The Road Map for the Nominations for the Annual Academy Awards for Nigerian Filmmakers

The Road Map for the Nominations for the Annual Academy Awards for Nigerian Filmmakers

There is a Road Map for the Nominations for the annual Academy Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the route is common knowledge to those who truly know the criteria for filmmaking of international standards in the quality of the content and context of filmmaking and the benchmarks of the most coveted international awards and prizes for filmmaking.

Making the nominations for the almighty Oscars from the long list to the short list is beyond the mere selections of the official entries for different countries in the competition for the Best International Feature Film Category of the Academy Awards which is the most competitive, because of the challenges of competing with the best filmmakers from other countries you may not know their works.

In my own opinion, any film that has not made the Official Selections for the annual Cannes Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival should not be the official selection of Nigeria for the Best International Feature Film Category of the Academy Awards. Because in the history of the Oscars,most of the nominees and winners were in the Official Selections of the most highly esteemed and highest ranking international film festivals as I have listed them above. And only the majority of them that won the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Lion and Silver Lion of the Venice International Film Festival, Audience Award of the Toronto International Film Festival, Golden or Silver Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the Sundance Film Festival made the nominees and winners of the Oscars. 

Any Nigerian filmmaker who cannot or has not competed for the best international awards in the global film industry should not be considered for the representation of the Official Selection of the entry for the Best International Feature Film Category of the Oscars.

Only the best should represent Nigeria, because only the best is good enough for us.

Nigerian filmmakers have not even won the prizes for the Best Feature Film at the annual Durban International Film Festival of South Africa, the highest ranking international film festival in Africa and only one Nigerian filmmaker, Newton Aduaka has won the Étalon d'or de Yennenga" (Golden Stallion of Yennenga) at the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) for his critically acclaimed film, "Ezra" in 2007. 

The problem of Nigerian filmmakers is the fact that they don't like being told the truth and when you tell them the truth, they become upset and even stop communicating with you in their unprofessional and unintellectual attitudes. But the fact is majority of them don't even know that filmmaking is not for those who are intellectually challenged, because the Art of Filmmaking is beyond the mere craft of shooting a movie.

Majority of the filmmakers in Nigeria don't know what is Art Direction and many of them have not studied Production Design.

Many of them don't know what is the aspect ratio of a movie for the cinema and most of them don't know what is a shooting ratio.

They don't even know how to use lighting for storytelling; costume for storytelling; the nuances of

characterisation and music for storytelling in filmmaking.

I have advised the film schools in Nigeria to use nominees and winners of the Oscars for case studies in filmmaking to teach their students on how and why the nominees and winners got the nominations and won the Oscars.

The  Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) for the Oscars  should know that to make the nominations for the Oscars is more than the mere selection of the official entry.

Is there a budget for the promotion of the selected film?

Promotion for reviews in the highly esteemed and rated international news media such as the New York Times, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Indiewire, Screen International, CNN, BBC and Underurrents of the  International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

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The Academy Awards, Nollywood and the Submission of Nigeria's Entry for the Best International Feature Film

The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is not responsible for the selections of the members of the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) for the International Feature Film (IFF) category of the annual Academy Awards (Oscars).

The brouhaha over the lack of honesty and transparency in the rejection of any of the two acclaimed Nigerian films as the country’s official submission for the IFF Award last year caused the resignation of Mildred Okwo and Shaibu Husseini from the selection committee and I don't know if they have returned. But there should be a defined criteria for the membership of the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) based on international professional achievements and accomplishments in filmmaking and being on the jury of highly rated international film festivals and awards. So, some members of the NOSC are not qualified to be members of the committee. And I mean every word in my statement. 

I was dragged into the mess of the NOSC last year that caused the local and international embarrassment of Nollywood, because after my investigation I discovered that Nigeria should have submitted an entry for the International Feature Film (IFF) category of the last Oscars. But personal antagonisms and not professional criticisms caused the rejection of the two films from which one should have been submitted. 

The two major contenders for the submission as Nigeria's entry were "Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman" , Yoruba-language historical drama film directed by Biyi Bandele based on Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horseman", a stage play he wrote while in Cambridge and "Aníkúlápó", a Yoruba epic fantasy film by Kunle Afolayan. Both of them were good enough; therefore one of them should have been submitted for the International Feature Film (IFF) category of the annual Academy Awards (Oscars). But the antagonism between those who wanted "Aníkúlápó" and those who wanted "Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman" resulted in the rejection of the films. 

