{"id":440775,"date":"2017-11-24T15:40:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/joselyn-dumas-named-best-actress-at-2017-toronto-international-nollywood-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2017-11-24T15:40:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:40:47","slug":"joselyn-dumas-named-best-actress-at-2017-toronto-international-nollywood-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/joselyn-dumas-named-best-actress-at-2017-toronto-international-nollywood-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Joselyn Dumas named \u2018Best Actress\u2019 at 2017 Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Movies of Friday, 24 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Enewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/28782365.295.jpg\" alt=\"Joselyn Dumas Pink New\" title=\"Joselyn Dumas Pink New\" width=\"295\" height=\"369\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Joselyn Dumas<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511538047_34_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Joselyn Dumas has won \u2018Best Actress\u2019 at the just ended Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival for her lead role in the romantic comedy, \u2018Potato Potatho\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the comedy was premiered in Lagos this week with massive patronage from Nollywood stakeholders, and attendance from the cast.<\/p>\n<p>The Shirley Frimpong-Manso\u2019s movie was premiered in Accra, at the Silverbird Cinema on 30th November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a successful showing at Cannes Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival and the British Urban Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>It was also part of the official selection for the Film Africa Festival which ran from October 27 to November 5.<\/p>\n<p>The film, an African comedy of errors, is about a divorced couple who cannot agree on divorce terms and settle for co-ownership of their matrimonial home and other property.<\/p>\n<p>The movie stars Nigerian actor OC Ukeje and Ghana\u2019s Joselyn Dumas who play the lead roles, alongside Joke Silva, Blossom Chuckwujekwu, Chris Attoh, Nikki Samonas, Adjetey Annang, Lala Akindoju and Victoria Michaels.<\/p>\n<p>At a press screening of the movie on Tuesday, Shirley Frimpong Manso said that the movie was a collaboration between Ghanaians, Nigerians and some Swedish people. She also added that due to the vagaries of the film production in Ghana, she adopted a different strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotato Patahto has been out for almost a year but we\u2019ve decided to have a different approach. We decided to pursue different market because Ghana is not enough anymore. We been to festivals and we\u2019re releasing in other countries too,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Potato Potahto\u2019 highlights the fact that marriages are fraught with challenges and it takes the two to iron out their differences.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: 24 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Movies of Friday, 24 November 2017 Source: Enewsgh.com 2017-11-24 Joselyn Dumas Joselyn Dumas has won \u2018Best Actress\u2019 at the just ended Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival for her lead role in the romantic comedy, \u2018Potato Potatho\u2019. 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