Gold Coast Lounge, a movie produced by Esi Yamoah and directed by Pascal Aka has topped this year’s Ghana Movie Awards’ nomination list with 18 nods.

Away Bus, a film produced and directed by Kofi Asamoah of Kofas Media follows closely with 16 nominations.

Gold Coast Lounge which features actors such as Adjetey Anang, musician Raquel Ammah, Akofa Edjeani, Fred Amugi, Alphonse Menyo, Zynnell Zuh, Pascal Aka, Cina Soul, and Gideon Boakye, is about a family of criminals that has to clean up their shady acts before the government shuts down their lucrative private property.

Ghana Movie Awards, being organised by Gollywood Productions and Media Generale comes of on Saturday, December 20 at the National Theatre, Accra.

Below is the full list of nominees:

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUMES AND WARDROBE (NOMINEES)

Gold Coast Lounge

Vivian Adjetey

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

Gordon Galolo

Getting Married

Samira Yakubu & Fauzia Yajubu

Away Bus

Venessa Nana & Ama Odoom

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY (NOMINEES)

Gold Coast Lounge

Isreal De-Like

Away Bus 

Kelly Doe

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)   

Bernard Benson & David Okafor

Getting Married 

William Sefa Ntiamoah

Business As Usual

Toyin Odekoya & Jibola Dabo

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (NOMINEES)

Gold Coast Lounge

Pascal Aka

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

Isaac Agyapong

Getting Married 

Frank Rajah Arase

Away Bus

Peter Sedufia & Kofi Asamoah

Business As Usual

Pascal Amanfo

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING (NOMINEES)

Away Bus

Afra Marley & Peter Sedufia

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

Solomon Tamakloe & Yako Prince Osei

Gold Coast Lounge

Kweku Kacou

Sin City 

Kobi Okyere

Getting Married 

Nicholas Agbeko

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING (NOMINEES)

Getting Married 

Mariam Musah

Gold Coast Lounge

Florence Owoo

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

Frempong Takyibea

Patience Mensah

Away Bus

Rhoda-Line Ansong

Ann Marie Dzadey

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR A MOVIE (ORIGINAL SCORE) NOMINEES

Gold Coast Lounge

Pascal Aka

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

George Sedzro

Getting Married 

Berni Anti

Business As Usual

Kobi Okyere JR

Away Bus

Afra Marley

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR A MOVIE (ORIGINAL SONG) NOMINEES

