The nominations for the 2011 Zulu African Film Academy Awards are out. TV3, TV Africa, GTV and Joy TV are both nominated in the ‘Best West African TV’ station of the year.
In the movie department, Jackie Appiah and Martha Ankomah have both been nominated in the ‘Best Lead Actress’ category alongside Genevieve Nnaji [Mirror Boy], Ini Edo [Memories Of My Heart], Rita Dominic [Fulani].
The adorable actress Jackie Appiah was nominated for her role in the movie ‘4 Play Reloaded’ whiles Martha Ankomah was nominated for her role in the movie ‘Somewhere In Africa’.
In the ‘Best Lead Actor’ category, Ghana’s current best actor-Majid Michel will slot it out with Kenneth Okonkwo [Save Our Souls], Ramsey Nouah [Memories Of My Heart] and Osita Iheme [Mirror Boy]. Majid was nominated for his role in ‘Somewhere In Africa’.
In the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ category John Dumelo and Frank Artus will face a challenge from Nollywood’s Yemi Black [Anathema], Segun Arinze [Save Our Souls], and Chiwetalu Agu [The Maidens].
In other department, yet to be released movie ‘Somewhere In Africa’ has received 10 nominations including ‘Best Film’, ‘Best Film Editing’, ‘Best Story’, ‘Best Sound Editing’, ‘Best Screenplay’ and ‘Best Cinematography’.
The producer and director of the movie Kwame Boadu and Frank Rajah Arase are nominated in the ‘Best Producer’ and ‘Best Director’ respectively.
Other movies from Ghana in the nominations include ‘Bed Of Roses’ by Odika Micheal nominated in the ‘Best Story’ category. The movie is also in the ‘Best Screenplay’ category. The screenplay was done by Folke Nissi Amafo.
Upcoming actor, James Gardner was also nominated in the ‘Best Up-Coming Male’ category. He was nominated for his role in Selassie Ibrahim’s ‘CEO’ movie.
Samira Yakubu, the manageress of actress Jackie Appiah leads the nominations in the ‘Best Costumier’ category. The Ghana Movie Awards 2010 best local movie Ama Ghana by Paul Adjei was also nominated in the ‘Best Cultural Expression’. The producer and director of the movie Paul Adjei and Frank Gharbin are also in the ‘Best Producer Indigenous’ and ‘Best Director Indigenous’ categories.
For their roles in the movie, comic actor Kofi Adu, popular known as Agya Koo and Vivian Jill Lawrence are nominated in the ‘Best Male Actor Indigenous’ and ‘Best Female Actor Indigenous’ categories respectively.
Check out the full list of nominees below…
1. BEST AFRICAN TV IN UK
OBE TV
VOX AFRICA
BEN TV
OH TV
HI NOLLY
2. BEST WEST AFRICAN TV
TV3 GHANA
TV AFRICA, GHANA
GTV GHANA
JOY TV GHANA
NTA NIGERIA
AIT NIGERIA
SILVER BIRD TV NIGERIA
CHANNELS TV NIGERIA
LAGOS TV NIGERIA
CABLE TELEVISSION
AFRICAN MAGIC
MY TV NIGERIA
NTA-STAR TIME
HI TV NIGERIA
3. BEST TV SOUTH AFRICA
ETV SOUTH AFRICA
SABC SOUTH AFRICA
TOP TV SOUTH AFRICA
ZTV ZIMBABWE
MABC TV BOTSWANA
NBC NAMIBIA
4. BEST EAST AFRICA
CITIZEN TV KENYA
ZUKU TV KENYA
NATION TV, UGANDA
CLASSIC TV, KENYA
STAR TV TANZANIA
5. ZAFAA ENTERTAINMENT FRIENDLY AIR LINES 2011
AIRK AIR
QUARTER AIRLINE
EMIRATES AIR LINE
AIR NIGERIA VIRGIN
ATLANTIC AIR LINE
6. BEST FILM
MIRROW BOY – NIG OBI EMELONYE
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – GH KWAME BOADU
SAVE OUR SOUL – NIG OBY GOLD EDOZIE
FULANI – NIG IFEANY ONYEABOR
7. BEST FILM EDITING
MIRROR BOY – LD NDREW WEBBER/ANCHEW LINTON
BED ROSES – NIG OKEY BENSON
MARRIAGE PLANNER – NIG ODINAKA EDEH
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – GH AFRA MARLEY
8. BEST STORY
BED OF ROSES – GH ODIKA MICHAEL
MIRROR BOY – LD OBI EMELONYE
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – GH PASCAL AMAFO
SAVE OUR SOUL – NIG OBY GOLD EDOZIE
9. BEST SOUND EDITING
THORNS – CAM BINAMS
MIRROR BOY – LD CHIGOZIE EZEH/SERMON WARE
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – GH CHUCKS
SAVE OUR SOULS – NIG KINGSLEY EIGBOKHAM