Selfish opportunism has done more harm than good to professionalism in Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry.

To me, any Nigerian film that fails to be accepted for the Official Selections of any of the following annual international film festivals: Sundance Film Festival; Berlin International Film Festival: Cannes Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) should not be in the consideration for the submission by the NOSC.

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Full List of AMVCA 9 Nominees

Full List of  AMVCA 9 Nominees

The 9th annual Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards judging panel led by this year’s Head Judge; film director, producer and writer Femi Odugbemi, has given these industry leaders the nod for their stellar work. 

In no particular order

VOTING CATEGORIES

Best Unscripted Original

Come Play Naija

Off Air with Gbemi & Toolz

Judging Matters

Rock That Aisle Again

Sankofa

Kan-See-Me

King Bugar

Best Original Drama Series powered by Moniepoint

Unmarried

Ricordi

The Rishantes

To Have and To Hold

Accra Medic

Dirty Laundry

Njila

Pete

Junior Drama Club

A Infiltrada

Pazia

Best Original Comedy Series

Flatmates

The Johnsons

My Siblings and I

Co-Habits

RSM

Uncle Limbani

Mussulando

Njoro Wa Uba

Popi

The Return Of Original Comedy

Best Original Telenovela

Moniepoint

Itura

Covenant

Huba

Dede

Prestige

Salem

Mahinga

Mpali

Maida

Best Actress In A Drama, Movie Or TV Series powered by Pepsi         

Anikulapo – Bimbo Ademoye

Flawsome – Ini Dima-Okojie

Ile Owo – Immaculata Oko Kasum

Man of God – Osas Ighodaro

Flawsome – Enado Odigie

The Planters Plantation – Nimo Loveline

Strained – Queen Nwokoye

Shanty Town – Nse Ikpe-Etim

Shanty Town – Ini Edo

Wura – Scarlet Gomez

Best Actress In A Comedy/TV Series powered by Onga - Promasidor  

Battle On Buka Street – Mercy Johnson

Battle On Buka Street – Funke Akindele

Passport – Mercy Johnson Okojie

Selina – Bimbo Ademoye

Visa On Arrival – Albert Oluwatoyin

Married To Work – Grace Wacuka

Best Actor In A Comedy Drama, Movie Or TV Series powered by Twisco - Promosidor

The Razz Guy – Nosa Afolabi

Inside Life – Samuel Perry 'Broda Shaggi'

Unintentional – Kunle Idowu

Inside Life – Adokiye Horsfall 'Romeo_WJ'

Battle On Buka Street – Nkem Owoh

Survivors – Samuel A. Perry (Broda Shaggi)

Just Friends – Charles Etubiebi

City Hustler – Charles Inojie

Aki & PawPaw – Chinedu Ikedieze

Inside Life – Nedu Ani (Nedu Wazobia)

