Isoken

Isoken
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJadesola Osiberu
Screenplay byJadesola Osiberu
Produced byJadesola Osiberu
Starring
CinematographyAdekunle Adejuyigbe
Edited byAdekunle Adejuyigbe
Music byGray Jones Ossai
Production
company
Tribe 85 productions
Distributed by
  • Silverbird Distributions (Nigeria)
  • Evrit Film (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) (United Kingdom)
  • 16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) (Nigeria)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish
Box office₦95 million[1]

Isoken is a 2017 romantic comedy or romantic drama film written and directed by Jadesola Osiberu (in her directorial debut). The film stars Dakore Akande, Joseph Benjamin, and Marc Rhys.[2][3][4][5]

The film was produced by Tribe85 productions and distributed by Silverbird Distributions in Nigeria and Evrit film in the UK.[6] It premiered in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2017 at the West End's Cineworld in London and then in Nigeria on 16 June 2017 at the Landmark Event Center, Victoria Island, Lagos. The movie is one of the creative industry projects under the NollyFund loan scheme supported by the Bank of Industry.[7]

  1. ^ "The top 5 romance movies of the last decade. Which of these got you teary eyed?". FilmOne. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Hits and Misses of Jadesola Osiberu's 'Isoken' - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Cinema Review: 'Isoken' – It's okay". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Cinema Review: With 'Isoken', Jadesola Osiberu serves up a dish worth the mass-salivating". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "How Isoken is still absolutely killing it at the cinemas". YNaija. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ Isoken (2017), retrieved 7 July 2017
  7. ^ "BoI powered film 'Isoken' premieres in Lagos – Vanguard News". Vanguard News. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.