The organizers of the annual Ghana Movie Awards have today released the nominations for the 3rd edition of the awards.
The nominations have been described as fair and devoid of the normal controversies.
Actress Nana Akua Addo has been nominated in a ‘do’ or ‘die’ category ‘Best Actress in a lead role’ with her role in the movie-Wanna Be.
Other actresses in the above category are; Yvonne Nelson, Martha Ankomah who both won the Favourite Actress of the year in the first and second edition of the awards respectively, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Okoro and Nadia Buari ( two times Ghana Movie Awards best supporting actress winner).
Single & Married topped the list with 10 nominations. Followed closely is Grooms Bride with 8 nominations. Kobi Rana’s Hotel Babylon obtained the third highest nominations with 6. ‘Queen Latifa’, ‘Secret Burden’ and ‘Wanna Be’ got 4 nominations each.
Yet to be released movie, Joni Waka from the stables of Sky Orange owned by Van Vicker gave the actor the chance to compete in the Best Actor In A Lead Role category alongside John Dumelo in Queen Latifa, Prince David Osei in Off the Hook, Kofi Adjorlolo in Wipe My Tears and Ekow Blankson in Secret Burden.
Joni Waka also obtained two other nominations in the Best Cinematography and Best Picture categories.
Son of the former Ghana President, Edward Agyekum Kufuor who has become an actor now grabbed a nomination in the Best Actor In A Support Role with his role in ‘Tears of a smile’
His competitors are Adjetey ‘Pusher’ Annan, Majid Michel, Rahim Banda, Frank Artus and Chris Attoh.
Due to the impending elections on December 7, winners would be announced on Sunday December 2 at the Accra International Conference Centre.
Below are full list of nominations:
BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Van Vicker – Joni Waka
John Dumelo – Queen Latifa
Prince David Osei – Off The Hook
Kofi Adjorlolo – Wipe My Tears
Ekow Blankson – Secret Burden
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Yvonne Nelson – Single & Married
Martha Ankomah – Tears Of A Smile
Jackie Appiah – Grooms Bride
Nana Akua Addo – Wanna Be
Yvonne Okoro – 3 Some
Nadia Buari – Rain
BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE
Akwesi Boadi – Osofa Mafia
Farida Mohammed – Gobana
Kofi Adu – Agya Koo Trotro Driver
Isaac Amoako – Saman Mogya
Kwaku Manu – Area Boys
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE
Nana Ama Mcbrown – Nyankonton
Vivian Jill – My Story
Linda Abbey – Saman Mogya
Tracy Boakye – Oh Vera
Mercy Asiedu – Baby Face
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORT ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Adjetey Annan – Rain
Majid Michel – Grooms Bride
Rahim Banda – Wipe My Tears
Edward Agyekum Kufuor – Tears Of A Smile
Frank Artus – The Game
Chris Attoh – Single & Married
BEST ACTRESS IN THE SUPPORT ROLE – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Kalsum Sinare – 3 Some
Anita Erskine – Single & Married
Linda Awuku – Wanna Be
Lydia Forson – In The Cupboard
Christabel Ekeh – Wrong Target
Nikki Samonas – Queen Latifa
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORT ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE
Apostle John Prah – Osofo Mafia
Kojo Nkansah – Kweku Saman
Samuel Ofori – Oh Vera
Bernard Opoku – Police Officer
Ebenezer Donkoh – B14
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORT ROLE – LOCAL LANGUAGE
Naana Hayford – Odo Ntentan
Fatima Osman – Gobana
Rose Mensah – Fathia Fata Nkrumah
Emelia Brobbey – My Story
Matilda Asare – Ghana Police
Ellen White – Saman Mogya
BEST ACTOR – AFRICAN COLLABORATION
Kalu Keagwu – Shadow In The Dark
Ramsey Nouah – Hotel Babylon
Alex Usifo – Off The Hook
Uti Nwachukwu – In The Cupboard
Yemi Blaq – The Search
Alex Ekubo – Lovelorn
BEST ACTRESS – AFRICAN COLLABORATION
Ini Edo – In The Cupboard
Patience Ozorkor – Untamed
Rukky Sandra – The Search
Nse Ikpe Etim – The Search
Tonto Dikeh – Lovelorn
Mercy Johnson – Wild Targer
BEST PICTURE – AFRICAN COLLABORATION
Desmond Elliot & Caroline Danjuma – In The Cupboard
Yvonne Nelson – Single & Married
Abdul Sallam – Grooms Bride
Andy Boyo – Untamed
Kobi Rana – Hotel Babylon
BEST PICTURE
Joni Waka – Van Vicker & Dr. Clarice Kulah-Ford
Grooms Bride – Abdul Sallam
Single & Married – Yvonne Nelson
Trap In The Game – Frank Rajah Arase
Ghana Police – Eugene Morrat
Hotel Babylon – Kori Rana
Secret Burden – Sellasie Ibrahim
Wanna Be – Edmund Quarshie & Michael Odeka
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Single & Married – Kwame Awuah
Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana
Joni Waka – Van Vicker
Area Boys – Kwame Agyeman
Grooms Bride – Adams Umar
BEST EDITING
Grooms Bride – Enoch Opoku
Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana
Single & Married – Ebenezer Sowatey
B14 – Ninja
Wanna Be – Afra Marley
BEST CUSTOME AND WARDROBE
Queen Latifa – Mabel Germain
Ghana Police – Monica Agboli & Nicolas Nsiah
Return Of The Bukom Lion – De She Collections
Fathia Fata Nkrumah – George Atobrah
Grooms Bride – Samira Yakubu
Secret Burden – Smarttys Management
BEST ART DIRECTION
Return Of The Bukom Lion
Production Design: SHE Quartey
Set Decoration: Richard Quartey
Fathia Fata Nkrumah
Production Design: Jude Odoh
Set Decoration: Bismark Gyamera
Rain
Production Design: DJ Varga
Set Decoration: DJ Varga
Ghana Police
Production Design: Jones Agyeman
Set Decoration: James Akwasi Wiafe
Single & Married
Production Design: Pascal Amanfo
Set Decoration: Bismark Nii Odoi
Secret Burden
Production Design: John Izedonmi
Set Decoration: Fusani Mamudu
BEST MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG
Azonto Ghost – Bessa
Destiny’s Child – Wilhelmina Abu Andani (Mimi)
Single & Married – Abraham Affaine
Wrong Target – Samuel Sarpong
Fathia Fata Nkrumah – Adu Patrick
BEST DIRECTING – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Single & Married – Pascal Amanfo
Grooms Bride – Frank Rajah Arase
Queen Latifa – Kensteve Anuka
In The Cupboard – Desmond Elliot
Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana
Bad year for the movie industry, no ‘great’ movies there at all
Goodluck to y’all.. Mad love n respect!
