‘Shanty Town’, a film produced by Chinenye Nworah, has led the nominations for 2023 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards.
Gatekeepers News reports that the nominees for the yearly award ceremony, which honours outstanding achievements in the Nigerian movie industry, were unveiled in a statement on Sunday.
‘Shanty Town’, a crime thriller created by Xavier Ighorodje and Chichi Nworah bagged fifteen nominations out of the 29 categories of the BON Awards.
Chloe Coko’s ‘Herdsmen’, and ‘Underbelly’ by Tunde Aina were each nominated in eleven categories.
The BON Awards ceremony was first held in December 2009, in Ikeja, Lagos and has continued to be a creative strata for the Nigerian movie industry.
The award ceremony has been hosted in different states including Ogun, Oyo, Kogi, Kano, Ekiti, Delta, and Abia, among others.
This year’s edition of the annual award ceremony is scheduled to hold on December 22 and the host state will be unveiled soon.
See the full list below:
BEST CHILD ACTOR (FEMALE)
Princess Kosi (The Other one)
Angel (Here Love Lies)
Fisayomi Amodemaja (Keji)
Darasimi Nadi (Obara’m)
BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE
Black Harvest
Asa
Sister
Herdsmen
Shanty Town
BEST SHORT FILM
Za
Agogo
A Playboy’s Nightmare
She Was Not At War, I Was
Tales Of The Browbeaten
DOCUMENTARY
Genius in Disguise
SPECIAL EFFECT
Underbelly
Herdsmen
Shanty Town
Ite
Inadvertence
SOUND TRACK
Obara’m
The Other One
Underbelly
Herdsmen
Inadvertence
SOUND
Shanty Town
Here Love Lies
House of Secrets
Herdsmen
Obara’m
BEST USE OF COSTUME
Dice
Herdsmen
Underbelly
Ite
Shanty Town
SCREENPLAY
Afamefuna
Asa
50/50
Here Love Lies
The Other One
USE OF FOOD
Ifedichie
Time Travel
Inadvertence
Here Love Lies
50/50
BEST KISS
Kiki Bakare/Mimisola Daniels (Egun)
Efe Irele/Shawn Faqua (House of Secrets)
Olu Adebamowo/Kiitan Bukola (Square One)
BEST USE OF MAKE UP
SOJ
Shanty Town
Underbelly
Herdsmen
EDITING
House of Secrets
Shanty Town
Black Harvest
The Other One
Keji
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Underbelly
Herdsmen
Black Harvest
House of Secrets
Shanty Town
CINEMATOGRAPHY
House of Secrets
Shanty Town
Ite
Herdsmen
Underbelly
MOST PROMISING ACTOR
Smart Conrad (Underbelly)
Nura Mc Khan (Herdsmen)
Olu Adebamowo (Square one)
Olaiya Temitope (Inadvertence)
MOST PROMISING ACTRESS
Tierny Olalere (Inadvertence)
Chinelo Enemchukwu (Ifedichie)
50/50 (Funke Tanimola)
Olusola Adeola (Time Travel)
BEST INDIGENOUS
Afamefuna
Obara’m
Ifedichie
Underbelly
Herdsmen
IGBO FILM
Ifedichie
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA)
Ibrahim Yekini (SOJ)
Jide Awobona (Square one)
Funsho Adeolu (Asa)
Olaitan Jewola (Alebu Ara)
Muyiwa Ademola (Time Travel)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA)
Kiitan Bukola (Egun)
Habiba Jinad (Alebu Ara)
Damipe Adekola (Ite)
Jumoke Odetola (Square One)
Regina Chukwu (Adaba)
BEST ACTOR IN A YORUBA MOVIE
Rotimi Salami (Adaba)
Ibrahim Yekini (Igboro)
Kiki Bakare (Egun)
Niyi Johnson (Time Travel)
Mustipha Solagbade (50/50)
BEST ACTRESS IN A YORUBA MOVIE
Mercy Aigbe (Romola Alakara)
Damilola Oni (Ite)
Anike Ami (Igboro)
Mimisola Daniels (Egun)
Debbie Sokoya (Keji)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)
Stan Nze (Underbelly)
Ali Nuhu (Herdsmen)
Zubby Michael (SHANTY Town)
Kalu Ikeagu (The Other one)
Femi Jacob (House of Secrets)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)
Princess Nwokoye (Strained)
Omowunmi Dada (Here Love Lies)
Jasmine Naza Onyia (Ifedichie)
Nse Npe Etim (SHANTY Town)
Lillian Amah (The Other One)
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE
Tracy George (Strained)
Lucy Ameh (The Other One)
Ini Edo (SHANTY Town)
Najite Dede (House of Secrets)
Chinelo Enemchukwu (Ifedichie)
BEST ACTOR IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE
Chidi Mokeme (SHANTY Town)
Kelechi Udegbe (The Other One)
Tim Shelburne (Here Love Lies)
Shawn Faqua (House of Secrets)
Smart Conrad (Underbelly)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Biodun Stephen (Sista)
Dimeji Ajibola (Shanty Town)
Tope Oshin (Here Love lies)
Toka Mcbaror (Herdsmen)
Kayode Kasum (Obara’m)
MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Shanty Town
Underbelly
Here Love lies
Herdsmen
Black Harvest