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2019 Ghana Movie Awards: ‘Gold Coast Lounge’ leads nominations, full list of nominees
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.
Some of the categories Gold Coast Lounge has been nominated in include Performance of An Actress in Leading Role, Achievement in Cinematography, Achievement in Directing, Music Written for A Movie(Original Score), Best Motion Picture of the Year, Discovery of the Year, Performance by An Actor in Leading Role, Production Design among others.
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
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