Best Actor In A Drama, Movie Or TV Series Powered By Indomie       

Shanty Town – Chidi Mokeme

The Trade – Blossom Chukwujekwu

All The Colours Of The World Are Between Black and White – Tope Tedela

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Femi Adebayo

Black Mail – O.C. Ukeje

Tembele – Nkakalukanyi Patriq

Kofa – Daniel Etim-Effiong

Choke – Chimezie Imo

Brotherhood – Tobi Bakre

Four Four Forty Four – Ruchard Mofe Damijo

Best Supporting Actor (Movie/TV Series) powered by Supa Komando

County 49 – James Webbo

Anikulapo – Yinka Quadri

The Razz Guy – Bucci Franklin

Anikulapo – Taiwo Hassan

Brotherhood – OC Ukeje

Gacal – Abdisattar Ahmed

Bedroom Chains – Jeffroberts Walusimbi

Best Supporting Actress In A Drama, Movie Or TV Series powered by Indomie        

On Your Own – Ivie Okujaye

Brotherhood – Toni Tones

Anikulapo – Sola Sobowale

Love In A Pandemic – Teniola Aladese

Four Four Forty Four  – Efe Irele

Kofa – Gina Castel

Best Online Social Content Creator powered by Zagg   

Nollywood Epic Love Story Parody (The Finale) – Tee Kuro

Husband’s Side Chick – Steve Chuks

My Sweet Mother Inlaw – Isbae U

VIP Bathroom – Abiola

Back From the Future – Elozonam & Kiekie

Quick Pronunciations – Kenzy Udosen

Soldiers at War (Compilation) – Oluwadolarz & Abayomi Alvin

The Activist – Edem Victor

Fake Alert with Mercy Johnson – Adeaga Bukunmi

Iya Barakat Teropi Secxxion  – Bimbo Ademoye

Best Short Film Or Online Video powered by MTN       

Teniola Zara King ­– Teju's Tale

Nkem Nwaturuocha – The Song Maiden

Usama Mukwaya, Loukman Ali – Sixteen Rounds

Victor Onwudiwe & Goodnews Erico Isika   – Away

Adeoye Adetunji – Pa Aromire

Gbenga Salu – Convictus

Uzoamaka Aniunoh – Love Language

NON-VOTING CATEGORIES

Best Writer In Movie Or TV Series

The Trade – Jade Osiberu

Kanaani – Tunde Apalowo & Jeffery Musa David

Diiche Episode 5 – Sodi Kurubo, Stephanie Dadet & Victor Aghahowa

Battle On Buka Street – Funke Akindele, Jack'enneth Opukeme, Stephen Oluboyo & Jemine Edukugho

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Yinka Laoye

Choke  – Uche Ateli

Anikulapo – Sola Dada

Best Art Director (Movie Or TV Series)    

Brotherhood – Olugbenga Ogunshina and Joy Kadiri

Crime & Justice – Pat Nebo & Temple Chima Adighije

King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Wale Adeleke

Battle On Buka Street – Olatunji Afolayan

Shanty Town – Olalekan Isiaka

Almajiri – Toka Mcbaror

Diiche – Uche Nwaohiri & Tunde Lawal

Best Lighting Designer In Movie Or TV Series     

Crime & Justice – Francis Wanyahdeh

Brotherhood – Mathew Yusuf

Anikulapo – Lanre Omofaiye

Shanty Town – Walter Odhiambo

Ile Owo – Ismail Adewunmi

Four Four Forty Four  – Muri Salami

Diiche – Francis Wanyahdeh & Ebuka Enejere

Real Housewives Of Lagos – Renaldo Van Den Berg, Emmanuel Patrick, David Otuokere

Tarella – Godwin Lawal

Flawsome – Segun Adeleke

Best Documentary powered by 2sure

 Awaiting Trial – Chude Jideowo

100 Of Us – Best Okoduwa

Truck Blind Spot – Nathaniel George

Green: The Amazons – Charles F. Solomon, Oluchi Nsofor, Aaron Olayemi & Famous Odion

