A new platform, meant to recognize and reward deserving stakeholders in the Nigerian movie industry, aka ‘Nollywood‘ through awards, has been announced.
Nollywood Movies, a 24 hour movie channel on the SKY Platform is set to launch the inaugural Nollywood Movies Awards which will celebrate ‘excellence, outstanding achievements and diversity in the industry’.
According to a statement made available
by organisers, the awards will celebrate both ‘English speaking and
indigenous talents with a nominees’ party set to take place on May 5,
2012 at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria with the main awards ceremony on Saturday, June 2 at the Civic Center also in Lagos, Nigeria’.
The awards cover a diverse range of
activities involved in movie production including directing, acting, pre
and post production.
Announcement of categories and nominees
will be made at a press conference slated for Friday 27th April 2012 at
the Lagos Ikeja Hotel (Best Western).
Nollywood Movies is a 24 Hour Movie
channel on the SKY Platform Channel 329 based in the United Kingdom that
was launched on January of 2008.
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