NOLLYWOOD MOVIES AWARDS (NMA) UNVEIL NOMINEES

Wooow! These categories are steaming 'hawt'? This is certainly going to be a fierce battle.

Anchored by glamorous entertainers, Julius D Genius Agwu and Kate Henshaw, the maiden edition of the Nollywood Movies Awards (NMA), organized to recognize and honour outstanding talents in the Nigerian film industry will come up on saturday 2nd June 2012 at the Civic Centre also in Lagos, Nigeria.

However, a nominees party scheduled to precede the event has been slated for saturday 5th May 2012 at the Oriental hotel, Lagos.

NOMINEES&CATEGORIES

BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE

1) Van Vicker (Against The Law)
2) Ramsey Nouah (Private Storm)
3) Trybson Dudukoko (Ghetto Dreams)
4) Joseph Benjamin (Tango With Me)
5) Joseph Benjamin (Kiss And Tell)
6) Charles Okafor (Fake Prophet)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE

1) Genevieve Nnaji (Tango With Me)
2) Omoni Oboli (Anchor Baby)
3) Mercy Johnson (Weeping Soul)
4) Uche Jumbo (Damage)
5) Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde (Private Storm)

BEST MOVIE

1) Mirror Boy
2) Anchor Baby
3) Private Storm
4) Memories Of The Heart
5) Tango With Me
6) Kiss and Tell

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1) Junior Pope Odumodoh (Nkwocha)
2) John Dumelo (Private Storm)
3) Yul Edochie (Against The Law)
4) Gabriel Afolayan (Ghetto Dreamz)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1) Tina Mba (Tango With Me)
2) Rachel Oniga (Ghetto Dreamz)
3) Stella Damasus (Bent Arrows)
4) Nse Ikpe-tim (Kiss And Tell)

BEST ACTOR IN AN INDIGENOUS MOVIE (NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE)

1) Chiwetalu Agu (Nkwocha)
2) Yinka Quadri (Aye Dudu)
3) Saidi Balogun (Eti Keta)
4) Brown Igboegwu (Apparition)
5) Femi Adebayo (Emi Abata)
6) Odunlade Adekola (Ikuforiji)

BEST ACTRESS IN AN INDIGENOUS MOVIE (NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE)

1) Funke Akindele (Emi Abata)
2) Funke Akindele (The Return Of Jenifa)
3) Queen Nwokoche (Nkwocha)
4) Mercy Aigbe (Oladunjoye)
5) Dupe Adejare (Alantaku)

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE (NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING LANGUAGE)

1) Eti Keta
2) Ikuforiji
3) Nkwocha
4) Apparition
5) Aye Dudu
6) Oladunjoye

BEST DIRECTING

1) Mahmood Alli-Balogun (Tango With Me)
2) Obi Emelonye (Mirror Boy)
3) Lancelot Imasuen (Private Storm)
4) Daniel Ademinokan (Ghetto Dreamz)
5) Desmond Elliot (Kiss And Tell)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) Mirror Boy
2) Private Storm
3) Changing Faces
4) Anchor Baby
5) Tango With Me
6) Kiss And Tell

BEST MOVIE EDITTING

1) Mirror Boy
2) Anchor Baby
3) Ghetto Dreamz
4) The Return Of Jenifa
5) Changing Faces
6) Memories Of The Heart

BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK

1) Bent Arrows
2) Mirror Boy
3) Ghetto Dreamz
4) Changing Faces
5) Memories Of The Heart
6) Tango With Me

BEST SOUND EDITTING

1) Tango With Me
2) Private Storm
3) Apparition
4) Anchor Baby
5) Mirror Boy
6) Ghetto Dreamz

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY/SCRIPTWRITING

1) Obi Emelonye (Mirror Boy)
2) Ugezu J Ugezu (Against The Law)
3) Daniel Ademinokan &Ope Banwo) (Ghetto Dreamz)
4) Uduak Isong Oguamanam (Kiss And Tell)
5) Lonzo Nzekwe (Anchor Baby)
6) Chinwe Sele (Soul After Soul)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1) Mirror Boy
2) Ghetto Dreamz
3) Tango With Me
4) Apparition
5) Entrapped(Chiemela Nwagbaoso)

BEST MAKE-UP

1) Ghetto Dreamz
2) Tango With Me
3) Apparition
4) Mirror Boy* (Gabriel Okorie)
5) Damage (Temisan Isioma Etsede)

RISING STAR AWARD

1) Halima Abubakar (Entrapped)
2) Helen Paul (The Return Of Jenifa)
3) Nuella Njubigbo (Apparition)
4) Sylvia Oluchi(BENT ARROWS)
5) Gabriel Afolayan (Ghetto Dreamz)
6) Chinyere Madubuike Kosi (Apparition)