Nigeria: The Debut – Nora Awolowo

Way to the Top – Charles F. Solomon

Baby Blues – Nora Awolowo

Best Indigenous Language Movie Or TV Series: Swahili

Safari – Phoebe Ruguru & Njue Kevin

Barakatatu – Malcom Hamisi

Click Click Bang – Philip Karanja Njenga

Frida – Wilson Nkya & Jane Moshi

Mpiganaji – Daniel Manege

Dau – Freddy Feruzi

Mvanmizi (The Intruder) – Wilson Nkya

Best Indigenous Language Movie Or TV Series: Yoruba

Anikulapo – Kunle Afolayan

Ogeere Ololade – Tijani-Ebong

Abebi Seranko Seniyan – Funmi Bank Anthony & Abdullahi Abdulrasaq

Mr Raji – Okusanya Bayonle Samson

Morenikeji – Karamot Adeboye

Best Indigenous Language Movie Or TV Series: Hausa

Aisha – Abubakar Bashir Maishadda

Kwana Casa'In – Evans Ejiogu

Lulu Da A – Ty Shaban

Guzama – Nancy Yiljep

Best Indigenous Language Movie Or TV Series: Igbo powered by Amstel Malta       

Ifediche – Brown Ene, Victor Onwudiwe & Ben Cassie

The Bride Price (Imego) – Trinity Ugonabo

Uhuruchi – Victor Iyke

Ijeoma – Shileola A. Ibironke

Ego Mbute – Shileola A. Ibironke

Best Soundtrack In Movie Or TV Series powered by Amstel Malta     

 Anikulapo – Kent Edunjobi

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Adam Songbird & Tolu Obanro

Shanty Town – Jaysynths & Hotkid

Black Mail – Joel Christian Goffin

Battle On Buka Street – Gbas Gbos by Tolu Obanro & Adam Songbird

Obara' M – Q Rodney Abia, Angelo Anosike & Kayode Kasum

L.I.F.E. – Abiola Olayinka, Gomez Tito and Tolu Obanro 

Best Picture Editor In Movie Or TV Series           

Brotherhood – Martini Akande

Crime & Justice – Holmes Awa & Daniel Tom

Anikulapo – Temitope Folarin

Ile Owo – Adio Solanke

King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Sanjo Adegoke

Tembele – Kimera Paul

Diiche – Banjo Onyekachi, Winston Aig-Ohioma, Oluwaseun Adeosun

Ijakumo The Born Again Stripper – Steve Sodiya

Battle On Buka Street – Valentine Chukwuma

Best Sound Editor In Movie Or TV Series

Shanty Town – Kolade Kayode Morakinyo

Ile Owo – Dare Olaitan & Adio Solanke

Battle On Buka Street – Kolade Morakinyo & Pius Fatoke

Black Mail – Shiloh Godson

Anikulapo – Anu Afolayan

Ijakumo The Born Again Stripper – Kazeem Agboola

Obara' M – Q Rodney Abia, Angelo Anosike & Kayode Kasum

Bedroom Chains – Ismail Kyobe Ssebowa

The Set Up 2 – Grey Jones

Click Click Bang – Fredrick Karumba

L.I.F.E – Abiola Olayinka, Gomez Tito and Tolu Obanro

Best Cinematographer powered by Tecno

Crime & Justice – Yinka Edward

Tembele – Ekuka Ishaq

Shanty Town – Jonathan Kovel

Brotherhood – Loukman Ali

Diiche – Charles Oleghe

Ijakumo The Born Again Stripper – Idowu Adedapo

Real Housewives Of Lagos – Mex Ossai, Philip Okpokoro, Esmond Igho, KC Obiajulu & Goke Oyerinde

Anikulapo – Jonathan Kovel

Flawsome – Idowu Adedapo (Mr Views)

Jolly Roger – Paul Gambit

Best Director powered by Close Up      

Black Mail – Obi Emelonye

Anikulapo – Kunle Afolayan

All The Colours Of The World Are Between Black and White – Babatunde Apalowo

Brotherhood – Loukman Ali

Shanty Town – Dimeji Ajibola

Tembele – Mugisha Herbert Morris

King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Adebayo Tijani & Tope Adebayo

