The List of Nominees have been made known for new categories in the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards( YMAA’s) slated to make its debut in May 2012 ; Best Musician in an acting role, Best Cross – over actor, Best Yoruba Cultural movie, YMAA Best Marketer, and Best Comedy Actor. The new categories in trying to invoke the “spirit of change”, have probably left out certain vital categories, especially with the churning out of many low ebbed quality works.

The Award obviously focuses on rewarding individuals rather than the usual ‘movie pick’ and dwells more on DVD releases, or how do you explain the absence of Tunde Kelani’s “MAAMI”, even if you don’t want to include Tade Ogidan’s “Family on Fire” (based on the presence of white cast), but if it’s strictly the use of the Yoruba language, what about the movie “Aramotu?”

Anyway, The Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA) has joined the ‘Awards band wagon” alongside latest entrants (Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (GIAMA) , Nollywood Movies Awards (NMA)) to square off with existing ones (AMAA, ZAFAA, Nollywood Film Critics). The Maiden edition which is powered by Laface Entertainment and Zimrage Multimedia, will be hosted by the Ogun State government at the June 12 Cultural Centre Kuto, Abeokuta. The event will coincide with the marking of His Excellency, Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s one year in office and will reward Yollywood (as some call it).

Plans are on the way by the Ogun State Government to build a world class movie village for the Yoruba movie industry, which falls within the ambit of its Tourism drive for the state. Where such feat is achieved, then Nollywood practitioners (as they are referred to) who rely on the English language as the medium of expression would be pained, as repeated calls for the government to build a movie village, somewhere in Badagry, Lagos, has continued to fall on deaf ears.

Below is the list of Nominees for the various categories in YMAA 2012:s

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
• Yomi Fash Lanso
• Odunlade Adekola
• Muyiwa Ademola
• Femi Adebayo
• Femi Branch

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
• Fathia Balogun
• Toyin Aimakhu
• Funke Akindele
• Bimbo Akintola
• Mosun Filani

BEST MUSICIAN IN AN ACTING ROLE
• Pasuma
• Idris Abdulkareem
• Saheed Osupa
• Obesere
• Sexy Steel

MOST PROMISING ACTOR
• Tinuke Ogungbe
• Damola Olatunji
• Gabriel Afolayan
• Bisi Komolafe
• Kayode Akinbayo

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This is were Looney meets the road....

Funke Akindele is hilarious. I saw her in one film with Ini Edo and Mercy Johnson. They were all chasing white men (Arabs and Indians with names like O'Brien lol).

Why are there Yoruba Movie Academy Awards though?

Naija sha, we can overdo things sha. . .AYAMA, YAMA, YAMA, EWW, NAMA, KIFI, GONA. . .How many award ceremonies do they need?

I suppose it would be hard to mention the movies these actors and actresses are nominated for. . .what with them making one billion movies per hour.

Yollywood nice

Best actot-FEMI ADEBAYO...Best actress-FUNKE AKINDELE Best Music ACtor-SAHEED Osupa OLUFIMO AKO Ko

Musiwa: Yollywood nice

Looking forward to the satellite images of this event.
@OP. Award judges can only make their choice based on entrants for an award. Remember requests are sent to movie producers to send their movies for consideration. A producer may decide not to enter his/her own movie for the award. Tunde Kelani may've done this hence the reason why MAAMI is not up for nomination. Remember it's not yet on dvd format so he may be wary of pirates layin their hands on it hence the reason for no entrant of MAAMI.
I hope the award organisers do a good job all the same.

Why must it be called "Academy awards"? A Yoruba film award should have a Yoruba name throughout.

MOST PROMISING ACTOR
• Bisi Komolafe

afam4eva: Why must it be called "Academy awards"? A Yoruba film award should have a Yoruba name throughout.

gbam.. Atleast for originality

why are the movies that earned them nominations not listed beside their names? And all this bastardization of awards self *sighs*

9jadelta:
gbam.. Atleast for originality

Abi oo....which one be Yoruba Academmy awards, Amaa Academy awards. I'm not sure they even know what academy means.

yommy2sure: why are the movies that earned them nominations not listed beside their names? And all this bastardization of awards self *sighs*

Movie awards in Nigeria have gone to the dogs. people win awards for doing nothing.

Gabriel Afolayan is tha bomb...that was the lad born by Opeyemi Ayeola & Yemi in Madam Dearest[size=12pt][/size]

afam4eva:

Movie awards in Nigeria have gone to the dogs. people win awards for doing nothing.

i tire jare, we are so fond of celebrating mediocrity and evrything below it here in Nigeria, people deliver good acting to get an award in Hollywood, you will even be surprised that some big names havent gotten a recognized award yer, but here evry dick and harry has gotten some awards for spying @ the camera. Abegi

Must evry movie industry have a 'wood' to its suffix?
Yollywood and other -hoods are just parodies. It belies creativity. A much better name will do.

And 2moro d southwesterners wud now say we in 9ja r not one at all why must it b Yoruba dis Yoruba dat from yoruba African magic 2 Yoruba movie abi drama awards Are dis set of nigerians dis divisive and tribalistic?

I don't know his name, so don't know whether he is among the nominees up there, but the 'fight-lion' guy that plays the role of Ambali in recent Yoruba comedies should be the most promising actor.

