute (NFI) located in Jos, Plateau State of Nigeria, is the only public film institute in Nigeria. Through its innovative degrees and collaborative masters’ programs, the NFI has produced talented cinematographers in the Nigerian film industry, such as Kenneth Gyang and Yinka Edward. The strength of the NFI lies within its regular production workshops and extensive courses which are platforms for interaction with both international and domestic experimented personalities in the industry and academia. 

Jadesola OSIBERU

Born in 1985

Jadesola Osiberu is a Nigerian writer, director, and producer. She is known for Isoken (2017), Sugar Rush (2019), Brotherhood (2022) and Gangs of Lagos, the first Nigerian original film set to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. In September 2022, Osiberu's Greoh Studios signed a three-year deal with Amazon to develop and produce original scripted TV series and feature films. Tackling issues majoritarily faced by women through her films, Jadesola is an important female filmmaker in the Nollywood industry.  She won best director at 2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and got an Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Director nomination the same year.

Filmographie

Gangs of Lagos (2023)

Brotherhood (2022)

Sugar Rush (2019)

Isoken (2017) 

Séances

Thursday 20 — 14:00

Cinéma Le Royal VOSTA+STFR - Royal 3

Introduced by Precious Okoh Agebnu, student at the National Film Institute of Jos, Nigeria