KAZEEM OPEYEMI BALIKIS has been named Best Script Writer of the Year at the 2025 Integrity Icon Awards, a recognition that reflects years of disciplined craft, consistency, and professional integrity within Nigeria’s film and television space.
The Integrity Icon Award is reserved for creatives whose work demonstrates excellence, reliability, and a clear ethical standard in storytelling. In presenting the Best Script Writer honour to Balikis, the award committee cited her sustained contribution to narrative quality, character development, and culturally grounded storytelling across multiple productions.
Balikis has built her reputation as a writer who understands both story and structure. Her scripts are defined by emotional clarity, purposeful dialogue, and narratives that respect the intelligence of the audience. Rather than relying on excess drama, her work draws strength from realism, moral tension, and carefully paced conflict. These qualities have become increasingly visible across her body of work.
Her writing credits include Fate, Perfect, Hidden Wound, My Cake, Aiku, and Aso Mi, among others. Each project reinforces her ability to move between genres while maintaining a consistent voice and professional standard. She currently works full time with Integrity Icon Productions, where she plays a key role in story development and screenplay execution.
The award also acknowledges her most recent creative milestones. Her last completed project, ALE, was noted for its narrative restraint and thematic depth, while her ongoing work on The Unwritten Law points to a writer entering a more mature and socially reflective phase of her career.
Speaking on the recognition, the Integrity Icon Awards described Balikis as “a writer whose scripts carry both technical discipline and moral clarity, reflecting the values the award was created to celebrate.” The statement underscored her commitment to professionalism, collaboration, and narrative honesty within production environments.
Winning the Integrity Icon Award for Best Script Writer 2025 places Kazeem Opeyemi Balikis among a select group of creatives shaping the present and future of Nigerian storytelling. It is not only a celebration of individual talent, but a broader endorsement of writers who prioritise craft over noise and substance over spectacle.
For the industry, the recognition affirms an essential truth. Strong stories remain the foundation of great cinema, and writers like Kazeem Opeyemi Balikis continue to prove that integrity, patience, and precision still matter.
