Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, top Abuja International Film Festival nominations
Nollywood heavyweights Desmond Elliot and Uche Jombo are topping the list of nominees for this year’s Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF).
In the list released recently by the organisers of the 10th Abuja film festival, Elliot gets a total of four nominations, trailed by friend and partner Uche Jombo with two nods.
Others on the list are producer Chico Ejiro, as well as Ghanaian movie sensations Majid Mitchel and Jackie Appiah.
Jury members for this year’s event include US based African cinema enthusiast, Connor Ryan, Former Arts Editor Guardian and Next, Molara Wood, veteran Ghanaian actress, Akofa Edjaeni Asiedu, Film/TV Producer, Emeka Ossai, curator of Short Images UK, Patrice Lamonn, and festival Director of Inshort Film Festival, Victor Okhai.
Below is the full list of nominees for the film festival awards: