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Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo Nominated For Abuja International Film Festival

Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo Nominated For Abuja International Film Festival

Desmond Elliot and Uche Jombo

 

Nollywood heavyweights Desmond Elliot and Uche Jombo are topping the list of nominees for this year’sAbuja International Film Festival (AIFF). In the list released recently by the organisers of the 10th Abuja film festival, Elliot gets a total of four nominations, trailed by friend and partner Uche Jombo with two nods.

Others on the list are producer Chico Ejiro, as well as Ghanaian movie sensations Majid Mitchel and Jackie Appiah.

Jury members for this year’s event include US based African cinema enthusiast, Connor Ryan, Former Arts Editor Guardian and Next, Molara Wood, veteran Ghanaian actress, Akofa Edjaeni Asiedu, Film/TV Producer, Emeka Ossai, curator of Short Images UK, Patrice Lamonn, and festival Director of Inshort Film Festival, Victor Okhai.

Below is the full list of nominees for the film festival awards:

BEST FEATURE FILM – NIGERIA

AIYEKOTO – ADEBAYO TIJANI

NEXT PRESIDENT – DESMOND ELLIOT

TORN – MOSES INWANG

WHEN DREAMS FALL APART – CHICO EJIRO

SAVE THE CHILDREN – MAGNUS EDET

BROTHERS KEEPER – IKECHUKWU ONYEKA

LIES MEN TELL – UCHE JUMBO

BEST FEATURE FILM – FOREIGN

STORM WARRIORS – CHINA

AGNUS DEI – KOSOVO

LINE OF SIGHT – JORDAN

ANDALUSIA MY LOVE – MOROCCO

SUNNYSIDE – BULGARIA

SUJET – CANADA

BEST SHORT FILM – NIGERIA

SCANDALOUS MERCY – PETER THOMPSON

PARADOX – DESMOND ELLIOT

OGONDAH – WILLIS IKEDUM

SURVIVAL – SEUN OLOKETUYI

BEST SHORT FILM – FOREIGN

MALICE AND PENCILS – UNITED KINGDOM/NIGERIA

FRANCOIS FIRST DAY – FRANCE

THE DOCK OF DESTINY – MOROCCO

GROWING UP – ABU DHABI

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

THE PHOENICIANS – MALTA

THE COURT – GERMANY

ROLLING DOLLAR; THE LEGEND UNPLUGGED – NIGERIA

THE TRUTH BE TOLD – NIGERIA

DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGER DELTA – NIGERIA

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

JAND HUSTLE – EHIZOJIE OJESEBHOLO

DREAD – AGBO KELLY

PATROIT – AGBO KELLY

I-GAMES – ALEXANDRA KURE’AVE HUL

BEST ANIMATION FILM

ROMANCE OF WOOD LIU HIU – CHINA

PROTECT US – NIGERIA

REALITY 2.0 – GERMANY

OUTSTANDING MALE ACT

BLOSSOM CHUKWUJEKWU – FINDING MERCY

DESMOND ELLIOT – LIES MEN TELL

PRINCE OSSEI – OFF THE HOOK

MAJID MITCHEL – BROTHERS KEEPER

CHESTER OSAGIE- MISSION TO MAMURO

ODUNLADE ADEKOLA – MUFU OLOSA OKO

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACT

CHARITY OFEM – SAVE THE CHILDREN

BANKE AMOLE -ADAMS – MISSION TO MAMURO

NADIA ODEH – LINE OF SIGHT

UCHE JUMBO – LIES MEN TELL

JACKIE APPIAH – OFF THE HOOK

OMONI OBOLI – BLUE FLAMES

OUTSANDING FILM IN DIRECTING

AIYEKOOTO – ADEBAYO TIJANI

PENCILS & MALICE – OROK DUKE JNR

BROTHERS KEEPER – IKECHUKWU ONYEKA

NEXT PRESIDENT – DESMOND ELLIOT

LINE OF SIGHTES – ASIL MANSUL

STORM WARRIORS – PENG FA & PENG SHUN

GOLDEN JURY FILM

BROTHERS KEEPER – NIGERIA

NEXT PRESIDENT – NIGERIA

MALICE AND PENCILS – UNITED KINGDOM/NIGERIA

STORM WARRIORS – CHINA

THE PHOENICIANS – MALTA

 

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