Ololade began her film making journey in 2005 in the early and made her breakthrough with her short award winning film – Diary of Bolanle in 2018 in the Los Angeles Cinema of Hollywood for the Best Student Film. In the same year of graduation, she made further breakthroughs with the film Diary of Bolanle in several other international film festival awards programs such as Cannes Short Film Festival, 2018, California Women’s Film Festival, 2018, World-Fest Houston Film Festival as best student production of Diary of Bolanle. In 2019, she further won other awards in the City People’s Award as best upcoming film maker for thr year 2020. As one of the best graduating students in the New York Film Academy in 2018, she stepped further into the world of film making, gaining popularity in several cities in the United States following her wins and exposure. In 2019, she had directed and produced another film – a feature length film IFE AIMO – which brought her further into spotlight after winning the 2022 award in the ROHIP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and officially selected in several other awards festivals such as the African Indigenous Language Film Festival Awards in 2022, Faith and Family Chicago Film Festival in 2023, among others. Since then, she has further produced, directed and even acted in other films and as before, won several awards in the films. After directing and producing another feature titled IPIN MI in 2020, she has been nominated as best director, producer and winning film in several film festivals. A few of them are the Athvikvaruni International Film Festival in 2022 as the winning producer and director in the same year. The Aljaw International Film Festival 2023 as winning film – IPIN MI. As well as official selection in the African Indigenous Language Film Festival 2022. Yet again, in 2023, she directed and produced OGEERE – an award winning feature. Among some of the awards in this film – Ogeere – are the World-Fest Houston International Film Festival Awards as the winning director. In 2023, she won the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards Norminee as best producer – Ogeere.
Movies Produced by Ololade Tijani Ebong
Diary of Bolanle
Diary of Bolanle (2018) – Short film that launched Ololade’s career. It won the “Best Student Film” at the Los Angeles Cinema of Hollywood in 2018. Details about the plot are scarce, but it likely explores a coming-of-age story set in a Yoruba context based on Ololade’s focus on cultural preservation.
Ife
Aimo
Ife Aimo (Unknown Love) (2019)– Feature-length film that further thrust Ololade into the spotlight after winning the 2022 ROHIP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL award. There’s not much information available about the plot, but the title “Ife Aimo” which translates to “Unknown Love” in Yoruba hints at a story exploring love, relationships, or cultural expectations.
Ogeere
-Earth
Ogeere (2023)– This award-winning feature film garnered Ololade recognition at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. Again, details about the plot are unavailable, but considering Ololade’s background, it might explore themes of cultural identity, tradition, or social issues within a Yoruba context.
Ololade began her film making journey in 2018 and made her breakthrough with her short award winning film – Diary of Bolanle in Cannes. In the same year of graduation, she made further breakthroughs with the film Diary of Bolanle by garnering international film festival awards programs such as Cannes Short Film Festival, 2018, California Women’s Film Festival, 2018, World-Fest Houston Film Festival as best student production of Diary of Bolanle. In 2019, she further won other awards in the City People’s Award as best upcoming film maker for the year 2020. As one of the best graduating students in the New York Film Academy in 2018, she stepped further into the world of film making, gaining popularity in several cities in the United States following her wins and exposure. In 2019, she had directed and produced another film – a feature length film IFE AIMO – which brought her further into spotlight after winning the 2022 award in the ROHIP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and officially selected in several other awards festivals such as the African Indigenous Language Film Festival Awards in 2022, among others.
Since then, she has further produced, acted and even co-directed other films and as before, won several awards in the films. After producing another feature titled IPIN MI in 2020, the movie was nominated under the category for best director, producer and winning film in several film festivals. A few of them are the Athvikvaruni International Film Festival in 2022 as the winning producer and director in the same year. The Aljaw International Film Festival 2023 as winning film – IPIN MI. As well as official selection in the African Indigenous Language Film Festival 2022. Yet again, in 2023, she co-directed and produced OGEERE – an award winning feature. Among some of the awards in this film – Ogeere – are the World-Fest Houston International Film Festival Awards as the winning director. In 2023, she was nominated at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards as best producer – Ogeere. Ogeere was nominated again in 2024 for best editing at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards
Diary of Bolanle
Diary of Bolanle (2018) – Short film that launched Ololade’s career. The diary of Bolanle is a story about a young lady – Bolanle – who is just stepping feet into the rigors of life as an adult. Her excitement about learning in foreign lands are cut short when she finds that there’s more hate between blacks than between white and black.
Ife
Aimo
Ife Aimo (Unknown Love) (2019)– Feature-length film that further thrust Ololade into the spotlight is a story about a man who loses his family in a plane crash and is now torn within battling his Faith in God
Ogeere
-Earth
Ogeere (2023)– This award-winning feature film is about a young educated man_ educated, yet ignorant of the power in swearing an oath, and the unforgiving effects of breaking an oath sworn with forces of nature. Bifatife gets entangled in a moment of affection and swears with the earth never to betray his partner; but when exposure comes and he falls in love with someone else, the earth reminds him of his oath – and in an unpleasant way.