The Trade – Jade Osiberu

Man Of God – Bolanle Austen-Peters

Diiche – Tolu Ajayi, Fiyin Gambo, Ifeoma Chukwuogo & James Omokwe

Best Makeup Artist Movie Or TV Series

 Anikulapo – Hakeem Effects Onilogbo

Shanty Town – Maryam Ndukwe & Hakeem Effects Onilogbo

King of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Francisca Otaigbe

The Trade – Carina SFX

Tarella – Sandra Oyiana-Ogbeni

Ile Owo – Feyzo Artistry

Battle On Buka Street – Hakeem Effects Onilogbo & Jemila Sedik

Best Movie East Africa        

Click Click Bang – Philip Karanja Njenga

Karamoja – Eleanor Nwabiso

Bedroom Chains – Hassan Mageye

Baba Twins – Lucy Mwangi

Married To Work – Nadira Shakur

Dial M For Maya – Gashumba Emmanuel

Tembele – Mugisha Herbert Morris

Gacal – Omar Hamza

Mvamizi (The Intruder) – Wilson Nkya & Philipo Ngonyani

Frida – Wilson Nkya & Jane Moshi

Best Movie Southern Africa

Silver Lining – Emmanuel Mwape

Jewel – Elvis Chucks

Ke Bona Spoko – Leburugraphy

Multichoice Talent Factory

Amstel Malta 

Leaked

Revisit

Stinger

Cheza 

A Quiet Intruder        

Strings

Best Movie West Africa powered by  Quickteller

 Four Four Forty Four  – Winifred Mena Ajakpovi

Anikulapo – Kunle Afolayan

Kanaani – Rent-A-Studio & Native Media TV

Obara' M – Kayode Kasum

Choke – Chris Odeh

Brotherhood – Jade Osiberu

Red Carpet – Samira Yakubu

 Best Television Series powered by  Verve

Crime & Justice Lagos – Yinka Edward

Diiche – James Omokwe

The Plan – Dimbo Atiya, Rahama Sadau, Safina Mellisa

When are we getting married – Ife Olujuyigbe, Kayode Kasum

Visa On Arrival Season 1 – Bovi Ugboma, Ann Obaseki

The Real Housewives of Lagos – Adeola Art-Alade & Dare Art Alade

Single Kiasi – Grace Kahaki & Philippe Bresson

Flawsome – Tola Odunsi & Akin Akinkugbe

County 49 – Millicent Ogutu

Game On Season 2 –Vincent Nwachukwu

Best Costume Designer Movie/TV Series powered by  Zagg

Four Four Forty Four  – Millicent Jack

Brotherhood – Ezugworie Franca

Man of God – Bolanle Austen-Peters, Clement Effanga, Juliana Dede

Anikulapo – Toyin Ogundeji

The Real Housewives of Lagos Reunion Episode – Adeola Art-Alade

Shanty Town – Bunmi Fashina, Tiannah Empire & Secrets of April

Nnewi The Land of Gold – Kingsley Okoye Rex

Best Overall Movie powered by  Amstel Malta

Anikulapo   – Kunle Afolayan

Battle On Buka Street – Funke Akindele

Brotherhood – Jade Osiberu

King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) – Femi Adebayo

Four Four Forty Four  – Winfred Mena-Ajakpovi

Ile Owo – Kayode Kasum

Tembele – Mugisha Herbet Morris

Source

https://www.dstv.com/africamagic/en-ng/show/amvca/season/9/news/full-list-here-are-all-our-amvca-9-nominees

 

Tems' Symbolic #OscarsSoWhite Costume at the 95th Oscars

 

Tems' Symbolic #OscarsSoWhite Costume at the 95th Oscars 

Tems, the co-writer of Rihanna’s Oscar-nominated song, “Lift Me Up” was the talk of the annual 95th Academy Awards held on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Her spectacular white costume blocked the view of those sitting behind her. 

Of course, she and the designer deliberately wanted to raise eyebrows at the Oscars and make news headlines and they succeeded. The white Lever Couture gown “stole the show" and became the talk of Tinseltown from Hollywood to Nollywood of her own country, Nigeria. 

To me, Tems' awesome all white costume echoed the #OscarsSoWhite first tweeted in 2015 by activist April Reign in response to the 20 acting nominations for the Academy Awards all being granted to white actors. The hashtag raised the question of white racism of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and called for diversity and inclusion in the nominations for the Academy Awards. But as much as AMPAS has tried to end the dominance of Whites in the American nominees, we can see that the Oscars are still So White.

Cameroon's "The Planter's Plantation" is a Masterpiece of African Cinema

Eystein Young’s "The Planter's Plantation" is going to become one of the classics of African cinema.

I will not be surprised if  Cameroon's entry for the Best  International Feature Film category of the 2023 annual Academy Awards makes the final nominees for the highly coveted award and also gets nominated for the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay.

This is a masterpiece of cinematic beauty in storytelling and cinematography.

Famous Nigerian actor, Nkem Owoh in the leading male role of The Planter may end up becoming the first Nollywood actor to be nominated for an Oscar for his outstanding performance and Nimo Loveline as Enanga is a strong contender for the Oscar for Best Actress. 

"The Planter's Plantation" set in a West African Plantation in the 1960s tells the captivating story of a young determined girl who must battle family and external forces to preserve her late father's legacy, a colonial plantation willed to him by his white master at independence. Disagreements , betrayal and secrets bring back the colonial master's daughter to the helm of the Plantation. An allegory of Neo colonization.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will announce the 15 shortlisted contenders for the international feature Oscar on December 21, 2022. The five nominees will be announced on the 24th of January, 2023 and the 95th annual  Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on 12 March, 2023.

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Oscars 2022: Full List of Nominees

94th Academy Awards

and the Nominees Are!

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#Oscars 2022: Full List of Nominees

Feb 8, 2022

For movie lovers, this morning was Christmas, your birthday and the Super Bowl all rolled into one presentation. On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with special hosts Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan, announced its nominations for the 2022 Oscars.

The Power of the Dog is the year’s most-nominated film, with 12 total nominations, including Best Directing and Best Adapted Screenplay both for Jane Campion and four acting nominees amongst its cast. Dune follows with 10 nominations, and then Belfast and West Side Story with seven apiece.

Winners will be announced during the 94th Oscars on Sunday, March 27, airing live from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on ABC.

