Oscars 2020: 12 Nigerians make committee list
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has named a new set of Nigerians as stakeholders in the 2020 edition of its award.
The academy set up a 12-man committee of Nollywood stakeholders ahead of the 2020 Academy Awards popularly called The Oscars.
The new committee is a blend of old and young Nollywood practitioners and it is headed by pioneer member, Chineze Anyaene as chairman,
Other members of the newly constituted Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) include Mildred Okwo, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Ngozi Okafor, Charles Novia, Abba Makama, Bruce Ayonote, Ramsey Nouah, Chioma Ude, Shaibu Husseini, Adetokunbo "DJ Tee" Odubawo and CJ Obasi.
The chairman of the committee said that: “We don’t take this for granted. We hope the committee fulfils its original mandate, which is to give a platform to credible Nigerian films to compete at the prestigious Academy Awards annually. We couldn't make any submissions in previous years due to unavailability of qualifying films, but things are looking hopeful... and we are actively working towards having an entry this year.”
One of the board members celebrated his appointment on social media with a caption saying he got "two solid international "filmic" appointments in one week"
Nigeria joined 82 other countries contesting the 'Foreign Language' diadem, now called 'International Feature Film' category, after an approval and subsequent inauguration of the NOSC in February 2014.
Nollywood has not presented any film for the Oscars so far because the few submitted did not meet basic criteria.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that British-Nigerian actor Chiwetel Ejiofor made the cast of a yet-to-be shot thriller movie Infinite. He is been billed to play the villain in this action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg Dylan O'Brien and Sophie Cookson.
Infinite, which is an adaptation of the 2009 novel The Reincarnationist Papers, tells the story of a group of men and women who are near immortals. They have been reincarnated over the centuries called the Infinite.
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