FULL LIST: Sharon Ooja, Wole Ojo nominated for TINFF 2024 Awards

The Toronto Worldwide Nollywood Movie Pageant (TINFF) has introduced its 2024 nominees and it features a stellar lineup of Nigerian expertise.

Legendary actor Pete Edochie, alongside rising stars Sharon Ooja and Wole Ojo, leads the nominations for the competition’s eighth version.

TINFF, a multicultural music and movie competition, is famend for celebrating variety and inclusion. The competition honours filmmakers who advocate for equality, social justice, and understanding by way of their work.

With aggressive classes, dwell screenings, and an annual awards gala, TINFF is a major occasion on the worldwide movie calendar, usually held between August and October in Toronto. This yr’s ceremony will happen from September 8 to fifteen.

Pete Edochie, WOle Ojo, Uzor Arukwe, Jimmy Odukoya, Bimbo Manuel, Eso Dike, and Ayo Makun are among the many Nigerians nominated for the ‘Finest Actor: African Movie’ class. Sharon Ooja, Osas Ighodaro, Ireti Doyle, and Bukunmi Oluwashina are contenders for the ‘Finest Actress: African Movie’ award.

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Right here’s the complete listing of nominees

TINFF Nominations for African Actors and Movies

Finest Actor – African Movie

• Emmanuel Ilondior – Overseas Path 2 (Canada)
• Emmanuel Kabongo – Sway (Canada)
• Pete Edochie – Nnewi The Land Of Gold (Nigeria)
• Ayo Makun – Merry Males 3 (Nemesis) (Nigeria)
• Wole Ojo – Ego Nworji – Tender Hedges (Nigeria)
• Jimmy Odukoya – I Am Nazzy (Nigeria)
• Bimbo Manuel – My Identify Is Misan (Nigeria)
• Eso Dike – Why We By no means Have been (Nigeria)
• Uzor Arukwe – The Subterfuge (Nigeria – UK)
• Floyd Igbo – Shaping Us (Nigeria – UK)
• Mamadou Moustapha – Des Le Debut (Canada)
• Emmanuel Sabinus Chukwemeka – Lifeless Critical (Nigeria)
• James Gardner – Satan Is A Liar
• Isaac Odeniran – Offended Folks Of God (UK – Nigeria)

Finest Actress – Nollywood Movies

• Tope Olowoniyan – Depth Of Us (Nigeria)
• Bukunmi Oluwasina – White and Black (Nigeria, UK)
• Ireti Doyle – Merry Males 3 (Nemesis) (Nigeria)
• Nadia Buari – Merry Males 3 (Nemesis) (Ghana, Nigeria)
• Tana Egbo-Adelana – Ego Nworji – Tender Hedges (Nigeria)
• Omowunmi Dada – L.I.F.E. (Nigeria)
• Chinonso Arubayi – I Am Nazzy (Nigeria)
• Blessing Jessica Obasi – The Subterfuge (Nigeria, UK)
• Kambilia Ofili – Shaping Us (Nigeria)
• Osas Ighodaro – Love, Lust & Different Issues (Nigeria)
• Sharon Ooja – Lifeless Critical (Nigeria)
• Nancy Isime – Transfer Like A Boss (Nigeria)
• Yvonne Jegede – Sundown In The North (Nigeria)

Finest Movie – Nollywood

• Daddy
• Mirrors
• Harmful Mission
• Rebel
• Survivors
• The Subterfuge
• Life
• Broke and Proud
• Tarella: Princess Of The Nile
• Jagun Jagun (The Warrior)
• Shapin Us
• Afamefuna
• Off The Edge
• Tienes 24 Horas (24 Hours Left) (Spain)
• 07.03 (seventh of the third)
• Wole Soyinka
• Love, Lust & Different Issues

Finest African Feminine Filmmaker

• Cordelia Emeh and Biodun Stephen – The Subterfuge (Nigeria/United Kingdom)
• Claret Onukogu – Harmful Mission (Nigeria)
• Doyinsola Ajayi and Linda Marrick – Maki (Nigeria)
• Chinonso Ngozi Arubayi – I Am Nazzy (Nigeria)
• Tana Egbo-Adelana – Ego Nworji – Tender Hedges (Nigeria)
• Lolo Eremie – Tarella: Princess Of The Nile (Nigeria)
• Chika Sally McKay – Patted Lie (Nigeria)
• Chinwe Eboh – Nnewi The Land Of Gold (Nigeria)
• Roberta Orioma – Why We By no means Have been (Nigeria)
• Pamela Tendayi Nyeke – Burns and Track (Zimbabwe)

Finest Music Video

• Phantasm of Ego (China)
• Italia (Italy)
• Shania Twain – Giddy Up (USA)
• 25 Ifedola Avenue (Nigeria)
• Mom’s Love – AAMA KO Mamata (Nepal)
• Hair (Canada)
• New Me (USA)
• Heading For The Mild (United Kingdom)
• Ahora (It Is Now) (Spain)
• Coyote – Pocho that includes MC Magic (USA)
• Mama Stated (Germany)
• Me. You. The Sea (Austria)
• Dobriy Zloy – Sirotkin (Uzbekistan)
• Raindrops (USA)
• Gethsemane (Canada)

Finest Experimental Movie – Brief

• Chekhov (Syria)
• Unsuitable Route (Germany)
• Blue (China)
• There Is Hearth (France)
• Barbie, My Angel! (Vietnam)
• Launch Nuclear Contaminated Water (Hong Kong)
• Olga’s Eyes (Belgium)
• Tear Of Ixora (Nigeria)
• Blessed By Daylight (Kenya & Poland)
• Repercussions (Netherlands)
• Elegy (Belgium)
• Rever (Germany)
• Paired (Canada)
• Serial Hunters (Angola)
• Completely satisfied Curly
• Survival (Nigeria)

Keep tuned for extra updates because the competition attracts close to, celebrating one of the best in Nollywood and world filmmaking expertise.

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