Nominees for the various awards of the ongoing Zuma International Film Festival (ZUFF) 2024 have been released.
The annual event, which kicked off on December 1, is organised by the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) in conjunction with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
Winners out of the nominated films and filmmakers that come from various countries will be fêted at an Awards Night this Thursday.
The categories include those for best picture, director, actor, actress, costume, cartoon or animation, documentary, sound, music video, indigenous language film, short film, foreign language film, and student film.
The nominees and their categories are as follows:
NOMINEES FOR ZUMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
1. CARTOON/ANIMATION
a. Chosen
b. 3 Little Kungpoo
c. Orpheus and Eri
2. BEST DOCUMENTARY
a. Crossing Women – The Invisible Support of The Border
b. Harraga – Those Who burn their lives
b. Memories in the Cloud
3. BEST PICTURE
a. Kenneth Gyang ( This is Lagos).
b. Legend of the Vagabond Queen
c. Blackout
4. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
a. Paul Walman (This is Lagos)
b. Leo Purman (The Legend of the Vagabond Queen)
c. Ikechukwu Oku & Austin Kings (Blackout)
5. BEST SOUND
a. Pius Fatoke & Sadiq Adabayo (The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos)
b. Maurice Kings & Okechukwu Oku (Blackout)
c. Samuel Emmanuel (This is Lagos)
6. BEST COSTUME
a. Nyeduko Hannaha (Blackout)
b. Yahaya Muyiant & Victor Eniola (The Legend of the Vagabond Queenn of Lagos)
7. BEST ACTOR
a. Gabriel Afolanyan (This is Lagos)
b. Gideon Okeke (Blackout)
c. Bimbo Manuel (My Name is Misan)
8. BEST ACTRESS
a. Padita Agu (Blackout)
b. Laura Pepple (This is Lagos)
c. Uche Macauley (My Name is Misan)
9. BEST DIRECTOR
a. Kenneth Gyang (This is Lagos)
b. Okechukwu Oku (Blackout)
c. The Agbajowo Collectives (As As Elijah, Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Edukpo Tina, Matthew Cerf, Okechukwu Samuel, Ogungbamila Temitole (Legend of the Vagabond Queen)
10. BEST SHORT FILM
a. We Have Homeland
b. The Man Without a Face
c. Obodom
11. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
a. Crosstar Void
b. Help Me
c. Palapoo
12. BEST SKIT VIDEO
a. Serious and Lively
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE FILMS
13. BEST YORUBA
YORUBA (Feature):
a. Biire Biire
b. Olomi
c. Sababi
14. BEST IGBO
IGBO (Feature):
a. Nwanyi Abacha
15. BEST HAUSA
HAUSA (Feature):
a. Kaka
b. Tsayin Daka
16. BEST FOREIGN FILM
INDIGENOUS, FOREIGN (Short)
a. I am Not a Doll
17. BEST STUDENT FILM
a. Gal’te (from Iran)
b. Alone in the Room (from Israel)
c. So Long Mom (from China)