Here is the entire list of nominations in every category:

Best Picture

"Belfast" (Focus Features)

A TKBC Production

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

"CODA" (Apple Original Films)

A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in association with Apple Original Films Production

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

"Don't Look Up" (Netflix)

A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

"Drive My Car" (Sideshow and Janus Films)

A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

"Dune" (Warner Bros.)

A Legendary Pictures Production

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

"King Richard" (Warner Bros.)

A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

"Licorice Pizza" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing)

A Ghoulardi Film Company Production

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

"Nightmare Alley" (Searchlight)

A Double Dare You Production

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)

A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in association with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

"West Side Story" (Walt Disney)

A 20th Century Studios Production

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in "Being the Ricardos" (Amazon Studios)

Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)

Andrew Garfield in "tick, tick...BOOM!" (Netflix)

Will Smith in "King Richard" (Warner Bros.)

Denzel Washington in "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (Apple Original Films/A24)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in "Belfast" (Focus Features)

Troy Kotsur in "CODA" (Apple Original Films)

Jesse Plemons in "The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)

J.K. Simmons in "Being the Ricardos" (Amazon Studios)

Kodi Smit-McPhee in "The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" (Searchlight)

Olivia Colman in "The Lost Daughter" (Netflix)

Penélope Cruz in "Parallel Mothers" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Nicole Kidman in "Being the Ricardos" (Amazon Studios)

Kristen Stewart in "Spencer" (Neon/Topic Studios)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jessie Buckley in "The Lost Daughter" (Netflix)

Ariana DeBose in "West Side Story" (Walt Disney)

Judi Dench in "Belfast" (Focus Features)

Kirsten Dunst in "The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)

Aunjanue Ellis in "King Richard" (Warner Bros.)

Animated Feature Film

"Encanto" (Walt Disney) Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer

"Flee" (Neon) Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

"Luca" (Walt Disney) Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

"The Mitchells vs. the Machines" (Netflix) Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and
Kurt Albrecht

"Raya and the Last Dragon" (Walt Disney) Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer
and Peter Del Vecho

Cinematography

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) Greig Fraser

"Nightmare Alley" (Searchlight) Dan Laustsen

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix) Ari Wegner

"The Tragedy of Macbeth" (Apple Original Films/A24) Bruno Delbonnel

"West Side Story" (Walt Disney) Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Cruella" (Walt Disney) Jenny Beavan

"Cyrano" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan

"Nightmare Alley" (Searchlight) Luis Sequeira

"West Side Story" (Walt Disney) Paul Tazewell

Directing

"Belfast" (Focus Features) - Kenneth Branagh

"Drive My Car" (Sideshow and Janus Films) - Ryusuke Hamaguchi

"Licorice Pizza" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) - Paul Thomas Anderson

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix) - Jane Campion

"West Side Story" (Walt Disney) - Steven Spielberg

Documentary (Feature)

"Ascension" (MTV Documentary Films)
A Mouth Numbing Spicy Crab/XTR/Visit Films Production
Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell

"Attica" (Showtime)
A Firelight Films Production
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry

"Flee" (Neon)
A Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms
Production
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

"Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" (Searchlight/Onyx Collective/Hulu)
A Vulcan Productions/Concordia Studio/Play/Action
Pictures/LarryBilly Productions/Mass Distraction
Media/RadicalMedia Production
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein

"Writing with Fire" (Music Box Films)
A Black Ticket Films Production
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

Documentary (Short Subject)

"Audible" (Netflix)
A Film 45 in association with Forager and Vision Film Co. Production
Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean

"Lead Me Home" (Netflix)
An Actual Films Production
Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk

"The Queen of Basketball" (The New York Times Op-Docs)
A Breakwater Studios Production
Ben Proudfoot

"Three Songs for Benazir" (Netflix)
A Mirzaei Films Production
Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei

"When We Were Bullies"
A Jay Rosenblatt Films Production
Jay Rosenblatt

Film Editing

"Don't Look Up" (Netflix) Hank Corwin

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) Joe Walker

"King Richard" (Warner Bros.) Pamela Martin

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix) Peter Sciberras

"tick, tick...BOOM!" (Netflix) Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

International Feature Film

"Drive My Car"
C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production
Japan

"Flee"
Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms Production
Denmark

"The Hand of God"
The Apartment Production
Italy

"Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom"
Dangphu Dingphu: a 3 pigs Production
Bhutan

"The Worst Person in the World"
An Oslo Pictures/MK Productions/Film i Väst/Snowglobe/B-Reel/Arte France Cinéma
Production
Norway

