Tope Oshin’s ‘We Don’t Live here Anymore’, leads the nomination list of the 2018 Best Of Nollywood awards with 10 nominations in different categories.
The movie is closely followed by the movie, ‘Obsession,’ with six nominations out of the 34 nominations at the 2018 edition of the award.
The 2018 BON awards nomination list was released in a statement released by the head of BON awards screeners committee, Niyi Adedokun, on Thursday, November 8, 2018.
“This year, we received 112 films including 93 feature films, eight short films and one documentary series were screened. Ten others were disqualified for various reasons relating to not meeting entry requirements,” Adedokun noted in the statement.
Nollywood actors, Adeniyi Johnson and Ibrahim Chatta, who recently lost his mother, led with two nominations each.
Johnson was nominated for Best actor in supporting role – English and Best actor in supporting role – Yoruba while Chatta was nominated for Best actor in supporting role – Yoruba and Best actor in leading role – Yoruba.
Johnson earned his nominations with his roles in ‘Outcast’ and ‘Tife Bankole’ while Chatta earned his two nominations for his roles in ‘A year to live’ and ‘Judasi.’
Speaking further on the nominations, Adedokun said, “We noticed a slight improvement in the number of films made in other Nigerian languages this year and commend the effort of these producers.”
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