JUNE 27. GOLDEN MOVIE AWARDS STORMS STATE BANQUET HALL
The Golden Movie Awards seeks to
honour outstanding achievement in the Ghanaian and Africa television,
digital media and film industries and is administered by the expert in
the Cinema & Television.
The Awards which is instituted by NMJ
GHANA and its Africa and international partners seeks to bring together
more than 1,500 key film professionals, craftspeople and decision‐makers
from across Ghana and Africa, to honour, celebrate and promote the
talent and accomplishments of the Ghanaian and African, film industries.
The maiden edition of the Golden Movie Awards, an awards scheme instituted by NMJ Ghana to reward excellency in the African movie industry is scheduled for Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the State Banquet Hall, Accra.
After successfully launching the awards scheme with a nominee’s announcement, and the just ended cooperate movie screening, the maiden edition of Golden Movie Awards Africa is finally set to take place on Saturday 27th June 2015 at the state banquet hall, Accra-Ghana. The blue carpet starts at 7:00 pm while the show starts at 8:00pm.
Ticket for the event is going for 150GHC which comes with a free device and data from Surfline after and a dinner for the main event.
According to the organizers of the event, industry players will be rewarded for their hard work, dedication and contribution to the Movie industry in Africa.
On the night, an array of top notch personalities from the movie industry in Africa, and the corporate world will be present at the event.
The night will witness over five top musicians performing live to the audience.
ABOUT THE AWARDS.
The
GOLDEN MOVIE AWARDS, is an African awards that seeks to honor
individuals for their outstanding achievements in the film industry. The
Awards recognizes film Excellence in a variety of categories
The
Governing Board will also present one Lifetime Achievement Award,
Humanitarian Award, Visionary Award, and the Spotlight Award.
The
Award is an annual awards event which will be celebrating the
achievements of work experience providers, and encouraging movie markers
to continue raising quality standards, for an international appeal
The
2015 Awards will be our biggest and best event yet, as we at the Golden
movie awards will celebrate excellence in the creative art industry,
The Awards will be launched in February 2015 and the nominations will be opened to the public on 12th february 2015 after the launch on 11th february 2015
The
nominees will be announced at a high-profile Press Dinner ceremony in
Accra in May 2015 while the main event will be in June, 2015. Guests
will be treated to a champagne reception with meals and great live band
music which will be combined to make the night fantastic with
networking opportunities on offer in an idyllic setting. Attendees will
include award category finalists, sponsors, media representatives from
national press and trade magazines, as well as practitioners from the
field of the film industry it will be a night where all the stars in the
sky will fall.
THE BOARD
Grand Jury / 11 members
Every year a Grand Jury including 11
members is appointed. The members are specialists in the specific
subjects receiving the award, and they appoint their own president. The
Grand Jury exclude themselves from being chosen for an Award.
21 Faculty Members
Every year a Faculty including 21
members is appointed. The members are specialists in selecting /
nominating / and short listing 10 people / institutions for the grand
jury to make its final five (5) nominees for a category, and they
appoint their own chairman. The members of the faculty exclude
themselves from being chosen for an award. (*and the members will be
made up of industry players and non-industry players*)
Grand Jury Profile
JIM FARA AWINDOR
Jim Fara Awindor is a Senior Lecturer at
the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), who has taught
various film courses at NAFTI for the past twenty years. He is a writer,
an endogenous development researcher and filmmaker whose works have won
him some international awards. Fara’s exposure to film education has
illuminated his understanding of the complexities inherent in film
educational theory and practice in Africa where the socio-cultural world
views and identity of most students has become an inverted mirror of
western Eurocentric identity. His quest to assert distinctively an
African educational discourse in film training has brought him closer to
understanding certain theoretical and pedagogical practices that are at
variance with African socio-ethical thought. Fara believes that
Africans should be able to tell their own stories and that they can only
do this when they understand the socio-cultural frameworks of their
environment or from which they emanate. Fara has written several papers
on various film topics, which includes, Ousman Sembene: The Aurthur;
African Cinema, a Social and Political Force; Trans-disciplinary Methods
in Documentary Film-making; Audio-Visual Archiving in Ghana. Fara
Awindor has contributed immensely to curricular and to the learning
environment at NAFTI and currently teaches documentary film-making and
developing story ideas for both fiction and non-fiction films.
