The 18th Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards has unveiled its nominees, and the romantic horror drama Love & New Notes, produced by Timini Egbuson, leads with nine nominations, including Movie of the Year, Director of the Year and Best Actor. Daniel Etim Effiong’s The Herd follows with eight. The Creek, Aba Blues, Colours of Fire and Efunroye: The Unicorn have seven each, and Behind the Scenes and Agesinkole (King of Thieves) 2 have five each. The ceremony is scheduled for Enugu State, and the reports reviewed do not give a date.
The Best Actor category has six nominees: Bucci Franklin (The Creek), Kanayo O. Kanayo (Grandpa Must Obey), Jide Kene Achufusi (Aba Blues), Timini Egbuson (Love and New Notes), Uzor Arukwe (Colours of Fire) and Wale Ojo (3 Cold Dishes). Indigenous-language films are also well represented in the craft categories. Agesinkole 2, Femi Adebayo’s Yoruba epic, is nominated for Best Indigenous Film, Production Design, Costume, Special Effects and Cinematography, and Efunroye: The Unicorn and Olorisa appear across several categories.
Timini Egbuson is nominated as an actor in a film he also produced, which puts him in the middle of this race twice. The wider trend to watch is the strong showing of Yoruba and Igbo-language films in technical categories such as production design and costume, which suggests indigenous cinema is competing on craft, not only on language. Winners will show how voters weigh a horror-romance against a crime drama and a Yoruba epic.
Quick facts:
- 18th BON Awards; ceremony set for Enugu State (date not confirmed in reports reviewed)
- Love & New Notes leads with 9 nominations; The Herd has 8
- Six actors nominated for Best Actor, including Kanayo O. Kanayo and Timini Egbuson
- Agesinkole 2 has five nominations
Which film deserves Movie of the Year? Make your pick.
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