‘Shanty Town’ leads BON Award nominations with 15 nods [FULL LIST]

‘Shanty Town’, a film produced by Chinenye Nworah, has led the nominations for 2023 Best of Nollywood Awards.

The nominees for the yearly award ceremony, which honours outstanding achievements in the Nigerian movie industry, were unveiled in a statement on Sunday.

‘Shanty Town’, a crime thriller created by Xavier Ighorodje and Chichi Nworah bagged fifteen nominations out of the 29 categories of the BON Awards.

Chloe Coko’s ‘Herdsmen’, and ‘Underbelly’ by Tunde Aina were each nominated in eleven categories.

The BON Awards ceremony was first held in December 2009, in Ikeja, Lagos and has continued to be a creative strata for the Nigerian movie industry.

The award ceremony has been hosted in different states including Ogun, Oyo, Kogi, Kano, Ekiti, Delta, and Abia, among others.
This year’s edition of the annual award ceremony is scheduled to hold on December 22 and the host state will be unveiled soon.

See the full list below:

BEST CHILD ACTOR (FEMALE)

Princess Kosi (The Other one)

Angel (Here Love Lies)

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Fisayomi Amodemaja (Keji)

Darasimi Nadi (Obara’m)

BEST SOCIAL MESSAGE

Black Harvest

Asa

Sister

Herdsmen

Shanty Town

BEST SHORT FILM

Za

Agogo

A Playboy’s Nightmare

She Was Not At War, I Was

Tales Of The Browbeaten

DOCUMENTARY

Genius in Disguise

SPECIAL EFFECT

Underbelly

Herdsmen

Shanty Town

Ite

Inadvertence

SOUND TRACK

Obara’m

The Other One

Underbelly

Herdsmen

Inadvertence

SOUND

Shanty Town

Here Love Lies

House of Secrets

Herdsmen

Obara’m

BEST USE OF COSTUME

Dice

Herdsmen

Underbelly

Ite

Shanty Town

SCREENPLAY

Afamefuna

Asa

50/50

Here Love Lies

The Other One

USE OF FOOD

Ifedichie

Time Travel

Inadvertence

Here Love Lies

50/50

BEST KISS

Kiki Bakare/Mimisola Daniels (Egun)

Efe Irele/Shawn Faqua (House of Secrets)

Olu Adebamowo/Kiitan Bukola (Square One)

BEST USE OF MAKE UP

SOJ

Shanty Town

Underbelly

Herdsmen

EDITING

House of Secrets

Shanty Town

Black Harvest

The Other One

Keji

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Underbelly

Herdsmen

Black Harvest

House of Secrets

Shanty Town

CINEMATOGRAPHY

House of Secrets

Shanty Town

Ite

Herdsmen

Underbelly

MOST PROMISING ACTOR

Smart Conrad (Underbelly)

Nura Mc Khan (Herdsmen)

Olu Adebamowo (Square one)

Olaiya Temitope (Inadvertence)

MOST PROMISING ACTRESS

Tierny Olalere (Inadvertence)

Chinelo Enemchukwu (Ifedichie)

50/50 (Funke Tanimola)

Olusola Adeola (Time Travel)

BEST INDIGENOUS

Afamefuna

Obara’m

Ifedichie

Underbelly

Herdsmen

IGBO FILM

Ifedichie

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA)

Ibrahim Yekini (SOJ)

Jide Awobona (Square one)

Funsho Adeolu (Asa)

Olaitan Jewola (Alebu Ara)

Muyiwa Ademola (Time Travel)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (YORUBA)

Kiitan Bukola (Egun)

Habiba Jinad (Alebu Ara)

Damipe Adekola (Ite)

Jumoke Odetola (Square One)

Regina Chukwu (Adaba)

BEST ACTOR IN A YORUBA MOVIE

Rotimi Salami (Adaba)

Ibrahim Yekini (Igboro)

Kiki Bakare (Egun)

Niyi Johnson (Time Travel)

Mustipha Solagbade (50/50)

BEST ACTRESS IN A YORUBA MOVIE

Mercy Aigbe (Romola Alakara)

Damilola Oni (Ite)

Anike Ami (Igboro)

Mimisola Daniels (Egun)

Debbie Sokoya (Keji)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)

Stan Nze (Underbelly)

Ali Nuhu (Herdsmen)

Zubby Michael (SHANTY Town)

Kalu Ikeagu (The Other one)

Femi Jacob (House of Secrets)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (ENGLISH)

Princess Nwokoye (Strained)

Omowunmi Dada (Here Love Lies)

Jasmine Naza Onyia (Ifedichie)

Nse Npe Etim (SHANTY Town)

Lillian Amah (The Other One)

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE

Tracy George (Strained)

Lucy Ameh (The Other One)

Ini Edo (SHANTY Town)

Najite Dede (House of Secrets)

Chinelo Enemchukwu (Ifedichie)

BEST ACTOR IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE

Chidi Mokeme (SHANTY Town)

Kelechi Udegbe (The Other One)

Tim Shelburne (Here Love Lies)

Shawn Faqua (House of Secrets)

Smart Conrad (Underbelly)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Biodun Stephen (Sista)

Dimeji Ajibola (Shanty Town)

Tope Oshin (Here Love lies)

Toka Mcbaror (Herdsmen)

Kayode Kasum (Obara’m)

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Shanty Town

Underbelly

Here Love lies

Herdsmen

Black Harvest