AMBA MPOKE-BIGG
Amba Mpoke-Bigg is a journalist,
communications and Public Relations expert who is passionate about
national development and communications. She has worked for the
Associated, Press covering seven countries in west and central Africa,
served as West Africa Bureau Chief for DowJones Newswires and has worked
as a media consultant to UNICEF and UNAIDS in Ghana. In her work she
has always sought to tell the women’s story. Amba holds an LLB (Hons)
degree from the University Of Ghana and is currently pursuing a MA in
Communications for Development from Malmo University in Sweden. Amba
loves feature story writing and blogs on the arts in Ghana in her spare
time. She acts as Creative Director for Sankusem, an NGO dedicated to
improving and presenting performance, written and oral arts and film,
through inter-cultural exchange.
FRED KYEI MENSAH
Fred Kyei Mensah is a veteran sound
editor and a reverend Entertainment analyst on various radio stations in
Ghana and has been in the creative arts industry/business for over
three decades. He has served on numerous award boards and has worked
with both local and international performers in the music and film
industry. He was also called upon to lecture a group of people at a
capacity building seminar organised by British Council on “sound in
film”
ALFRED ELIKEM KUNUTSOR
Alfred Elikem Kunutsor is a Performance
Studies lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts at the University Of
Ghana Legon. He has an MA and BA in Dramatic Arts from the University of
the Witwatersrand South Africa. He is a Director, Performer,
Choreographer and Designer. He has lectured in the Wits school of the
Arts and has performed in a wide range of works. Some of his recent
directorial works are The Versatile show, High School Musical, Lion King
and Artistic director for Prince of Egypt. In addition to lecturing, he
currently has been adding his voice to developing children’s drama in
schools, investigating, exploring and encouraging the role of
performance in child education.
NANA MICHAELS DZIKUNU
Nana Michaels Dzikunu is a marketing
driven executive with professional education at the University of
Professional studies and a short course certificate from GIMPA and
currently at the University of Ghana. He has worked as a Marketing
Manager for the UK cider brand Frosty Jacks in Ghana. A marketing
Consultant at MkBrandz, a branding and marketing Solution Company in
Ghana and a managing partner at NMJ Ghana .He also has worked in some
major advertising firms in Ghana, with a strong passion for the creative
arts in general, he comes on board as the youngest board member with
vast knowledge in Film.
GRACE OMABOE
Grace Omaboe’s contribution to the
entertainment industry in Ghana is immeasurable. Everyone has a way of
describing and remembering her. Some might recognize her through the
Obra group in Akan Drama on GTV (Then GBC TV), by the fire side, old
movies and present ones including a talk show “Odo ne asomdwie” on
Choice FM and later on the Metro TV. She is also a Human Right Advocate.
Call her Ghana’s answer to Oprah Winfrey and you definitely not far
from the truth. Grace Omaboe burst onto the acting stage when she first
featured in the well acclaimed Television drama series, “Keteke” on GTV.
Playing the role of a Kenkey seller at a Railway Station with David
Dontoh as “Ghana man”, she developed into a versatile playwright from
there. At a point when the issues portrayed in “Keteke” outgrew the
boundaries of the Railway Station, Maame Dokono moved on to form the
“Obra” Theatre group whose “Obra” Series on GTV did tremendously well,
focusing on a wider aspect of societal issues than Keteke, which it
replaced.She has featured in numerous movies across the continent.Grace
Omaabo is an award winning actress and producer.
SOCRATES SAFO
Socrates Safo is Chief Executive officer
of the movie Africa productions house over the years have earned
himself as the most contentious not only in Ghana but Africa as a whole.
He is a pioneer in the movie making business in Ghana and has produced
and directed over ten movies. He has served on different award boards as
a jury member. He is also an Entertainment analyst on many platforms
across Ghana and has been in the film industry for decades with a
producing and directorial skills.
