Ghana Movie Awards: The Nominees

The full list of nominees for the hotly anticipated award was announced on Friday, December 18, 2015 at the Silver Bird Cinema in Accra.

Check out the full list of nominations below…

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Oris Erhuero – The cursed ones 

2. Prince David Osei – Last Night 

3. Adjetey Annan – Cartel 

4. Abraham Attah – Beast of no nation 

5. Henry Adofo – Freetown

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE 

1. Yvonne Nelson – If tomorrow never comes 

2. Nadia Buari – Imogen Brown 

3. Lydia Forson – A letter from Adam 

4. Martha Ankomah – Shattered Lives 

5. Joselyn Dumas – Silver rain

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Jimmy Jean-Louis – The cursed ones 

2. Idris EIba – Beast of no nation 

3. Van Vicker – I do 

4. Emmanuel Affadzi – Beast of no Nation 

5. James Gardiner – Candle in the wind

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 

1. Rebecca Acheampong (Becca) – If tomorrow never comes 

2. Sellorm Galley – The Table 

3. Ama K. Abrebese – The cursed ones 

4. Christabel Ekeh – Candle in the wild 

5. Belinda Baidoo – Silver rain

COSTUME & WARDROBE 

1. If tomorrow never comes – Clara Asantewaa 

2. I do – Elikem Kumordzie 

3. Beast of no nations – Jenny Eagan/Kayoa Afriyie Frimpong 

4. 14:32 – Augustus Edgar Quartey

WRITING ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

1. If tomorrow never comes – Pascal Amanfo 

2. Beast of no nation – Uzodinma Iweala/Cary Fukunaga 

3. Freetown – Melissa Larson / Garrett batty 

4. The cursed ones – Maxilian Claussen 

5. Silver rain – Juliet Asante

MUSIC ORIGINAL SCORE 

1. If tomorrow never comes – Berni Anti 

2. Freetown – Kirk Sharpe 

3. The cursed ones – Benjamin Wright 

4. Beast of no nation – Dan Romer 

5. Nana meansKing – Aleksander Kuzba

MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG
1. If tomorrow never comes – Berni Anti 

2. I do – Kobi Rana 

3. The cursed ones – Benjamin Wright 

4. Coz ov mont – Emmanuel Owusu Bonsu Mensah Ansah 

5. Why should I get married 2 – D. Black

BEST EDITING
1. Freetown – Connor O’Malley 

2. Beast of no nation – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen 

3. The cursed ones – Josh Levinsky 

4. 14:32 – Kimi Frimpong 

5. Cartel – Abby Bawa

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
1. If tomorrow never comes – Jana Siidaus Nahdi 

2. I do – Christabel Jones 

3. The cursed ones – Araba Ansah 

4. Cartel – Lydia Ashietey 

5. Beast of no nation – Chris Burgoyne, Rita Parklo

VISUAL EFFECTS 

1. Freetown – Davin Bekins 

2. I do – Enoch Obiri Opoku 

3. Beast of no nation – Kevin Bitters 

4. The cursed ones – Ahmed El-Azma 

5. 14:32 – Charles McCarthy

PRODUCTION DESIGN 

1. Beast of no nation – Tony Tomety / Miles Kristian 

2. If tomorrow never comes – D. J. Vagas 

3. The cursed ones – Davide De Stefano 

4. I do – Ada Chibuife 

5. Freetown – Albert Aidoo / Courage Wormenor

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Cartel – John Passah 

2. If tomorrow never comes – Rex Perbi 

3. Freetown – Jeremy Prusso 

4. The beast of no nations – Cary Joji Fukunaga 

5. The cursed ones – Nicholas K. Lory

SOUND EDITING AND MIXING
1. Nana means king – Aleksander Kuzba 

2. Freetown – George dankwa 

3. Beast of no nations – Geoffrey Patterson 

4. If tomorrow never comes – Berni Anti 

5. The cursed ones – Gernot Fuhrmann

DIRECTING

 1. Freetown – Garrett Batty 

2. If tomorrow never comes – Pascal Amanfo 

3. Beast of no nation – Cary Fukunago 

4. The cursed ones – Nana Obiri Yeboah 

5. 14:32 – Kwesi Apenteng Quartey

BEST PICTURE
1. Beast of no nation – Tony Tagoe/ Danny Damah (Producers) 