10. BEST CHILD PERFOMANCE MALE
MIRROR BOY – GAM EDWARD KAGUTUZI
MASTER OF GAME- GH RAHIM BANDA
CARBIB KWAI – NIG AHMAD ALI NUHU
11. BEST UP – COMING MALE
THORNS – ZIM DEMETRIA KARONGAH
OBSESSION – CAM NCHIFOR VALERY
NATASHA DE PRODIGAL – NIG VANESSA ADEKOLA
THE CEO – GH JAMES GARDNER
12. BEST SCREENPLAY
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – GH PASCAL AMANFO
BED OF ROSES – GH FOLKE NISSI AMAFO
THE MARDENS – NIG EMEKA AMAKAEZE
MIRROR BOY – LD OBI EMELONYE
13. BEST UP-COMING FEMALE
THORNS – ZIM JULIE BOTON
OBSESSION – CAM RUTH NKWETI
NATASHA DE PRODIGAL – NIG VANESSA ADEKOLA
THE CEO – GH SELASSE IBRAHIM
14. BEST CHILD PERFOMANCE FEMALE
EDIKAN – NIG SOPHIANA JONES
FROM WITHIN NIG PROMISE NSIMA
WIDOW’S TEARS NIG SALIMI AKILI
15. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
FULANI NIG
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA
THORNS
MIRROR BOY
16. BEST COSTUMIER
QUEENS PRIDE – GH SAMIRA YAKUBU
MAIDENS – NIG OGOO OKECHI
FULANI – NIG NWANGBOSO CHIEMELA
17. BEST CULTURAL EXPRESSION
KARAN ZAKARA – NIG SANI MU’AZU
OLASUBOMI – NIG BOSE ALAO OMOTOYSSI
EDIKAN – NIG UDUKA I. UGUAMANAM
AMA GHANA – GH PAUL ADJEI
CARBIN KWAI – NIG FKD PRODUCTIONS
18. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY INDIGINUS
NAMIJIN – NIG
EDIKAN – NIG
AMA GHANA – GH
CARBIN KWAI – NIG
19. BEST PRODUCER INDIGINOUS
OLASUBOMI – NIG BOSE ALAO OMOTOYOSSI
EDIKAN – NIG UDUKA I. UGUAMANAM
NAMIJIN – NIG DAHIRU MOHARMMED
AMA GHANA – GH PAUL ADJEI
20. BEST INDIGENOUS DIRECTOR
AMA GHANAA GH FRANK GHARBIN
OLASUBOMI – NIG TAIWO ODUALA
CARBIN KAWI – NIG ALI NUHU
OSU KASAN – NIG FEMI FADEYI
21. BEST COMEDY FILM
CYPHYLIS NIG
OKON LAGOS NIG
22. BEST COMEDY ACTRESS FEMALE
OKON LAGOS – NIG VANESSA KOKO
OKON LAGOS – NIG MONALISA CHINDA
CYPHYLIS – NIG UCHE OGBODO
23. BEST COMEDY ACTOR MALE
CYPHYLIS – NIG VICTOR OSUAGWU
OKON LAGOS – NIG IME BISHOP UMOH
CYPHYLIS – NIG KINGSLEY OGBONNA (DAUDA)
24. BEST MALE ACTOR INDIGINOUS
EDIKAN – NIG MOSES ARMSTRON
OLASUBOMI – NIG YINKA QUADRI
CARBIN KWAI– NIG ALI NUHU
AMA GHANA – GH AGYA KOO (KOFI ADU)
25. BEST FEMALE ACTRESS INDIGINOUS
OLASUBOMI – NIG SHOLA SHOBOWALE
EDIKAN – NG INI EDO
IMALA – NIG FAITHIA BALOGUN
AMA GHANA – GH VIVIAN JILL LAWRENCE
26. BEST PRODUCER
MIRROR BOY – LD OBI EMELONYE/PATRICK CAMBELL
MEMORIES OF MY HEART – NIG EMEM ISONG
SAVE OUR SOULS – NIG OBY EDOZIEH
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – GH KWAME BOADU
27. BEST DIRECTOR
MIRROR BOY – LONDON OBI EMELONYE
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – (GHANA) FRANK RAJA ARASE
MEMORIES OF MY HEART (NIG) DESMOND ELLIOT
BED OF ROSES – (GHANA) PASCAL KELECHI AMANFO
28. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MEMORIES OF MY HEART –NIG UCHE JUNBO
MIRROR BOY – GAM FATIMA JABI
HAAJA – NIG REKIYA ATTA IBRAHIM
FULANI – NIG OGE OKOYE
ANATHEMA – NIG EBELE OKARO
29. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
4PLAY – GH JOHN DUMELO
ANATHEMA – NIG YEMI BLACK
SAVE OUR SOULS – NIG SEGUN ARINZE
THE MAIDENS –NIG CHIWETALU AGU
WHO LOVERS ME- GH FRANK ATIUS
30. BEST LEAD ACTRESS
MIRROR BOY – (LONDON) GENEVIEVE NNAJI
4 PLAY RELOADED– (GHANA) JACKIE APPIAH
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA –(GH) MARTHA ANKOMAH
MEMORIES OF MY HEART – (NIGERIA) INI EDO
FULANI – (NIGERIA) RITA DOMINIC
31. BEST LEAD ACTOR
SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA – (GH) MAJID MICHEL
SAVE OUR SOULS – (NIG) KENNETH OKONKWO
MEMORIES OF MY HEART – (NIG) RAMSEY NOUAH
MIRROR BOY – (NIG) OSITA IHEME
Good Luck to both Jackie & Martha…Hope you guys win <3
majid is winning
Go Jackie, beat Genevieve for me
where is the pic of Martha? not only Jackie but Martha as well. put her pic there too. Jackie wasn’t nominated alone but with Martha.
give it to jackie. she is talented and takes her roles seriously.