Makeup and Hairstyling

"Coming 2 America" (Amazon Studios/Paramount/New Republic Pictures) - Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer

"Cruella" (Walt Disney) Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

"The Eyes of Tammy Faye" (Searchlight) Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin
Raleigh

"House of Gucci" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) - Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Music (Original Score)

"Don't Look Up" (Netflix) Nicholas Britell

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer

"Encanto" (Walt Disney) Germaine Franco

"Parallel Mothers" (Sony Pictures Classics) Alberto Iglesias

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix) Jonny Greenwood

Music (Original Song)

"Be Alive" from "King Richard" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

"Dos Oruguitas" from "Encanto" (Walt Disney)
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Down To Joy" from "Belfast" (Focus Features)
Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

"No Time To Die" from "No Time to Die" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing)
Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

"Somehow You Do" from "Four Good Days" (Vertical Entertainment)
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

Production Design

"Dune" (Warner Bros.)

Production Design: Patrice Vermette

Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

"Nightmare Alley" (Searchlight)

Production Design: Tamara Deverell

Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)

Production Design: Grant Major

Set Decoration: Amber Richards

"The Tragedy of Macbeth" (Apple Original Films/A24)

Production Design: Stefan Dechant

Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

"West Side Story" (Walt Disney)

Production Design: Adam Stockhausen

Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Short Film (Animated)

"Affairs of the Art" (National Film Board of Canada)
A Beryl Productions International and National Film Board of Canada Production
Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

"Bestia" (Miyu Distribution)
A Trebol3 and Maleza Estudio Production
Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz

"Boxballet" (CTB Film Company)
A Melnitsa Animation Studio Production
Anton Dyakov

"Robin Robin" (Netflix)
An Aardman Animations Production
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

"The Windshield Wiper"
A pinkman.tv and Leo Sanchez Studio Production
Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

Short Film (Live Action)

"Ala Kachuu - Take and Run" (Salaud Morisset)
A Filmgerberei Production
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger

"The Dress" (Salaud Morisset)
A Warsaw Film School Production
Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki

"The Long Goodbye"
A SomeSuch and Left Handed Films Production
Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

"On My Mind"
An M&M Productions and Benzona Film Production
Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson

"Please Hold"
A Scavenger Entertainment Production
K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

Sound

"Belfast" (Focus Features) - Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and
Niv Adiri

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) - Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug
Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

"No Time to Die" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) - Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix) - Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb

"West Side Story" (Walt Disney) - Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney,
Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Visual Effects

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) - Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

"Free Guy" (Walt Disney) - Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick

"No Time to Die" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) - Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould

"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (Walt Disney) - Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" (Sony Pictures Releasing) - Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"CODA" (Apple Original Films) - Screenplay by Siân Heder

"Drive My Car" (Sideshow and Janus Films) - Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

"Dune" (Warner Bros.) - Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

"The Lost Daughter" (Netflix) - Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix) - Written by Jane Campion

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"Belfast" (Focus Features) - Written by Kenneth Branagh

"Don't Look Up" (Netflix) - Screenplay by Adam McKay , Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

"King Richard" (Warner Bros.) - Written by Zach Baylin

"Licorice Pizza" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing) - Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

"The Worst Person in the World" (Neon) - Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

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NEW BOOK: "Barack Obama and the American Dream"

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"Barack Obama and the American Dream" on the election of the first African American President of the United States of America is the first book by a non American citizen on the historic presidential campaign, nomination and election of Senator Barack Obama on November 4, 2008 as the 44th President of the United States.

The book will be released soon after over 10 years homework on the selections of the thousands of comments and replies to news reports, debates and arguments on the Huffington Post, my blog on the Des Moines Register of Iowa and other news media during the presidential horse race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

It is a very important book on the  contemporary political history of democracy in America in the 21st century.

Author:

Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

Publisher/Editor,

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series

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PS: 

Thanks to Almighty God for the abundance of His Grace. And two thumbs up to my editor, 

Pamela Guerrieri

Senior Editor/Projects Coordinator

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Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood Prefer Fair and Light Skinned Actresses

Hollywood Actresses.