2. If tomorrow never comes – Yvonne Nelson (Producer) 

3. The cursed ones – Nicholas K. Lory (Producer) 

4. Silver Rain – Julliet Asante (Producer) 

5. I do – Kafui Danku (Producer)

 6. 30 days in Atlanta – A. Y. (Producer) 

7. Candle in the wind – Abdul Sallam (Producer) 

8. Freetown – Mawuli Akpabi Adam Abel Garret Batty (Producers) 

9. Cartel – Dayan Fields (Producer)

BEST ACTOR AFRICAN COLLABORATION 

1. Enyimma Nwigwe – Silver Rain 

2. Ramsey nouah – 30 days in Atlanta 

3. De Deyemi Okanlawon – If tomorrow never comes 

4. Nsikan Isaac – 

The corned help BEST ACTRESS AFRICAN COLLABORATION 

1. Ure Eke – Silver Rain 

2. Mercy Johnson – 30 days in Atlanta 

3. Patience Ozokwor – Mama Africa

 4. Ini Edo – While you slept 

5. Rachael Oniga – The corned help

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR
1. Abraham Attah – Beast of no nation 

2. Emmanuel Affadzi – Beast of no nation 

3. Ophelia Dzidzornu – The cursed ones 

4. Jessica Larnyoh – I do 

5. Stonebwoy – Happy death day 

6. General Ntatea – Kalybos in China 

7. Deborah Vanessa – 14:32 

8. Becca – If tomorrow never comes 

9. Belinda Dzata – Royal Diadem 

10. Princess Shingle – Why should I get married

FAVOURITE ACTOR
1. Majid Michel 

2. John Dumelo 

3. Kalybos 

4. Bismark the Joke 

5. Kwadwo Nkansah 

6. Akrobeto 

7. Adjetey Annan 

8. Agya Koo 

9. Kwaku Manu 

10. Van Vicker

FAVOURITE ACTRESS
1. Kyeiwaa (Rose Mensah) 

2. Mercy Asiedu – 

3. Maame Serwaa – 

4. Emelia Brobbey – 

5. Nana Ama McBrown 

6. Yvonne Nelson – 

7. Jackie Appiah – 

8. Ahoufe Patri – 

9. Juliet Ibrahim – 

10. Nadia Buari –

SHORT MOVIE
1. Gaxorzozor 

2. Love at the time of Odwira 

3. Date 

4. Thief 

5. The cry

ANIMATED SHORT MOVIE
1. Nasir (bribery gone wrong) 

2. Hogan toons 

3. The perculiar life of a spider 

4. Agradaa 

5. Nubuke

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

1. Komabu – za 

2. Dog tales

"Ghana Must Go" Will Make Its Debut On January 2, 2016, at the Silverbird Cinema-Accra.

'Ghana Must Go' is a romantic comedy which revolves around Nigeria and Ghana.

The movie is produced by Yvonne Okoro and directed by the award winning Frank Rajah.

The movie  stars Blossom Chukwujekwu, Nkem Owoh, Ik Ogbona, Kofi Adjorlorlo, Ada Ameh, Helen Paul, and Okawa Shaznay.

"Ghana Must Go will make its debut on January 2, 2016, at the Silverbird Cinema-Accra.

Stalker: Moses Inwang’s Film Hit Cinemas In February 2016

Moses Inwang  Nollywood filmmaker has announced the cinema release date for his new movie entitled ‘Stalker’.

Starring AMVCA award winning actress, Nse Ikpe Etim, alongside Jim Iyke, Anthony Monjaro, Emem Inwang, AY Makun amongst others. ‘Stalker’ is scheduled for release in cinemas nationwide in February 2016.

