The 6th edition of the Ghana Movie Awards received lots of controversies after the nominations came out and most stakeholders in the movie industry doubted the credibility of the awards scheme.
Some took to their social media pages to administer their displeasure and vent their anger on the organizers of the Ghana Movie Awards.
The Bad
The event which took place at the Accra International Conference Center on Wednesday December 30 2015, had an awful start as it was scheduled to commence at 7pmb but instead, began at 11pm.A similar thing happened at the announcement of the nominees at the Accra Mall. It was supposed to start at 3pm but started at 6:25pm
The organization and presentation was also not on point as the event could’t pull enough movie makers.The MCs also did their best to keep the audience active. It even got to a point where no one laughed at any joke cracked by the comedians present.
Some of the nominees boycotted the event as they saw it not necessary to atttend since they didn’t value its credibility.
Beasts Of No Nation swept 10 awards out of 15 nominations.That alone was another big shocker as Ghanaian movie producers didn’t expect the movie to be nominated.They cried that a 6million dollar movie couldn’t be compared to movies worth less than Ghc100,000.
The Good
It was a night of bliss as young actor Abraham Attah had to beat some big names in the movie industry to win Best Actor In A Leading Role and Discovery Of The Year with his first ever movie.
Adjetey Annan made it fun when he sang John Legend’s “All Of Me”.Funny Face,Lil Win,Salinko and the ‘2 Idiots’ were among the few who tried their best to keep the event lively.
See full list of winners below:
Sound mixing and editing
Beasts Of No Nation- Geoffrey Patterson
Make-up and hair do
The Cursed One-Araba Ansah
Visual effect
Beasts Of No Nation-Kelvin Bitters
Editing
Beasts Of No Nation-Mikkel E.G Nielson
Writing adapted or original screenplay
Freetown-Melissa Larson
Production design
Beasts Of No Nation-Tony Tomety/Miles Kristian
Cinematography
Beasts Of No Nation-Cary Joji Fukunago
Actor african collaboration
If Tomorrow Never Comes-De Deyemi Okanlawon
Actress african collaboration
While You Slept-Ini Edo
Music original score
Beasts Of No Nation
Music original song
Coz Ov Mont-Emmanuel Owusu Bonsu/Mesah Ansah
Actress in tv series
Gloria Sarfo
Actor in tv series
Funny Face-Cow And Chicken
Local tv series
Cow and Chicken
Foreign series
La Gata
Actress in leading role
Yvonne Nelson-If Tomorrow Never Comes
Actor in leading role
Abraham Attah-Beasts Of No Nation
Best picture
Beasts Of No Nation-Tony Tagoe/Danny Damah
Favorite actor
Kwadwo Nkansah
Favorite actress
Kyeiwaa(Rose Mensah)
Wardrobe and costume
I Do-Elikem Kumordzie
Actor in supporting role
Idris Elba-Beasts Of No Nation
Actress in supporting role
Rebecca Acheampong(Becca)-If Tomorrow Never Comes
Directing
Beasts Of No Nation
Discovery of the year
Abraham Attah-Beasts Of No Nation
Lifetime achievement
Akosua