- One of Nollywood’s highly anticipated film award platforms, Best of Nollywood (BON) has announced its nomination list for 2024
- For this year, Nollywood titles, The Weekend, Jagun Jagun and Adire secured the highest nominations
- The film award ceremony is scheduled for November 24 with actress Toyin Abraham revealed as the host for the day
Best of Nollywood (BON), one of the highly anticipated film awards platforms in Nigeria, has finally released the nominations list ahead of its 2024 award show.
For this year’s nominations list, three Nollywood titles, Jagun Jagun, The Weekend, and Adire got the highest nominations for the upcoming award show. The Weekend got a total of 6 nomination nods, Jagun Jagun had 11 nods and Adire secured 4 nominations.
The BON is a film award show set aside to celebrate Nigerian movies and filmmakers, by recognising their talents and efforts put into the promotion of Nigerian and African cultures in the media, locally and globally.
Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi was revealed as the 2024 host for The Best of Nollywood (BON) and the award ceremony will take place at the Sugar Factory Film Studio, Kwara State, on November 24.
Full list of nominations for 2024 Best of Nollywood awards
TheRadar compiled the 2024 Best of Nollywood nominations list below:
Best Cinematography
- Jagun Jagun
- Something Like Gold
- The Weekend
- Adire
- Ada Omo Daddy
- Orisa
Best Kiss
- Jide ‘J Blaze’ Oyegbile & Tomi Ojo: Damage Done
- Kelechi Udegbe & Kehinde Bankole: Offshoot
- Halimah Ganiyu & David Akande: Etiketa
- Omowunmi Dada & Tayo Faniran: Ada Omo Daddy
Director Of The Year
- Odunlade Adekola: Orisa
- Daniel Emeke Oriahi: The Weekend
- Adebayo Tijani & Tope Adebayo: Jagun Jagun
- Kayode Kasum: Ajosepo
- Adebayo Tijani & Akay Mason: Ada Omo Daddy
Best Supporting Actress
- Binta Ayo Mogaji: Unknown Soja
- Mercy Aigbe Adeoti: Ada Omo Daddy
- Meg Otanwa: The Weekend
- Shaffy Bello: Orisa
- Gloria Anozie-Young: The Weekend
Best Supporting Actor
- Adedimeji Lateef: Jagun Jagun
- Roxy Antak: Unknown Soja
- Eso Dike: Damage Done
- Keppy Ekpenyoung: The Weekend
Best Short Film
- Brukaci
- Bush Baby
- Out of Many
- Cry Me Awake
Best Actor
- Bimbo Manuel: My Name is Misan
- Debo ‘Mr Macaroni’ Adedayo: Small Talk
- Odunlade Adekola: Orisa
- Jide ‘J Blaze’ Oyegbile: Damage Done
- Femi Adebayo: Jagun Jagun
- Deyemi Okanlawon: Unknown Soja
Best Actress
- Bukunmi Oluwashina: Jagun Jagun
- Omowunmi Dada: Ada Omo Daddy
- Kehinde Bankole: Adire
- Uzoamaka Anunoh: The Weekend
- Uche Mac-Auley: My Name is Misan
- Jessica Blessing Nze: Momiwa
- Omowunmi Dada: Unknown Soja
Best Documentary
- Is it Your Money?
- Where is Chijoke?
- Senegal: A Legend is Born
- Nightlife in Lasgidi
Best Child Actor
- Lawal Oluwanifemi: Son of Iron
- Michael Akpujiwa: Momiwa
Best Child Actress
- Darasimi Nadi: Ajosepo
- Darasimi Nadi: Unknown Soja
- Jasmine Olarotimi: My Name is Misan
- Rahana Kukoyi Jimoh: Oloku Ada
Best Social Message
- Ada Omo Daddy
- Singleness is Bliss
- Small Talk
- L.I.F.E
- Etiketa
- Unleashed
Best Sound
- Offshoot
- Ada Omo Daddy
- Jagun Jagun
- The Beads
Best Costume
- Ada Omo Daddy
- Offshoot
- Orisa
- Jagun Jagun
- Adire
Best Editing
- What About Us?
- Ada Omo Daddy
- Damage Zone
- Momiwa
- Orisa
- Small Talk
Best Use of Makeup
- Jagun Jagun
- Orisa
- Brukaci
- What Happened at St James
Best Screenplay
- Damage Done
- Momiwa
- White and Black
- My Name is Misan
- Life in a Day
Most Promising Actress
- Tomike Adeoye: Ajosepo
- Halimah Ganiyu: Etiketa
- Fisayo Ajisola-Borokinni: Singleness is Bliss
- Chioma Okafor: Life in a Day
- Folu Storms: What About Us?
Most Promising Actor
- Ozechi Franklyn Izuchukwu: Nwanyi Abacha
- Kalu-Anaga Emmanuel Eme: Ajosepo
Best Production Design
- Adire
- Jagun Jagun
- The Weekend
- Something Like Gold
- Orisa
Best Indigenous
- Akudaaya (The Wrath)
- Jagun Jagun
- Etiketa
- Orisa
Best Soundtrack
- Jagun Jagun
- Out of Many
- Oloku Ada
- Orisa
- The Beads
- Etiketa
Best Use of Food
- Son of Iron
- Ada Omo Daddy
- Etiketa
- Nwanyi Abacha
- Orisa
FULL LIST: ‘The Weekend’ bags 16 nods as most nominated film for AMAA 2024
Earlier, TheRadar reported that the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has shared its highly anticipated nominations for its 2024 edition and Nollywood film, The Weekend leads the pack.
For this year’s AMAA ceremony, which also marks its 20th anniversary, The Weekend bagged 16 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and Achievement in Cinematography.
The nomination announcement was made on Wednesday, October 2, and hosted by Vimbai Mutinhiri, who set the stage for the awards night scheduled for November 2, 2024.