Same faces same movie lines
@27cдгibre(Ф_ф), wanted to say due say like I’m in GH I will jux chill at home done even waste precious time goin to see OLD faces abaaa
@Constance, want to say the same if like I’m in Ghana I will jus chill at home n not waste my tym at all
Grooms bride is the best of all watch that movie is too much jackie you deseave that award
Is Jackie Appiah should get that Award for that movie Groowns bride. She spoke really like Gambian.that movie is very perfect
Yeah is true I watched that movie two days ago that movie deseave all the awards
same people every year, this is getting so boring can we have new faces in the industry and new storylines cause this whoe industry is a joke
OH GOD ALMIGHTY, THIS YEAR HAS REALLY RUN FAST. JUST LAST YEAR DECEMBER WAS WHEN THEY WENT FOR GHANA MOVIE AWARD AND THAT WAS WHEN KYEIWAA WENT FOR AWARD AND SHE WAS DOING HER FUNNY AZONTO DANCE. HMMM I DON’T BLAME THE PRODUCERS IF THEY DID NOT BRING OUT ANY BETTER MOVIE COS THE WAY DAYS ARE RUNNING FAST, PEOPLE DON’T EVEN GET TIME TO DO LOT OF THINGS. IS LIKE 2011 AND 2012 HAS BEEN JOINED TOGETHER. I DONT SEE THIS YEAR AS A FULL YEAR. IT IS RATHER HALF YEAR TO ME. I SEE 2012 AS THE END OF 2011. IF 2012 HAS FASTED RUN LIKE THIS THEN 2013 WILL BE LIKE A WATERFALL… SPEEDDDDDDDDDDDD PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Hery is der a movie called OH VERA lol…. ghana fuo hmmm boyieee
@RocklynLove, have you already watched it?
@Resplendent, noooo i haven i just saw it here… it s a local movie i guess…
@RocklynLove, yeah I recently saw the cover of the movie. I’m even curious about the movie itself!
yikes i forgot all abt da awards this year. no great movies this year. rain, bride’s groom and single & married deserve some awards
no good movies there except groom’s bride,but why is majid nominated under supporting role category instead of majid
sorry instead of lead role,he played a lead role in Groom’s bride
Do they know what supporting role means? FYI, mijad role in grooms bride is a lead role not a supporting role…. I never enjoy Grooms bride cus I have seen an india movie with the same story. Anyway, good luck 2 all of them.
bunch of nigerians nominated isn’t this suppose to be a Ghana Movie Award??? Kmt……….like they will do the same
best directing for example has 3 nigerians nominated out of 5…..reli?? when we give them all our awards whats left for our own ppl to win………wake up Ghana lets put a stop to this complex of thinking everything and everyone from outside is better than us or ours…….thanks
BEST DIRECTING – ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Single & Married – Pascal Amanfo nigerian
Grooms Bride – Frank Rajah Arase nigerian
Queen Latifa – Kensteve Anuka
In The Cupboard – Desmond Elliot nigerian
Hotel Babylon – Kobi Rana
The costume in grooms brides is the best I have seen and is a very beautiful movie and deseave all the awards is the best of all.
I really love that movie grooms bride is very good it was done and done well, the best there.
For me I will go for grooms bride that movie has class and should win all the awards, they should let some jokes call movies win anything, so they will learn to shoot good movie like grooms bride next time.
Why all Nigerians in all the category this is Ghana movie awards not Africa awards so no other countries please. No Ghanaian is nominated in Nigerian film awards, just other awards not the one for their country. Then call it African movie awards not Ghana movie awards.
Grooms bride is the only movie there, and may be hotel Babylon, the rest I don’t know
i wonder o is it because of he is a heavy weight in Ghana?,or is his excessive banging of awards in lead role category?,this is an insult to the personality of majid,he should have been nominated as a favourite actor,or viewers choice,he is a classy actor not like other actors who are unsophisticated….
i tot adams apple was supposed to be up for nominations since it wasnt part of last yr’s award, that movie is my 2012 fav
For me I will go for grooms bride is very good and is the best. I have watched 90percent of this movies but grooms bride is the only one the is to this awards
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