Ghana Movie Awards 2010 Nominations Opens For Entries

  
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Nominations for the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards have been opened for entries. The entries are opened from now and ends on October 15, 2010. 

The award which was launched on the 30th of September, 2010 at Alisa Hotel in Accra seeks to award excellence in the movie industry in Ghana. It will as well award best movies, best actors, directors and producers. 

Local movie producers and individual owners of eligible movies/films are expected to send in their productions with a copy of printed screen credits to the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) offices in Accra (MUSIGA Hall) and FIPAG offices in Kumasi, in the Cultural Centre premises, formerly Copyright Offices. Our Kumasi contact is the FIPAG Northern Sector President, Mr. Twumasi (reach him on +233 [0]244 639 060 or 03220-48044). 

Within same period, a team of 100 members which represent the various aspects of  movie production process, and include actors, directors, writers, producers, technicians and visual effects persons, to name a few, will be invited to form the Screening and Nomination Committee (SNC) of Ghana Movie Awards 2010.

The nomination process commences when each of the 100 members of SNC and the MAG Jury are asked to select their favouriate eligible movies from all the entries.  

On Friday, October 29, 2010, at a Hotel to be announced soon, the Nominees Release Party will be held; then voting begins. 

The final voting process is relatively similar to the nomination process but the Jury and SNC will have 60% while the general public will have 40% of vote composition through SMS. 

In all, 32 golden statuettes known as the MAG (reversed acronym for Ghana Movie Awards) will be presented to deserving personalities on Christmas Day. 

Only Actors' categories will include movies produced in both English and local languages as follows: 

Best Actor In A Lead Role (English) 
Best Actress In A Lead Role (English) 
Best Actor In A Lead Role (Local) 
Best Actress In A Lead Role (Local) Best Actor In A Supporting Role (English) 

Best Actress In A Supporting Role (English) 
Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Local) 
Best Actress In A Supporting Role (Local) 
The overall Best Actor and Best Actress would drive home one each of the new Zotye SUV donated by Feiya Engineering Ghana Ltd. 

Ghana Movie Awards 2010 final presentation is dubbed 'The Party of the Season' because about one-third of seats available on the night will go to the stars and industry deep players. 

'This is something out-of-this-world for the family on Christmas Day'. 

Ghana Movie Awards is organized by GP Ltd in collaboration with Image Consortium and supported by all the major stakeholders in the Ghana Film Industry and the Ministry of Information. 

Further details including hosts, which international stars are coming and what to expect at the final event will be communicated to you in the coming weeks. 

For more info, please don't hesitate to contact Mr. Verus Nartey, Head of Communication and Member of Planning Committee on (+233) 0244 278 777 ([email protected]).