Izuchukwu Okosi
Africa Film Academy (AFA), the organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs), has called for submissions ahead of its 18th edition in 2022.
The organisers of the award announced this in a statement on Saturday, calling on filmmakers to submit their feature, short, animation, and documentary work for consideration in the nearly 30 film categories of the awards.
According to the statement from AFA, the submission is open to only films produced and released between May 1, 2021, and April 31, 2022.
All entries for the 18th AMAAs, it said, will be made via Filmfreeway.
AFA said it will not accept any film that exceeds the 120-minute run as a feature or a short film that is longer than 40 minutes.
IT announced that the proposed date of the nomination’s gala night for the 18th AMAAs is August 26, 2022, while the award ceremony will run from October 26 to October 30, 2022.
The 17th edition of the AMAAs was held at the Lagos Marriot Hotels, Ikeja.
It hosted filmmakers, movie executives, and government officials from different parts of the world.
During the event, Nigeria’s ‘Eyimofe’, a movie directed by Chuko and Arie Esiri, scooped five awards.
Somalia’s ‘The Gravedigger’s wife’ also shone at the 17th AMAAs, scooping five awards and winning the best film.
Joan Agaba, a Ugandan actress, beat top Nollywood actresses like Funke Akindele and Rita Dominic to win the AMAA 2021 awards for ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’.
Kelechi Udegbe also won the award for ‘Best Actor in a Supporting Role” for his role in ‘Collision Course’ while the actress Wilmah Munemera won the AMAA 2021 award for ‘Best Young/Promising Actor’.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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