Tunde Kelani

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Tunde Kelani holds a Diploma in the Art and Technique of Film-making from the London International Film School, London. After many years in the Nigerian Film Industry as a Cinematographer, he now manages Mainframe Film & Television Productions, an outfit formed to document Nigeria's rich culture. Tunde Kelani has worked on most feature films produced in the country in his capacity as a Cinematographer. Some of 16mm feature films include: Anikura; Ogun Ajaye; Iya Ni Wura; Taxi Driver; Iwa and Fopomoyo. In the area of video productions, he has to his credit award-winning feature videos: Ti Oluwa Nile; Ayo Ni Mo Fe; Koseegbe and Oleku. An advocate of 'Alternative Technology' in motion picture production in Africa, Tunde Kelani has successfully produced and directed two digital features,Saworoide, Thunderbolt. He also completed work one of his latest digital films 'Agogo-eewo' shot on widescreen digitally on Dvcam. In addition to the M-net short features films, 'Twins of the Rainforest','A Place Called Home' and 'Barber's Wisdom' (35MM) , he also photographed, produced and directed a short feature in 16mm 'The White Handkerchief' in the same series. He has since added The Campus Queen' Abeni and The Narrow Path, the first set of works to probe further the possibilities of advanced digital film-making. He recently added a new film Arugba which has just concluded free, open-air community screenings in 57 local government and development council areas of Lagos State in Nigeria. Tunde Kelani uses the Mobile Cinema Project, designed to take information and entertainment to the grassroot. Tunde Kelani's latest film is Maami that tells the story of a single parent, Maami, and her young son who are desperately poor.

Most Popular Tunde Kelani Trailers

Total trailers found: 20

Dazzling Mirage Trailer (2014)

11 July 2014

An adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare's novel. The story of a young sickle-cell patient and the various social and emotional challenges she's faced with.

Abeni 2 Trailer (2006)

06 March 2006

A man and his childhood friend fall in love despite her father's wishes

Thunderbolt Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Thunderbolt is woven around Ngozi, a young elegant Igbo lady and Yinka a young man of Yoruba origin who meet and fall in love during the National Youth Service.

Kòseégbé Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Kòseégbé is a 1995 Yoruba drama film directed by Tunde Kelani based on a stage play of the same name by Akinwunmi Isola.

Saworoide Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

When a usurper, Lapita, seizes the throne of Jogbo the scene is set for a film about the power struggles and corruption of a mythical African state tied up to the rituals of kingship – principally the beating of the Saworoide (or brass bell) drum.

Maami Trailer (2012)

03 March 2012

A poor Nigerian woman named Maami protects her young son, Kashimawo, from his father who carries a terrible secret.

Arugbá Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Adetutu faces many responsibilities. She must juggle her role as Arugba (the virgin) in the annual community festival with her studies at the university.

The Campus Queen Trailer (2004)

01 April 2004

Life on a university campus with its own unconventional but dynamic culture ascribes to itself so many unusual privileges which provide unique opportunities for taking liberties mostly in a broad antisocial sense.

Abeni Trailer (2006)

31 March 2006

Abeni is in love with Akanni, the son of Chief Bello's former gateman. But Chief Bello is not in support of his daughter's intention to marry a pauper's son.

Ti Oluwa Ni Ilẹ́ 2 Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

After Asiyanbi’s public confession, the only surviving member of the land selling gang is banned from the community and stripped of his chieftaincy title.

Cordelia Trailer (2021)

05 November 2021

Adapted from the eponymous novel by Nigerian author and poet Femi Osofisan, Cordelia is a romantic period-drama where romance meets politics.

Ayinla Trailer (2022)

24 April 2022

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful range of hills and valleys in the southwestern Nigerian countryside, AYINLA is inspired by the life and times of Ayinla Omowura, a popular Yoruba musician in rural Nigeria.

Agogo Èèwò Trailer (2002)

31 December 2002

Agogo Eewo is the story of Jogbo. A new king was poised to improve the economy of Jogbo. Advisers hinted to the king about a cultural pact binding on the chiefs, but the chiefs stop at nothing to derail the oath-taking process.

Ti Oluwa Ni Ilẹ́ Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

A clique of land speculators enlists the help a traditional chief to sell ancestral land fraudulently to a business man who plans to build a petrol station.

The Narrow Path Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Melodrama about marriage.

Ti Oluwa Ni Ilẹ́ 3 Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

The final part of the trilogy, Asiyanbi (Kareem Adepoju) having been presumed dead after going into exile suddenly returns.

Golden Mother Trailer (1985)

10 April 1985

A mother’s attempt to save her twins ends in their separation, setting off years of loss until fate brings them back together.

Ò Le Kù 2 Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Part 2 Sequel to Ò Le Kù. It is the story of Ajani, an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan who is in his final year.

Efunsetan Aniwura Trailer (2005)

31 January 2005

Ò Le Kù Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

It is the story of Ajani, an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan who is in his final year. He is under pressure from his mother to find a partner, and unwittingly finds himself in a love dilemma - dating three women simultaneously; Asake, a secondary school teacher, is his long-term girlfriend.