Charles Okpaleke’s ‘Living in Bondage: Breaking Free’ and Kayode Kasum’s ‘This Lady Called Life’ emerged the biggest winners of 2020 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards, which took place at Ado-Ekiti, over the weekend.
Asides clinching the Movie of the Year Award, Living in Bondage also bagged the Director of the Year award for Ramsey Nouah’s, movie with the best use of special effects and movie with the best use of makeup.
‘This Lady called Life’ also took home the movie with the Best Screenplay Award, Best use of Food on a movie award and Movie with the Best Production Design Award.
The two movies also jointly won the Movies with the Best Editing Award. Other winners at the travelling, pan-Nigerian awards include Bling Lagosians, Unroyal, The Sessions, ‘Dear Affy’ among others.
Matilda Lambert, a thespian and film producer who won two awards, said she had seven nominations at this year’s BON Awards and was happy to be a winner in two categories.
“So far I have won two, Best Sound in a movie for Unroyal and best use of Costume in a movie. Unroyal the movie is a fantastic film.
“Also having all the A-list actors on set, the likes of Pete Edochie, Shaffy Bello, Blossom Chukwujekwu, IK Ogbonna, Okon Lagos, Linda Osifo and a lot of others was a great deal.
“I’m very grateful tonight that my hard work, my sleepless nights, my money, resources, time all put into making this great film actually paid off.
“It’s one thing to have a wonderful film and it is another thing for the movie to be recognised. I’m very grateful,” she said.
Abiola Adebayo who won the award for Best Actress in a supporting role said it was an honour to be recognised and appreciated.
“I came in happy and not particularly expecting to win. The fact that I was nominated means a lot to me.
“It means people are seeing me and noticing my work. I got two nominations and even though I was expectant it wasn’t assured.
“Almost all of us in that category are colleagues and friends. Being in the entertainment industry has not been easy, it’s tough and rough. But it has also been good at the same time.” she said.
Other winners at Best of Nollywood Awards, 2020 are:
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (English) JKA Swanky – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (English) – Omowunmi Dada – The Sessions
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (English) – Alex Ekubo – Bling Lagosians - Best Actress in a Supporting Role (English) – Bimbo Ademoye/Bisola Aiyeola – Sugar Rush
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Yoruba) – Ibrahim Yekini – Lucifer
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Yoruba) – Adebimpe Oyebade – Agbelebu Jade
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Yoruba) – Femi Adebayo/Kelvin Ikedua – Lucifer
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Yoruba) – Abiola Adebayo – Agbelebu Jade
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Igbo) – Francis Duru – Mboputa
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Igbo) – Happy Julian Uchendu – Mboputa
- Best Child Actor – Molawa Onajobi – This Lady Called Life
- Best Child Actress – Amarachi Onwe – Secrets
- Movie with the Best Social Message -The Session
- Movie with the Best Comedy – Dear Affy
- Best Short Film – Pole Girl
- Best Documentary – Tame The Serial Killer
- Movie with the Best Special Effect -Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
- Movie with the Best Screenplay – This Lady Called Life
- Best Use of Nigerian Food in a Movie – This Lady Called Life
- Best use of Costume in a Movie – Unroyal
- Best Use of Make-up in a Movie – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
- Movie with the Best Sound – Unroyal
- Movie with the Best Soundtrack – Colours of Deceit
- Movie with the Best Editing – This Lady Called Life/ Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
- Movie with the Best Production Design – This Lady Called Life
- Movie with the Best Cinematography – Bling Lagosian
- Best Kiss in a movie – Laura Fidel/Kunle Remi- Pole Girl
- Most Promising Actor of the Year – Denola Grey – Bling Lagosians
- Most Promising Actress of the Year – Aisha Mohammed – Colours of Deceit
- Revelation of the Year (Male) – Swanky JKA
- Revelation of the Year (Female) – Bolaji Ogunmola
- Director of the Year – Ramsey Nouah – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
- Movie of the Year – Living in Bondage (Breaking Free)
(NAN)