Written and directed by Moses Inwang, ‘Stalker’ won the ‘Best Film’ at the recently held 2015 edition of the Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards, GIAMA, in Houston, Texas.

Watch official trailer of the movie below.

Get Ready For A Thrilling Experience Live This December: 'WAKAA The Musical'

Bolanle Auster-Peters Production in a live stage performance titled "WAKAA THE MUSICAL" A play about the trials, successes and experiences of six young graduates with varied background, a wager between them after graduation has a twist when the realities of life and the folly of their choices hit them. Eventually they reunite, coming full circle.

The venue for this live stage performance is Shell Hall, Muson Centre Onikan, Lagos Island. Show Time: 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm and 7:30pm on 30th Dec 2015 to Jan 3rd 2016 and Tickets: Regular: N5,000, Standard: N10,000, VIP: N25,000 & Gold VIP:N50,000

The story reveals the struggle and challenge young people face in present day Nigeria and abroad. Wakaa The Musical is 100% loaded to entertain all fun seekers in Lagos this December! Get ready for the thrill!. 

"CHETANNA" Is Set To Premiere in Nigeria - Akwa.

"Chetanna" is the gripping tale of an American returnee whose unbridled past in America has come to haunt his present in Africa.

A marriage gone sour; greed gives way to unprovoked vendetta and deep-rooted deceit until nemesis comes knocking while true love is caught in the web of mindless scheming.

"Chetanna" Set to be the first premiere in Akwa, the premiere will take place on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Marble Arch Hotel, by 4.pm.

Directed by Ikechukwu Onyeka and Produced by Chigozie Atuanya the movie features Queen Nwokoye, Ebube Nwagbo, Ebele Okaro, and Chigozie Atuanya

It was premiered at the Igbo World Festival of Arts and Culture on July 25, which was held at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Virginia.

 Watch Trailer Here:

Movie Alert: In The Name Of Trust by CHRIS ENEAJI

Chris Eneaji popular for movies like Murder at Prime Suites, "Secret Room", "Growing Old",  Dejavuu and "Trails of Igho." has released the trailer for their new movie 'In the Name of Trust'.

"In the Name of Trust" explores trust, love and communication as the bedrock of every marriage. Trust is the bed rock of every marriage and it takes both parties to love, trust and stay in a relation.

Starring Keira Hewatch, Deyemi Okanlawon, Ik Ogbonna, Ebele Okaro, Ini Dima Okojie, Frederick Idehen among others, the movie is written by Lani Asida

Produced and Directed by Eneaji 

Watch trailer below

Sound check! Are You Really Doing It?

Soundcheck time can be one of the most productive times of the weekend from an audio standpoint. It can also be one of the most frustrating. I have seen soundcheck turn normally mild-mannered and reserved musicians and engineers into angry combatants. My brothers, this should not be. As I’ve been traveling around helping more churches with their weekend sound issues, I’m amazed at the lack of organization prior to a rehearsal start. Many teams just jump right in and ask for monitor changes pretty much constantly for the next 3 hours. I suggest this is not optimal.

Soundcheck can be very efficient, productive and dare I say fun; but we have to do a little work first. Because there are so many different ways to do a soundcheck (because there are so many different church situations), I’m not going to prescribe one. What I want to do instead is offer a series of suggestions that hopefully apply to all situations, and you can create your own plan. Sound good? Here we go...

Line Check First

Few things will frustrate your musicians more than having to stop soundcheck to troubleshoot a bad cable, DI or patch. Before the band even arrives, go through and line check every single line that you’re using. Even if it’s the same cable you used last week, in the same channel with the same processing. If it’s an active DI, make sure phantom power is on. And don’t forget the wireless mics. Make sure those are on and working.

Declare Your Intentions

A few minutes before soundcheck is slated to start, I will get on the stage announce and say something like,

“Hello everyone, good day. We’re going to start soundcheck in 2 minutes, so if you could get plugged in, get in place with your ears in and ready to go, it would be great!” 