Hafeez Oyetoro(used by Etisalat as Saka) is another great guy in Yoruba movie indutry now

pics and short bios?

Gabriel Afolayan

genius!

Just genius!

And has anybody heard his song on Notjustok?

Extraordinary acting and vocal dexterity!

"Yollywood"? Seriously, YOLLYWOOD!!?
I swear, this is all Bombay's fault . If those guys hadn't copied Hollywood into "Bollywood", these our Godforsaken Nigerian brothers wouldn't have gone on overdrive, making that nonsensical thing called "Nollywood", quickly followed by "Kannywood" (Hausa film industry), and this total mess called "Yollywood", and our Ghanaian brothers wouldn't have followd suit to make "Ghallywood".

Maybe we should also establish the film industry in Asaba as AssyWood?
Shiit, shiit, shiit, shiit, SHIIT!!!!

Ejiné: "Yollywood"? Seriously, YOLLYWOOD!!?
I swear, this is all Bombay's fault . If those guys hadn't copied Hollywood into "Bollywood", these our Godforsaken Nigerian brothers wouldn't have gone on overdrive, making that nonsensical thing called "Nollywood", quickly followed by "Kannywood" (Hausa film industry), and this total mess called "Yollywood", and our Ghanaian brothers wouldn't have followd suit to make "Ghallywood".

Maybe we should also establish the film industry in Asaba as AssyWood?
Shiit, shiit, shiit, shiit, SHIIT!!!!

ur a really funny guy

Best actor in leading role: can't decide between Femi Adebayo and Yomi Fash Lanso
Most promising actor:Gabriel Afolayan....this guy is going places,he's really good
Best Actress:Tough one as well can't make up my mind between Fathia Balogun & Bimbo Akintola

ogugua88: Funke Akindele is hilarious. I saw her in one film with Ini Edo and Mercy Johnson. They were all chasing white men (Arabs and Indians with names like O'Brien lol).

Why are there Yoruba Movie Academy Awards though?

[quote author=ogugua88]Funke Akindele is hilarious. I saw her in one film with Ini Edo and Mercy Johnson. They were all chasing white men (Arabs and Indians with names like O'Brien lol).

D movie is White Hunters.Thumbs up 2 d Funke Akindele.

Jarus: I don't know his name, so don't know whether he is among the nominees up there, but the 'fight-lion' guy that plays the role of Ambali in recent Yoruba comedies should be the most promising actor.

Hafeez Oyetoro(used by Etisalat as Saka) is another great guy in Yoruba movie indutry now

Saka is really good. I've known him way before he became known.

I hope there is a category for "Worst English Sub-Titles?"
"I haf bin calling him and he did not peak.Why is he not peaking?"
*SMH*

Phonon: I hope there is a category for "Worst English Sub-Titles?"
"I haf bin calling him and he did not peak.Why is he not peaking?"
*SMH*

That's one of the reasons why i watch Yoruba at times .

Why is there yollwood and hausawood, are some
Ppl scared of competition in nollywood? Soon when
Edo's will conquer nollywood then you will hear
Some start giving igbowood awrd too!
All this sponsors,actors and actress should be
Under nollywood(it doesn't mean you can't
speak ur language in the movie) . Atimes I wonder
how most ppl on nl will always blame igbos of
wanting to divide nigeria where else they re the
Ones that unite this country more than anybody.
Pls don't insult me for saying my mind, you can
Ignore it.

Toaskarity: Why is there yollwood and hausawood, are some
Ppl scared of competition in nollywood? Soon when
Edo's will conquer nollywood then you will hear
Some start giving igbowood awrd too!
All this sponsors,actors and actress should be
Under nollywood(it doesn't mean you can't
speak ur language in the movie) . Atimes I wonder
how most ppl on nl will always blame igbos of
wanting to divide nigeria where else they re the
Ones that unite this country more than anybody.
Pls don't insult me for saying my mind, you can
Ignore it.

Do you know that in India there is Bollywwod, Kollywood and other woods but Bollywood is the most popular because it the the hindi's own film industry while the Tamils have Kollywood. I see no reason why we can't have Yollywood, hausawood, ijawwood, calabarwood or OsisiNgwa. Nollywood will still remain the numero uno.

afam4eva:

Do you know that in India there is Bollywwod, Kollywood and other woods but Bollywood is the most popular because it the the hindi's own film industry while the Tamils have Kollywood. I see no reason why we can't have Yollywood, hausawood, ijawwood, calabarwood or OsisiNgwa. Nollywood will still remain the numero uno.

.

They all already exist. Maybe not so famous yet.

Kannywood: Kano/Kaduna-based Hausa film industry.
BennyWood: Benin-based Edo film industry
Yollywood: Yoruba-based and quite impressive film industry.
The names may not be the most original but thy do make sense.

In a diverse country like Naija, maybe Nollywood can show the kind of regionalism that would help Naija advance economically and politically.

Nollywood is actually mostly Igbo-based with a sprinkling of people of other tribes.
Asaba is becoming a very popular location for Nollywood films because it is relatively quite and beautiful.

Phonon: I hope there is a category for "Worst English Sub-Titles?"
"I haf bin calling him and he did not peak.Why is he not peaking?"
*SMH*

guy u r so on point or when the thing tire them them go put (exchanging plesantires), (incantations), (greetings)....lmao!

Good idea!