If you have been bingewatching Nollywood movies, you would have seen that majority of the Actresses are competing to look like the actresses in Bollywood and Hollywood in makeup, hairstyles and haute couture on the red carpets. They want to be fair and light skinned and with wavy long hairs. They are the most influential models who have made a "staggering 77% of women in Nigeria to use skin-lightening products. The skincare and cosmetics industry is taking advantage of their craze for lighter skin according to a report by the United Nations published on https//www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2019-july-2019/paying-high-price-skin-bleaching

Many of the young women in Nollywood and the Nigerian society want to look as fair and pretty as the celebrated Nollywood actresses like Monalisa Chinda, Tonto Dikeh and Mercy Aigbe. And so they bleach the skin to boost their self-esteem and egos among their peers. 

Bollywood ActressesSara Ali Khan 

Scarlett Johansson

Emma Watson

The actors (both male and female) say there is a rule of thumb preference for fair and light skinned people in the entertainment industry for decades in Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood.

The controversial #OscarsSoWhite campaign years ago on the predominantly white nominees with the exclusion of filmmakers of colour made the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to come up with programs and rules to favour diversity in the film industry and campaign against racism. But colorism is in fact worse than racism, because "Colorism is the practice of favoring lighter skin over darker skin by people of the same race and tribe. The preference for lighter skin can be seen within any racial or ethnic background. Such as preference for  Asians and Africans of fair and light complexion in the film industry. You can see the preference in over 90 percent of the movies, TV series and music videos. 

Colourism is encouraging skin bleaching and the popularity of skin lightening creams, lotions and pills which the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning about the harmful side effects of dangerous consequences, including dermatitis (skin irritation), blue-black discolouration, skin cancer and even blindness.

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

Publisher/Editor,

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series.

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A complete range of Lightening and Brightening Skin care products for modern young women of all complexions. 

The 93rd Annual Academy Awards Are Here!

The 2021 Oscars ceremony begins at 8pm ET Sunday April 25, on ABC, broadcasting live from both Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. ABC is extending its coverage of the 2021 Oscars with a pre-show beginning at 6:30pm ET (“Oscars: Into the Spotlight,” hosted by Ariana Debose and Lil Rel Howery) and a post-show airing after the Oscars ceremony (“Oscars: After Dark,” with Colman Domingo and Andrew Rannells).

All three programs — “Oscars: Into the Spotlight,” “The Oscars,” and “Oscars: After Dark” — will be available to watch live via ABC.COM and the ABC app, although you will have to provide a cable subscriber log-in in order to access the live stream. Viewers without cable can tune-in by subscribing to a variety of platforms that carry ABC, including Hulu + Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV, and FuboTV.

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/watch-2021-oscars-live-stream-online-1234632521/

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE deserves the #Oscar for Best Actor for his astonishing leading role of "Anthony" in Florian Zeller's "The Father".

A classic psychopathethic drama on dementia.

The Synopsis:

Almost 80, mischievous, caustic, and defiantly living alone, Anthony rejects each and every hired caretaker that his daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman), lovingly introduces. Anne is desperate for help. She can’t make daily visits anymore, and Anthony’s grip on reality is unraveling. Given the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can he cling to? Anne grieves the loss of her father as he lives and breathes before her—but doesn’t she have the right to live her own life?

A Dream of Meeting Bong Joon-ho

A Dream of Meeting Bong Joon-ho

I had an usual dream before dawn in which I saw documents like a brochure and passport on my bed in the room of a hotel or a guest house. I saw "Bong" written on the brochure slightly overlapping the passport. The scene faded in a flash. Then another scene appeared and I was meeting with Bong Joon-ho in the lobby of a venue for an event. 

Bong is the famous South Korean filmmaker of critically acclaimed films, including his directorial debut film, "Barking Dogs Never Bite" (2000), "Memories of Murder (2003), and the record making "Parasite" (2019), the highest-grossing South Korean film in history; the first South Korean film to win the highly coveted Palme d'Or of the 2019 annual Cannes Film Festival, @festivaldecannes in France and the first South Korean film to receive nominations for the #Oscars; and at the 92nd Academy Awards won the: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. "Parasite" is the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and became the first non-English language film to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. 

Why did I dream of travelling and meeting Bong Joon-ho?Are we going to meet for international awards or international co-production?

One of my unusual stories which I think Bong can direct the film adaptation is "Hysterics" about sin, insanity and redemption. A surrealistic drama of unforeseen circumstances that resulted in the encounter of a monk with an insane prostitute in a brothel. But how did a Roman Catholic monk end up in a brothel of drunkards, gamblers and prostitutes?

-  ByEkenyerengozi Michael Chima 

https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima