AFRO HOLLYWOOD AWARD HOLDS IN LONDON, NOVEMBER: Patience Ozokwor, Van Vicker, Uche Jumbo, Yemi Solade, Saidi Balogun, Mike Ezouruonye etal bag awards.
African Film Awards also known as Afro Hollywood Awards will hold at the Indigo-02 Arena in London, on Wednesday 12th of November 2008 with a-list actors and actresses from across the continent of Africa scheduled to receive honours.
The event is structured to showcase and celeberate execellence in Africa’s best film talents. Entertainments during the awards ceremony will feature performances from screen icons, cultural dances, musical performance and comedy.
The African Film Awards is also a highlight of the growing film industry, music and dance in Africa. The red carpwt event also has the support of Black British television and screen personalities adding glitz and glamor to the occasion.
This very special event will witness the presentation of Africa’s most prestigious film industry awards to deserving individuals and organisations. Expected to top the list of recipients of this prestigious awards are actors and actresses from Nigeria’s Nollywood, the third largest film industry in the world, after Hollywood and Bollywood.
Mike Abiola, publisher of African Voice Newspaper, and organiser of African Fim Awards said, “Nollywood has come of age with over six sky digital channels showing its films daily to over 16 European countries while over 12 African television stations rely on Nollywood for contents. It is time to announce the arrival of African Film at the centre stage. There is no better place to celeberate excellence in the African Film industry than at the 02 Arena”. Also expected at the event are African American actors as well as those from Ghana, Aouth Africa and Senegal.
While announcing the winners of this year’s prestigious awards, Mike Abiola, founder and CEO of Afro Hollywood said, “The image of Africa is beginning to change in the minds of Europeans and amongst the diaspora, especially among the British Africans and Carribean communities.
Nollywood is uniting Africans and Carribeans, and also presents a good vehicle for corporate communication. Afro Hollywood Awards celeberating excellence in the film industry is a platform to exhibit new products and services .
Some of the winners of this year’s awards include Patience Ozokwo, Van Vicker, Uche Jumbo, Yemi Solade, Saidi Balogun, Mike Ezurruonye, Yibo Koko, Lilian Amah-Aluko, Pricess Adekoya and Faithia Balogun.
Award categories range from: Best English language film Actress, Best actresses in supporting roles, Best Actor-Native Language Films, Best Actress-Native Language Films, Best Crossover Actress, Best Musical Act, Best Artiste-Comedy, Best Film Director-English Language, and Native Language Films and Best Producer.
“The Afro Hollywood Awards over the years has been the platform and occasion where African movie icons and fans come together under one roof. It also provides the opportunity for the actors and actresses to know their works are highly appreciated with an excellence award. This is the icing on the cake for all African-oriented film enthusiasts,” added, Alistair Soyode-BEN Television founder.
Very important guests including the general public are invited to come and experience spectacular out of Africa dance troupe, 50 most delectable, charming and angelic ladies on the ‘runway’ and UK’s creme de la creme in attendance, to celeberate Africa’s film, arts and culture in the mult-cultural city of London.
I will vote Eric Nwadinobi anytime, his is the only Nigeria movie stat that works hard, head of production of BEN TV London, husband and father who can beat that?