Once we actually start, I’ll say something like this, “Hey guys, we’re going to go through each channel one at a time so I can get levels. Once you hear the level stop changing, you can set it in your ears (if using personal mixers). If we could have only the instrument I ask for, it will make it go really quickly. Let’s start off with the kick.” Making sure everyone knows what is coming up will help them stay focused. This is important because as we all know, most musicians are very hard. 

Stay Organized

Some like to start from the bottom (drums and bass) and work their way up to the top (vocals). Others work in reverse order. Personally I prefer and normally do the former, but which way you go is up to you, and depends on your situation. Whatever you do, stay organized. Don’t start with the kick, then do piano, then guitar, then snare, then vocals, then cymbals. Develop a logical order that works through each instrument and stick with it. Use the same order every week. I suggest you talk through this order with your worship leader in advance as well, just to make sure what you’re doing works for the musicians as well.

Normally, it’s a simple matter of getting organized, staying organized and working through a set process quickly and efficiently. Before you start, make sure you are ready. As I mentioned before, your board should be labeled and everything should be working. Now let’s get to it.

The Drum Set

I changed the way I do drums a few years back, and I’ve been pretty happy with this new method. I start with the kick, get that dialed in, then add snare. Once the snare is sounding good with the kick, I’ll add hat. Same deal. I like to get those three locked up and feeling right before moving on. I’ll then do the toms, usually asking for a hit on hi, mid, low, hi, mid, low until I have the levels balanced and feeling right. Then it’s a quick hit on cymbals before asking the drummer to play a groove on the whole kit. When the drummer is playing the whole thing, I can make some final balance adjustments and get the drums sounding like a single instrument. 

Work Quickly, With the Big Picture in Mind

What you want to do during soundcheck is get the levels dialed in to roughly where everything should sit in the mix. You might do some quick EQ and on drums perhaps tweak the gate or comp. But do it quickly. No one wants to hear the drummer hitting quarter notes on the snare for 15 minutes. Ideally, you’ve paid attention to where your gate and comp settings should be and have already preset them so you’re only tweaking. Same goes for gains, if you can manage it (digital consoles are great in this regard). If you have 30 minutes for soundcheck and you spend 25 getting the drums dialed in, it will be tough to take care of the rest of the band in the remaining five minutes. Get things close and move on. You can always come back and tweak settings after rehearsal gets underway.

Pre-Build Monitor Mixes

If you’re mixing monitors from FOH (and even if you aren’t), it’s not a bad idea to pre-build some rough monitor mixes before you start. I knew most of my vocalists well enough to know roughly what they liked in their monitors from week to week, so I normally started a mix before they got there. Then it’s a simple matter of tweaking. It also really helps musicians through the soundcheck process if they can hear themselves right away. Start with the gains and monitors a little lower than you think you’ll need, and work up.

Get the Vocals to Sing

There are few things as unhelpful during soundcheck than having vocalists speaking, “Check 1,2..Testing HaaShiii.” Guitar players constantly noodling is a close second, followed by drummers who are still trying work out the drum solo from YYZ.. 

I like to have all the vocals sing a chorus of a song while I dial in gains. We’ve told our vocal team, don’t worry about your monitor mix just yet, simply sing. Usually we’ll have the piano or guitar play along for pitch, but that should be the only other sound besides vocals. Have them keep looping until you have their levels dialed in. Of course, starting with rough gains and monitors makes this go faster.

You’ll notice a consistent theme running through this post; get things ready beforehand. The start of soundcheck is not the time to be peeling out the board tape and labeling the desk. By the time the band is set up, you should have completely line-checked, roughed in your gains and pre-built rough monitor mixes. Starting from scratch can be a good thing once in a while, but if you know roughly where things end up each week, starting a little below that makes things go a lot faster.

We had our soundcheck down to about 20-25 minutes, and that’s a full band with 2-3 vocal monitor mixes. Soundcheck doesn’t have to be a painful process. Take some time to develop a system that works well for you, pre-build as much as possible, then communicate clearly to the band. Soon you’ll find it going more smoothly and both you and the band will have more time for rehearsal.

Thanks Guys and always remember to keep the creativity perfected.

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