Gold Coast Lounge

Music by Pascal Aka

Lyrics By Raquel Ammah

Getting Married 

Music and Lyrics By Berni Anti

Away Bus

Music By Enoch Bleboo

Lyrics By Solomon Otoo

40 Looks Good On You

Music and Lyrics By Stephanie Benson

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

Gold Coast Lounge

Prodction Design By Julius Elikem

Set Decoration By Prop Haven

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

Production Design By Gordon Galolo

Set decoration by Robert Ayim

Away Bus

Production Design By James Avaala

Set Decoration By Horla Manuvor

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

Bra Cuojo

Jerry Debbah

Gold Coast Lounge

Pascal Aka

Away Bus

Peter Kojo Sampah

ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY

Gold Coast Lounge

Screen Play By Pascal Aka

Save the Street

Screen Play By Frankquophy Awuku Hanyabui

40 Looks good On You

Screen Play By Folake Amanfo

Business As Usual

Screen Play By Pascal Amanfo

Away Bus

Screen Play By Kofi Asamoah, Yaw Twumasi and Peter Sedufia

BEST ACTOR AFRICAN COLLABORATION

MIKE EZURUONYE

TENDER LIES

JIDOLA DABO

BUSINESS AS USUAL

KUNLE RENI

SIN CITY

ALENNE MANGET

BROKEN

FRANK ARTUS

SHUKI

BEST ACTRESS AFRICAN COLLABORATION

Syndy Emade

Broken 

ROSE MEURER

SIN CITY

UCHE JOMBO

40 LOOKS GOOD ON YOU

RUTH KADIRI EZERAKA

TENDER LIES

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Gold Coast Lounge

PRODUCER- ESI YEBOAH

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

PRODUCER- ISAAC AGYAPONG

Getting Married 

PRODUCERS- ABDUL SALAM MUMUNI AND TONY RAMESH LACHMA

BUSINESS AS USUAL

PRODUCER- PASCAL AMANFO

40 LOOKS GOOD ON YOU

PRODUCER- SELASSIE IBRAHIM

Away Bus

PRODUCERS- KOFI ASAMOAH AND PETER SEDUFIA

SIN CITY

PRODUCER- YVONNE NELSON

ADOMA

SALLAM MUMUNI

BEST MOVIE AFRICAN COLLABORATION

BROKEN

SYNDY EMADE

TENDER LIES

RUTH KADIRI

40 LOOKS GOOD ON YOU

SELASSIE IBRAHIM

BEST SHORT MOVIE

NIRVANA

WILLIAM KOJO AGBETI

ADA

JAMES NARTEY

ELECTION

JOHN AGBEKO

DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR

RAQUEL AMMAH

Gold Coast Lounge

CINA SOUL

Gold Coast Lounge

OPHELIA DOEFIA

SAVE THE STREET

FLORENCE ADJEI

ADOMA

ROXY MEURER

SIN CITY

QUASI BLAY

ADOMA

FAVOURITE ACTOR

1.VAN VICKER

2. MAJID MICHEL

3. JOHN DUMELO

4. PRINCE DAVID OSEI

5. JAMES GARDINER

6. KWADWO NKANSAH (LIL WIN)

7. KOFI ADU (AGYA KOO)

8.RICHARD ASHANTI (KALYBOS)

9. JUSTICE HYMS (GHANA JESUS)

10. AKWASI BOADI (AKROBETO)

11. KWAKU MANU

12. BENSON NANAYAW ODURO BOATENG (FUNNY FACE)

 FAVOURITE ACTRESS

1. Joselyn Dumas

2. Nana Ama McBrown

3. Jackie Appiah

4. Yvonne Nelson

5. Yvonne Okoro

6. Fela Makafui

7. Lydia Forson

8. Juliet Ibrahim

9. Nadia Buari

10. Emelia Brobbey

11. Moesha Bodong

12. Maame Serwaa

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jeffery Nortey

Adoma

Umar Krupp

Away Bus

Adjetey Annang

Gold Coast Lounge

Kofi Adu

Away Bus

Prince David Osei

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. ALPHONSE MENYO

Gold Coast Lounge

2. KOFI ADJORLOLO

A.B.A.D (FEATS OF DESTINY)

3. JAMES GARDINER

BUSINESS AS USUAL

4. MIKKI OSEI BERKO

Away Bus

5. QUASI BLAY

ADOMA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

JESSICA WILLIAMS

A.B.A.D (Feats Of Destiny)

FELLA MAKAFUI

Away Bus

KALSOUME SINARE

Getting Married 

FLORENCE ADJEI

ADOMA

ZYNNELL ZUH

Gold Coast Lounge

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN THE LEADING ROLE

1. RAQUEL AMMA

Gold Coast Lounge

2.NADIA BUARI

JACKIE APPIAH

LYDIA FORSON

CHRISTABEL EKEH

(Getting Married )

3. YVONNE NELSON

SUNCITY

4. SALMA MUMIN

Away Bus

5. SELASSIE IBRAHIM

UCHE JOMBO

ROSELYN NGISSAH

STEPHENIE BENSON

40 LOOKS GOOD ON YOU

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING AND MIXING

Gold Coast Lounge

Kweku Kacou

A.B.A.D (Feats OF Destiny)

J ames Adofo

Away Bus

Afra Marley

Getting Married 

Berni Anti

SOURCE: Graphic Showbiz