MERCY JOHNSON, RITA DOMINIC, OSSY UKEJE, OBI EMELONYE, CHIDI CHIKERE AND OTHERS NOMINATED FOR NOLLYWOOD MOVIES AWARD 2013

AHEAD of this year’s Nollywood Movies Award (NMA), organizers have released the list of nominees who will go head to head for honour at the award ceremony billed for October. The Nominees party held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, attracted notable movie stars and practitioners in the country’s motion picture industry.

   Notable among guests presents are Segun Arinze, Bimbo Akintola, Joseph Benjamin, Chika Ike, Ashionye Raccar, Omoni Oboli, Susan Peters, Fidelis Duker, Kingsley Ogoro, Obi Emelonye, Ossy Ukaeje, Charles Novia, Julius Agwu and others.

    The Best Movie category has Hoodrush, Journey To Self, The Meeting, Phone Swap, Udeme Mmi and Mrs Somebody, while Bayo Alawiye (The Gods Are Still Not To Blame), Gabriel Afolayan (First Cause), Iyke Adiele (Broken), Ossy Ukeje (Hoodrush) Moses Armstrong (Udeme Mmi) and Wale Ojo (Phone Swap) will battle for Best Lead Actor. The Best Lead Actress category has Rita Dominic (The Meeting) Nse Ikpe-Etim (Mr & Mrs), Mercy Johnson (Dumebi), Funke Akindele (Ma’ami), Bimbo Akintola (Hoodrush), Uche Jombo (Mrs Somebody).

    For the Best Supporting Actor, Imeh Bishop Udoh, Akin Lewis, Bimbo Manuel, Gabriel Afolayan, Afeez Oyetoro, Bob Manuel will slug it out, while Ngozi Ezeonu, Barbara Soky, Ada Ameh, Chelsea Eze and Mary Chukwu are up for Best Supporting Actress. Best Actor Indigenous category has Ekere Nkanga (Kokomma), Wole Ojo (Maa’mi), Segun ‘Lanko’ Ogunremi (Odasan) and Imeh Bishop Udoh (Udeme Mmi)

    Tope Brass, Belinda Effah, Obonganwan Bennet-James and Funke Akindele are up for Best Actress Indigenous, while Best Indigenous Movie category has Udeme Mmi, Odasan, Maa’mi and Kokomma.
    In the Best Director category, Mildred Okwo (The Meeting), Lancelot Imasuen (Udeme Mmi), Dimeji Ajibola (Hoodrush), Kunle Afolayan (Phone Swap) and Tope Oshin Ogun (Journey To Self) will battle for honours, while  Best Editing has Paul Apel, Yemi Jolaosho, Victor Ehi-Amedu, Dimeji Ajibola, Okey Benson, and Kunle Adejuyigbe.

    For the Best Sound Design Obi Emelonye (Last Flight To Abuja), Semiu Adewuyi (Kokomma), Carl Raccah (Journey To Self), Olukunle Adegbite (The Gods Are Still Not To Blame), Alex Njuguna (The Meeting) and Dimeji Ajibola (Hoodrush) are nominated, while the
Best Cinematography has Alfred Chia, James Costello, Shalom Uyi Enabulele, Yinka Edward, Jim Bishop and Byron Ene.

      Best Original Screenplay has Tunde Babalola (Ma’ami), Mildred Okwo/ Tunde Babalola (The Meeting), Rita C Onwurah (Udeme Mmi), Dimeji Ajibola (Hoodrush), Tchidi Chikere (Dumebi) and Kemi Adesoye (Phone swap), while Best Costume Design has Jaiye Owolabi, Titi Aluko, Ekene Okoye Mpon, Yolanda Okereke / Aminat Olateju, Wanger Ayu/Rosaline Ijejem and Iyen Agbonifo.

   Best Make-Up category has Temisan Etsede (Adesuwa), Touch Of Glamour/ Tobi Jeje-Phillip & Korede Olowoyo (Journey To Self), Tracy Iyoha (The Gods Are Still Not To Blame), Jennifer Alegieuno (The Meeting) and Olivia Obasi (Broken), while Best Set Design has Pat Nebo, Adeoye Bakare, Hilary Patrick and Sango B’song.

    In the Best Soundtrack, Truth, Luke Corradine, Patrick Mathias, Slam, Truth and Oludare Olateju will slug it out, while Best Diaspora Movie category has Man On Ground, Alaalo, Turning Point, The Past Came Calling and Secret Past. The Best Short Movie include Unspoken, 15 Minutes, Epitaph, Ogondah, Blink and Till Death Do Us Part.

     In the best Best Rising Star Male, Ossy Ukeje will battle Ifeanyi Kalu Bobby Obodo and Uti Nwachukwu, while the female category has Linda Ejiofor, Belinda Effah, Ijeoma Agu, Rachel Isaac, Tehila Adiele and Tess Abubakar. In the Best Child Actor category, Ayomide Abati (Ma’ami), Adeola Faseyi (Married But Living Single), Regina Ojeogwu (Wave Of Glory) and Obiora Samuel Olife (Broken Silence) are up for nomination this year.
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