Film Making Journey
Ololade began her film making journey in 2018 and made her breakthrough with her short award winning film – Diary of Bolanle in Cannes. In the same year she graduated, her film “Diary of Bolanle” achieved further breakthroughs by winning awards at international film festivals such as Cannes Short Film Festival, 2018, California Women’s Film Festival, 2018, World-Fest Houston Film Festival as best student production of Diary of Bolanle. In 2019, she further won other awards in the City People’s Award as best upcoming film maker for the year 2020. As one of the best graduating students in the New York Film Academy in 2018, she stepped further into the world of film making, gaining popularity in several cities in the United States following her wins and exposure. In 2019, she had directed and produced another film – a feature length film IFE AIMO – which brought her further into spotlight after winning the 2022 award in the ROHIP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and officially selected in several other awards festivals such as the African Indigenous Language Film Festival Awards in 2022, among others.
Since then, she has further produced, acted and even co-directed other films and as before, won several awards in the films. After producing another feature titled IPIN MI in 2020, the movie was nominated under the category for best director, producer and winning film in several film festivals. A few of them are the Athvikvaruni International Film Festival in 2022 as the winning producer and director in the same year. The Aljaw International Film Festival 2023 as winning film – IPIN MI. As well as official selection in the African Indigenous Language Film Festival 2022. Yet again, in 2023, she co-directed and produced OGEERE – an award winning feature. Among some of the awards in this film – Ogeere – are the World-Fest Houston International Film Festival Awards as the winning director. In 2023, she was nominated at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards as best producer – Ogeere. Ogeere was nominated again in 2024 for best editing at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards
Diary of Bolanle
Diary of Bolanle (2018) – Short film that launched Ololade’s career. The diary of Bolanle is a story about a young lady – Bolanle – who is just stepping feet into the rigors of life as an adult. Her excitement about learning in foreign lands are cut short when she finds that there’s more hate between blacks than between white and black.
Ife
Aimo
Ife Aimo (Unknown Love) (2019)– Feature-length film that further thrust Ololade into the spotlight is a story about a man who loses his family in a plane crash and is now torn within battling his Faith in God
Ogeere
-Earth
Ogeere (2023)– This award-winning feature film is about a young educated man_ educated, yet ignorant of the power in swearing an oath, and the unforgiving effects of breaking an oath sworn with forces of nature. Bifatife gets entangled in a moment of affection and swears with the earth never to betray his partner; but when exposure comes and he falls in love with someone else, the earth reminds him of his oath – and in an unpleasant way.
Ololade began her film making journey in 2005 in the early and made her breakthrough with her short award winning film – Diary of Bolanle in 2018 in the Los Angeles Cinema of Hollywood for the Best Student Film. In the same year of graduation, she made further breakthroughs with the film Diary of Bolanle in several other international film festival awards programs such as Cannes Short Film Festival, 2018, California Women’s Film Festival, 2018, World-Fest Houston Film Festival as best student production of Diary of Bolanle. In 2019, she further won other awards in the City People’s Award as best upcoming film maker for thr year 2020. As one of the best graduating students in the New York Film Academy in 2018, she stepped further into the world of film making, gaining popularity in several cities in the United States following her wins and exposure. In 2019, she had directed and produced another film – a feature length film IFE AIMO – which brought her further into spotlight after winning the 2022 award in the ROHIP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and officially selected in several other awards festivals such as the African Indigenous Language Film Festival Awards in 2022, Faith and Family Chicago Film Festival in 2023, among others. Since then, she has further produced, directed and even acted in other films and as before, won several awards in the films. After directing and producing another feature titled IPIN MI in 2020, she has been nominated as best director, producer and winning film in several film festivals. A few of them are the Athvikvaruni International Film Festival in 2022 as the winning producer and director in the same year. The Aljaw International Film Festival 2023 as winning film – IPIN MI. As well as official selection in the African Indigenous Language Film Festival 2022. Yet again, in 2023, she directed and produced OGEERE – an award winning feature. Among some of the awards in this film – Ogeere – are the World-Fest Houston International Film Festival Awards as the winning director. In 2023, she won the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards Norminee as best producer – Ogeere.
Diary of Bolanle
Diary of Bolanle (2018) – Short film that launched Ololade’s career. It won the “Best Student Film” at the Los Angeles Cinema of Hollywood in 2018. Details about the plot are scarce, but it likely explores a coming-of-age story set in a Yoruba context based on Ololade’s focus on cultural preservation.
Ife
Aimo
Ife Aimo (Unknown Love) (2019)– Feature-length film that further thrust Ololade into the spotlight after winning the 2022 ROHIP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL award. There’s not much information available about the plot, but the title “Ife Aimo” which translates to “Unknown Love” in Yoruba hints at a story exploring love, relationships, or cultural expectations.
Ogeere
-Earth
Ogeere (2023)– This award-winning feature film garnered Ololade recognition at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. Again, details about the plot are unavailable, but considering Ololade’s background, it might explore themes of cultural identity, tradition, or social issues within a Yoruba context.
