Yvonne Nelson, Yvonne Okoro and Alexandra
Nominations for this year’s Ghana Movie Awards have been announced, with Fix Us and Ogbozo films leading the pack with 18 nods each.
The Yvonne Nelson produced film and Ama K Abebrese and Destiny Omon directed film have their stories up for the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing and Best Cinematography categories in addition to thirteen (13) other categories.
Frank Gharbin’s film, Heroes of Africa also came through as one of the big films of the award with 16 nominations while Habiba Sinare and Umar Klupp film titled, 18 had 13 nods.
Top female performers like Yvonne Nelson, Yvonne Okoro, Alexandra Amon, Habiba Sinare, Jackie Appiah, Jessica William and Emelia Brobbey are all up for acting prizes.
Andrew Adote, Umar, Umar Akwasi Boadi, Bernard Adusi Poku, Van Vicker, Adjetey Annan and Prince David Osei also had nominations in Best Actor and Supporting Actor categories.
First time actors like Irene Logan, Mona Montrage, Eric Afrifa Mensah and others have made it to Discovery category.
The Ghana Movie Awards scheme is by GP Productions and its partners to reward excellence in the country’s motion picture industry.
It also gives others from the African continent the opportunity to be recognised for their efforts in telling the African stories to both Africans and the rest of the world during the period under review.
This year’s award ceremony will take place on December 30, where winners will be announced. Entire nominations are online.
By Francis Addo