FULL LIST: Pete Edochie, Sharon Ooja, Wole Ojo nominated for TINFF 2024 Awards

Pete Edochie, Sharon Ooja, and Wole Ojo are among the actors nominated for the 2024 Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) Awards.

In a recent blog post, the award organisers announced the nominees for the eighth edition.

The TINFF is a multicultural music and film festival. With a focus on diversity and inclusion, the festival aims to recognise and empower filmmakers who champion equality, social justice, and understanding.

It features competitive categories, live screenings, and an annual awards gala in Toronto, typically held between August and October.

Edochie, Ojo, Uzor Arukwe, Jimmy Odukoya, Bimbo Manuel, Eso Dike, and Ayo Makun are the Nigerians nominated in the ‘Best Actor: African Film’ category.

The ‘Best Actress: African Film’ award will be keenly contested by Ooja, Osas Ighodaro, Ireti Doyle, and Bukunmi Oluwashina.

This year’s award ceremony will be held in Toronto between September 8 and 15.

Below are categories that feature nominations for African actors and films:

Best Actor – African Film

• Emmanuel Ilondior – Foreign Path 2 – Canada
• Emmanuel Kabongo – Sway – Canada
• Pete Edochie – Nnewi The Land Of Gold – Nigeria
• Ayo Makun – Merry Men 3 (Nemesis) – Nigeria
• Wole Ojo – Ego Nworji – Tender Hedges – Nigeria
• Jimmy Odukoya – I Am Nazzy – Nigeria
• Bimbo Manuel – My Name Is Misan – Nigeria
• Eso Dike – Why We Never Were – Nigeria
• Uzor Arukwe – The Subterguge – Nigeria – UK
• Floyd Igbo – Shaping Us – Nigeria – UK
• Mamadou Moustapha – Des Le Debut – Canada
• Emmanuel Sabinus Chukwemeka – Dead Serious – Nigeria
• James Gardner – Devil Is A Liar
• Isaac Odeniran – Angry People Of God – UK – Nigeria

Best Actress – Nollywood Films

• Tope Olowoniyan – Depth Of Us – Nigeria
• Bukunmi Oluwasina – White and Black – Nigeria, Uk
• Ireti Doyle – Merry Men 3 (Nemesis) – Nigeria
• Nadia Buari – Merry Men 3 (Nemesis) – Ghana, Nigeria
• Tana Egbo-Adelana – Ego Nworji – Tender Hedges – Nigeria
• Omowunmi Dada – L.I.F.E. – Nigeria
• Chinonso Arubayi – I Am Nazzy – Nigeria
• Blessing Jessica Obasi – The Subterfuge – Nigeria, UK
• Kambilia Ofili – Shaping Us – Nigeria
• Osas Ighodaro – Love, Lust & Other Things – Nigeria
• Sharon Ooja – Dead Serious – Nigeria
• Nancy Isime – Move Like A Boss – Nigeria
• Yvonne Jegede – Sunset In The North – Nigeria

Best Film – Nollywood

• Daddy
• Mirrors
• Dangerous Mission
• Rebellion
• Survivors
• The Subterfuge
• Life
• Broke and Proud
• Tarella” Princess Of The Nile
• Jagun Jagun (The Warrior)
• Shapin Us
• Afamefuna
• Off The Edge
• Tienes 24 Horas (24 Hours Left) – Spain
• 07.03 (7th of the 3rd)
• Wole Soyinka
• Love, Lust & Other Things

Best African Female Filmmaker 

• Cordelia Emeh and Biodun Stephen – The Subterfuge – Nigeria/United Kingdom
• Claret Onukogu – Dangerous Mission – Nigeria
• Doyinsola Ajayi and Linda Marrick – Maki – Nigeria
• Chinonso Ngozi Arubayi – I Am Nazzy – Nigeria
• Tana Egbo-Adelana – Ego Nworj – Tender Hedges – Nigeria
• Lolo Eremie – Tarella: Princess Of The Nile – Nigeria
• Chika Sally McKay – Patted Lie – Nigeria
• Chinwe Eboh – Nnewi The Land Of Gold – Nigeria
• Roberta Orioma 0 Why We Never Were – Nigeria
• Pamela Tendayi Nyeke 0 Burns and Song – Zimbabwe

Best Music Video

• Illusion of Ego – China
• Italia – Italy
• Shania Twain – Giddy Up – USA
• 25 Ifedola Street – Nigeria
• Mother’s Love – AAMA KO Mamata – Nepal
• Hair – Canada
• New Me – USA
• Heading For The Light – United Kingdom
• Ahora (It Is Now) – Spain
• Coyote – Pocho featuring MC Magic – USA
• Mama Said – Germany
• Me. You. The Sea – Austria
• Dobriy Zloy – Sirotkin – Uzbekistan
• Raindrops – USA
• Gethsemane – Canada

Best Experimental Film – Short

• Chekhov – Syria
• Wrong Direction – Germany
• Blue – China
• There Is Fire – France
• Barbie, My Angel! – Vietnam
• Release Nuclear Contaminated Water – Hong Kong
• Olga’s Eyes – Belgium
• Tear Of Ixora – Nigeria
• Blessed By Sunlight – Kenya & Poland
• Repercussions – Netherlands
• Elegy – Belgium
• Rever – Germany
• Paired – Canada
• Serial Hunters – Angola
• Happy Curly
• Survival – Nigeria

See the full list here.