Kunle Afolayan: "My Next Movie Will Win an Oscar"

Actor-Director Kunle Afolayan is confident his next project will win Nigeria her first Academy Award.

The Nollywood star, who is on the road to promote his upcoming movie, Phone Swap, told a Top Radio interviewer last night, 'my next movie will win Nigeria’s first ever Oscar award. People should just watch out'.

Afolayan did not give further details, but he spoke with confidence. The son of late cinema icon, Ade Love, Afolayan, is one of Africa’s most respected filmmakers, with the AMAA awards and other honours regularly coming his way.

His critically-acclaimed films, Irapada and Figurine, have featured in festivals across the world and distinguished him – especially in an industry where quality of script, story, acting and production is near zero.

‘My best is yet to come. I really don’t have any of my works that’s my favourite right now' he said, when asked to pick the best of his films.

Afolayan’s Phone Swap is due in Cinemas in February 2012

 Thenetng