{"id":472139,"date":"2011-08-05T05:52:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T05:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/05\/ghana-movie-awards-opens-2011-entries\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T05:52:56","slug":"ghana-movie-awards-opens-2011-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/ghana-movie-awards-opens-2011-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Movie Awards Opens 2011 Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Entertainment of Friday, 5 August 2011<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Francis Addo<\/p>\n

Gollywood Productions, organizers of the
prestigious Ghana movie awards christened MAG Awards has opened entry for Ghanaian
filmmakers to submit their works for consideration.
The second edition of the awards ceremony
which is aimed at honoring excellence in Ghana\u2019s movie industry is scheduled
for December 25 2011. It will also be televised to millions of viewers across Africa
and beyond. Nominations will be announced in November 2011 with an anticipated
huge party at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi.
Deadline for all submissions is in October
2011 and submission forms can be downloaded from the Ghanamovieawards.com or
handpicked at the Gollywood productions offices opposite Cottage Annex adjacent
Metro TV.
Each completed entry form must be
accompanied by all the supporting materials listed on the submission forms- the
synopsis of the film, producers, 2 DVD copies of the 120 minutes movie, proof
of the right to submit etc.
Also submitted movies must be movies released
from the editing bench of production houses within October 2010 and October
2011 and not necessarily movies that were released on the movie market in year under
review. Hence all movies must indicate year of copyright.
The awards ceremony was on Wednesday morning
launched via a shot ceremony in Accra at the Golden Tulip Hotel. This brought
together a number of stakeholders including actor, producers, director and crew
members as well as the inky fraternity and Government officials.
Among them were David Dontoh, Majid
Michel, Van Vicker, Nadia Buari, Augustine Abbey, Socrates Sarfo, Nana Ama
McBrown, Mr. Beautiful, Juliet Ibrahim, Emelia Brobbey, Rose Mensah aka Kyeiwaa,
Fred Nuamah executive producer of the awards and more.
In all, over 30 awards will be given in
various categories including Best Actor and ActressIn Lead Roles during award\u2019s
night in December.
Ghana Movie
Awards\u2019 Committee headed by ace actor, David Dontoh has added three more
categories to the previous categories, namely Best Cameo, Best Actor & Best Actress
TV Series andfinally Best Picture TV Series.
The Ghana Movie
Awards is being organized by GP Ltd in collaboration with Multi TV\u2019s Cine AFRIK
channel and Film Producers Association of Ghana and supported by Lufthansa
Airlines, Golden Tulip Hotel (Accra, Kumasi & Lagos), United Airlines and
Brussels Airlines.
Further details about the award ceremony
will be communicated to the media later on.
The award ceremony was established last
year to honor excellence in Ghana\u2019s movie industry. Last year\u2019s event honored
and brought together movie stakeholder across the country including Nigeria\u2019s
top actress Genevieve Nnaji and actor cum Big Brother All Stars winner, Uti
Nwachukwu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Entertainment of Friday, 5 August 2011 Source: Francis Addo Gollywood Productions, organizers of the prestigious Ghana movie awards christened MAG Awards has opened entry for Ghanaian filmmakers to submit their works for consideration. The second edition of the awards ceremony which is aimed at honoring excellence in Ghana\u2019s movie industry is scheduled for December 25 2011. It will also be televised to millions of viewers across Africa and beyond. Nominations will be announced in November 2011 with an anticipated huge party at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi. Deadline for all submissions is in October 2011 and submission forms can be downloaded from the Ghanamovieawards.com or handpicked at the Gollywood productions offices opposite Cottage Annex adjacent Metro TV. Each completed entry form must be accompanied by all the supporting materials listed on the submission forms- the synopsis of the film, producers, 2 DVD copies of the 120 minutes movie, proof of the right to submit etc. Also submitted movies must be movies released from the editing bench of production houses within October 2010 and October 2011 and not necessarily movies that were released on the movie market in year under review. Hence all movies must indicate year of copyright. The awards ceremony was on Wednesday morning launched via a shot ceremony in Accra at the Golden Tulip Hotel. This brought together a number of stakeholders including actor, producers, director and crew members as well as the inky fraternity and Government officials. Among them were David Dontoh, Majid Michel, Van Vicker, Nadia Buari, Augustine Abbey, Socrates Sarfo, Nana Ama McBrown, Mr. Beautiful, Juliet Ibrahim, Emelia Brobbey, Rose Mensah aka Kyeiwaa, Fred Nuamah executive producer of the awards and more. In all, over 30 awards will be given in various categories including Best Actor and ActressIn Lead Roles during award\u2019s night in December. Ghana Movie Awards\u2019 Committee headed by ace actor, David Dontoh has added three more categories to the previous categories, namely Best Cameo, Best Actor & Best Actress TV Series andfinally Best Picture TV Series. The Ghana Movie Awards is being organized by GP Ltd in collaboration with Multi TV\u2019s Cine AFRIK channel and Film Producers Association of Ghana and supported by Lufthansa Airlines, Golden Tulip Hotel (Accra, Kumasi & Lagos), United Airlines and Brussels Airlines. Further details about the award ceremony will be communicated to the media later on. The award ceremony was established last year to honor excellence in Ghana\u2019s movie industry. Last year\u2019s event honored and brought together movie stakeholder across the country including Nigeria\u2019s top actress Genevieve Nnaji and actor cum Big Brother All Stars winner, Uti Nwachukwu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nGhana Movie Awards Opens 2011 Entries - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/ghana-movie-awards-opens-2011-entries\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana Movie Awards Opens 2011 Entries - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Entertainment of Friday, 5 August 2011 Source: Francis Addo Gollywood Productions, organizers of the prestigious Ghana movie awards christened MAG Awards has opened entry for Ghanaian filmmakers to submit their works for consideration. 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