Nigerian movie stars, Alex Ekubo, Yomi Fabiyi, and Toyin Aihmakhu, topped the winners’ list at the Best of Nollywood Awards.
Hosted by ace comedian, Okey Bakassi, and actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, the awards aimed at acknowledging the resilience of Nigerian filmmakers amidst the economic recession, took place at El-Dorda event center, Aba, Abia State on Sunday.
The high point of the star-studded ceremony was when three Nollywood veterans, Chief Zebrudaya, Sola Sobowale and Fidelis Duker were rewarded for their giant strides and contributions to the Nigerian movie industry.
According to the organisers, aside from the 31 keenly contested categories at the annual BON Awards, the ‘Special Recognition’ category rewards the commitment and contributions of several individuals in their field as well as in Nollywood.
In his welcome address, the CEO of BON, Seun Oloketuyi, said, “The creative industry is a fertile ground for governments and investors to sow in Nigeria, more especially in the period that our nation gravely needs to diversify. This jury hopes that our state governments especially will look at ways to raise the revenue profile of their states by investing in this industry.
“This awards specifically aims at promoting the Nigerian cultural essence in movie making. This is why emphasis is placed on movies that are produced in the indigenous languages. As we said last year however, we hope that more producers will come forward and venture into film in our some other languages than Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba.”
See the full winners list below
BEST OF NOLLYWOOD 2016 WINNERS LIST
Best Actor in Leading Role (English)
. Alexx Ekubo in The First Lady
Best Actor in Leading Role (Yoruba)
• Yomi Fabiyi in Metomi
Best Actor in Leading Role (Hausa)
• Sadiq Dan Sadiq in Mat Da Lado
Best Actor in Leading Role (Igbo)
• Bloosom Chukwujeku in Icheke Oku
Best Actress in Leading Role (English)
• Judith Audu in Just Not Married
Best Actress in Leading Role (Yoruba)
• Toyin Aimakhu in Metomi
Best Actress in Leading Role (Igbo)
• Nichole Banna- in Icheke Oku
Best Actress in Leading Role (Hausa)
• Jamila Umar in Kasata
Best Supporting Actor (English)
Gabriel Afolayan in Something Wicked
Best Supporting Actress (English)
Adesua Etomi/ Ivie Okujaye-Egbon/Beverly Naya in Something Wicked
Most Promising Actor
Rotimi Salami in Just Not Married
Most Promising Actress
Ade Laoye in Studio
Best Child Actor in Movie
Daniel Udah in Opeyemi
Best Child Actress
Angel Unigwe in Woeman
Best Comedy of the Year
Ghana Must Go
Movie with the Best Social Message
. Woeman
Movie with the Best Special Effect
. A Soldier’s Story
Movie with the Best Screenplay
• Something Wicked
Best Short Film of the Year
. Opeyemi
Best Documentary of the Year
• Amaka’s kin
Best TV Series of the Year
• Lasgidi cops (SCU)
Movie with the Best Editing
. Hire A man
Movie with the Best Sound Track
. Icheke Oku
Movie with the Best Production Design
• Hire A Man
Movie with the Best Cinematography
. A Soldier’s Story
Best Use of Nigerian Costume in a Movie
. Yeye Oge
Best Use of Make up in a Movie
. A Soldier’s story
Movie of the Year
. Something Wicked
Director of the Year
. Yemi Morafa for Something Wicked
Best Kiss in a Movie
. Omowumi Dada and Gabriel Afolayan in Something Wicked
Revelation of the Year (female)
. Bukky Adeeyo
Revelation of the year (Male)
. Shawn Jimoh