LAURENE MANAA ABDULLAH
Laurene Manaa Abdallah She is a long
time Editing lecturer at the National Film and a part-time lecturer at
New York University in Ghana and the University of Cape Coast. Laurene
holds an High National Diploma in Film & TV, from the National film
and Telvision Institute, MFA in Cinema and TV from EICAR, Paris France,
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,
Winneba, Certificate from Radio Netherlands Training Center, Avid
certified editor, CIFAP France, Certificate in Audio Dubbing and Visual
Archiving. CIFAP In the past she has worked on a various productions in
various capacity, her core strengths being Production Management and
Editing. She has edited lots of productions, including Whose Afraid of
Ngugi? By Manthia Diawara, Stef, Perfection and As the days went by,
short films which have all screened at the Cannes Film Festival. As an
event producer, she has worked as Assistant Festival Director Accra
Francophone film Festival, organized by the Institut Francias and the
French Embassy, which is in 3rd edition, Real Life Documentary Film
Festival, organized by Ka’Yelema and New York University. During her
time at Content Vault she has worked on various projects, Project
Managing Vodafone Icons and 020 Live, one of the main projects of
Vodafone Ghana. Worked with Mobile Content, MannMade Media, MTV, Big
Friday Show, MTV Shell Talent Hunt, MTV Akon Tictac music video,
Production Manager TV Game for Txt Ghana, Director/Editor Ghana @50
Reflections. Fluent in English and 4 local dialects, with a good command
of French.
REX-ANTHONY ANNAN
A consummate creative arts professional
with over a decade of experience in media, advertising, public
relations, television production and filmmaking. He is passionate about
the use of film in telling stories and preserving our culture. He holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English & Marketing, Diploma in
Communication Studies and is an accredited member of the Institute of
Public Relations, Ghana. Currently he is the Executive Director of Accra
Film School and the Chief Executive of Brandpower International, a
marketing communications company.
OFIE OFUATEY-KODJOE
Ofie Ofuatey-Kodjoe She is the C.E.O. of
Onyx Management Group, an event and production management. company; and
sits on the boards of One Nation Entertainment, a music management
company and Excelsis Solutions, a corporate training and management
consulting firm based in Accra Ghana. Ms. Ofuatey-Kodjoe has extensive
experience with financial, legal, hospitality and the entertainment
sectors. In her tenure as Director at Black Entertainment Television
(BET), she had the sole responsibility of procuring, planning and
organising the production and event management for the organisation.
This included various special event productions including the BET
Awards; the BET HIP HOP Awards; BET Celebration of Gospel; BET Spring
Bling; Bobby Jones Gospel and various other on-air productions. She was
also responsible for budgeting, travel &expense, and travel policy
enforcement processes. Ofie was born in New York where she pursued her
tertiary education but attended Aburi Girls Secondary.
ALBERT BOATENG-BEDIAKO
Albert graduated from the National Film
and Television Institute (NAFTI) in 1990 with the year’s Award for Best
Film and Video Editing. He has over two decades of experience in Film,
Television and Documentary production. Albert worked with the erstwhile
Ghana Film Industry Corporation (GFIC), for over fifteen years before it
became TV3, during which time he worked on the International
Co-production “COBRA VERDE” as a Senior Production Officer for the Ghana
shoot. (1986) He was the Assistant Director for “BABY THIEF” which
featured John Dumelo. (1991) In 1993 he directed his first feature film –
“YOUNG BLOOD”, which starred the legendary Alexandra Duah, Abbey Okine,
Juliet Asante and Omar Sheriff Captan In 1997, as the Visual Editing
Executive of TV3 Network, he was also responsible for the training of
Broadcast Journalists in visual story construction and the basics of
video editing. Albert began his career as a Film and Television Producer
in 1998, specializing mainly in Corporate Videos, Documentary Film
Production and Television Commercials. He has worked with many leading
production houses including Channel Two Communications, Charterhouse,
Lando Services, TBWA Markcom, Box Office Productions, Deep Focus
Productions and Aura Productions. In 2004, Albert co-produced the first
season of the critically acclaimed television series – All That Glitters
and edited its first few episodes. In the last Ten years Albert has
Produced and Directed over 35 Corporate Videos and Video Documentaries,
with numerous Television Commercials and Radio Adverts, sometimes
working in collaboration with others and other times working alone. His
commitment to delivering on quality, on service, on time, every time,
has enabled him carve a respectable niche in film and television
production in Ghana. He is also well known as an experienced Voice Over
Artiste and Brand Activist.
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