Salute! shines in Lagos
Its curtain call at the 2018 AMVCAs as stars shine on TV's most prestigious night.
On Saturday, the much-anticipated sixth edition of the prestigious Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCAs) was held to much fanfare, glitz and glam at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. As expected, the best of the best in the African film, TV and entertainment industry turned out on the famous AMVCA red carpet and the show was hosted by the returning duo of IK Osakioduwa and Minnie Dlamini.
The big winners of the night include Adjetey Anang and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde for Best Actor in a Drama/Movie and Best Actress in a Drama/Movie respectively, while Jade Osiberu won in the Best Director category for the movie Isoken. The crowning achievement of the night was the announcement of Phoebe Ruguru's '18 Hours' as the Best Overall Film, a fitting tribute to an event that featured many other Kenyan winners.
Local filmmaker Philippe Telavera and actors Adriano Visagie and Dawie Engelbrecht attended as their movie Salute! was nominated. The three agreed the trip was an eye-opener and amazing. In total there were over 3 000 submissions in all the awards categories and about 80 nominees selected. Telavera, who directed the film, said the nomination alone is an honour.
Visagie says there is a lot that needs to be changed in order to reach the standards other countries are at in terms of supporting local entertainment. He says Nigeria has local films in their cinemas and that is something that is hard to obtain in Namibia. “The Nigerians have this culture of supporting Nigerian films first before they support western films. There's a constant healthy competition they have and these are the things we don't do here. We also need to have corporates invest more in arts,” he said.
The director urged locals to support the entertainment industry and leave the mentality of local productions not being good enough.
“People never want to come out to support local films but cinemas are always packed and this is because they think Namibian productions are not of quality,” Telavera said.
Engelbrecht said having been at the awards, the local industry needs a boost to get to the standard of other countries in the arts industry. He says Namibia needs to get out of the cocoon she's in when it comes to hosting events to make people want to keep coming and to be taken seriously.
“The government cannot support the industry alone, companies must help push. We need to come together as filmmakers and actors - this is also to protect the actors. Many people out there did not know where Namibia is and what Salute! did was help put out the word that we exist,” he said.
The Salute! trio thanked their sponsors … Namibia Film Commission, Air Namibia and MultiChoice Namibia for making their trip possible.
June Shimuoshili
The big winners of the night include Adjetey Anang and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde for Best Actor in a Drama/Movie and Best Actress in a Drama/Movie respectively, while Jade Osiberu won in the Best Director category for the movie Isoken. The crowning achievement of the night was the announcement of Phoebe Ruguru's '18 Hours' as the Best Overall Film, a fitting tribute to an event that featured many other Kenyan winners.
Local filmmaker Philippe Telavera and actors Adriano Visagie and Dawie Engelbrecht attended as their movie Salute! was nominated. The three agreed the trip was an eye-opener and amazing. In total there were over 3 000 submissions in all the awards categories and about 80 nominees selected. Telavera, who directed the film, said the nomination alone is an honour.
Visagie says there is a lot that needs to be changed in order to reach the standards other countries are at in terms of supporting local entertainment. He says Nigeria has local films in their cinemas and that is something that is hard to obtain in Namibia. “The Nigerians have this culture of supporting Nigerian films first before they support western films. There's a constant healthy competition they have and these are the things we don't do here. We also need to have corporates invest more in arts,” he said.
The director urged locals to support the entertainment industry and leave the mentality of local productions not being good enough.
“People never want to come out to support local films but cinemas are always packed and this is because they think Namibian productions are not of quality,” Telavera said.
Engelbrecht said having been at the awards, the local industry needs a boost to get to the standard of other countries in the arts industry. He says Namibia needs to get out of the cocoon she's in when it comes to hosting events to make people want to keep coming and to be taken seriously.
“The government cannot support the industry alone, companies must help push. We need to come together as filmmakers and actors - this is also to protect the actors. Many people out there did not know where Namibia is and what Salute! did was help put out the word that we exist,” he said.
The Salute! trio thanked their sponsors … Namibia Film Commission, Air Namibia and MultiChoice Namibia for making their trip possible.
June Shimuoshili
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