The Top 3 Movies of 2017… According to the Filmmakers #2017REWIND

Tomorrow is a whole new year and we are finally at the last post of our #2017REWIND series.

We are doing things a bit differently this year, we could have told you what our favorite movies of the year were but we decided to make it a little bit more interesting and ask those who know better. So we asked eleven Nigerian filmmakers to tell us what their top 3 films of the year 2017 were (without including their own movies) and these are their answers.

#1. Biodun Stephen Oladigbo

Writer, producer and director of hit movies like “Ovy’s Voice”, “Picture Perfect” and “Tiwa’s Baggage”

#2. Ijeoma Grace Agu

Nollywood actress turned producer with movies like “Timeless”, “Uncloaked” and “Chasing Rainbows”

#3. Kabat Esosa Egbon

Nigerian movie director of movies including “A Love Story”, “The Intervention” and “Hazeezat” amongst many others

#4. Dolapo Adeleke (aka LowlaDee)

Nigerian filmmaker and the creator behind the series “This Is It”. She is also a director with films including “A Place Called Happy”, “Brave” and “You Me Maybe”

#5. Morris Sesay

Nigerian movie director, producer and actor with works including “Jail”, “Dreams” and “16th Anniversary”

#6. Olufemi D. Ogunsanwo (aka Femmy D Films)

Nigerian movie and TV director behind movies like “ZR-7” and “Ojukokoro” as well as shows like Africa Magic’ “Jemeji”

#7. Naz Onuzo

You might know him as one of the executive producers behind “The Wedding Party 1 & 2”. Naz’s company “Inkblot” is a part of the Elfike Collective. Naz is also the producer behind movies like “Out of Luck”, “The Arbitration” and “The Department”

#8. Imoh Umoren

Imoh is the film director behind works such as “The Happyness Ltd” and “Children of Mud”

#9. Kemi Lala Akindoju

Nollywood film actress, producer, director and CEO of “The Make It Happen Productions”, Lala was involved with Ndani TV’s “Gidi Up” as well as “The V Monologues”

#10 Chinneylove Eze

Nigerian film producer and writer behind “Hire A Man”, “Just Married” and the upcoming movie “June”

#11 Blessing Effiom Egbe

Nigerian film actress and producer behind movies such as “The Women”, “Two Brides And a Baby” and “Lekki Wives

I guess you can say that the jury has spoken. I hope this list was as enlightening and useful to you as it was to us. Again, we would like to say a huge thank you to all the filmmakers who responded to us on such short notice. And also a huge thank you to all NR readers who stuck with us throughout 2017. We’ll see you in 2018!