This
year’s annual special movie awards ceremony is slated for 30 September 2017,
according to the special Awards Committee.
This
information was revealed in a press conference organised by Afrinity
Productions at the Seaview Gardens Hotel in Senegambia on Saturday.
Special
Movie Awards (SMA) 2017 will hold tentatively on September 30 in a prestigious
location here in The Gambia as an initiative geared towards the common good of
film making and film makers in The Gambia as well as actors and actresses.
The
first edition of the Special Movie Awards was a great success as the event was
graced by ministers, heads of institutions, members of the diplomatic corps,
Film Makers, Actors and Actresses, Traditional Rulers and Religious leaders.
Over
thirty Film makers in The Gambia participated and submitted thirty-seven films
which were screened by a panel of independent Jury for nominations and awards.
Fifteen best awards and ten honorary awards
were given on the Award Night last September 2016 at Coco Ocean Resort and Spa.
This
year’s award ceremony will be co-hosted by Ms. Mercy Konye Osuya. She is the
founder and host of D’Gallery TV show; a 30 minute motivational and
inspirational television talk show aired every Saturday on the NTA Network and
MITV UHF43, Channel 225 on DSTV, 94 on Gotv and 119 on startimes.
The
Executive Producers of the Special Movie Awards, Mr. Wilfred Adams, Sheikh
Tijan Sonko and Binta Janneh, all of Afrinity Productions expressed confidence
that this year’s award ceremony will be more exciting and colorful.
The
special committee also expressed profound gratitude and thanks to the Ministry
of Culture and Tourism, National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC), FPAG and
other organisations for their support towards the staging of the SMA.
This
year’s award will consist of seventeen (17) categories with two more which will
be newly introduced; Best Comedy and Best Story/ Screenplay. The awards will
cover the following:
PERFORMING
ARTS CATEGORY
Best
Leading Male Actor
Best
Leading Female Actress
Best
Supporting Male Actor
Best
Supporting Female Actress
PRODUCTION
CATEGORY
Best
Hair/Makeup Artist
Best
Customizer
Best
Sound
Best
Editor
Best
Visual Effects
Best
Picture
Best
Documentary
Best
Indigenous Film
Best
Short Film
Best
Feature Film
Best
Director
Best
Comedy (Introducing)
Best
Story/Screenplay (Introducing)
The
second edition of the Special Movie Awards Calendar for 2017 was launched on 6
May 2017, at the premiere of ‘Banjul My love’ movie.
The motive behind this early announcement is
to let film makers, actors and actresses know and be aware of the roadmap to
this year’s ceremony. The timeline for activities are as follows:
SPECIAL
MOVIE AWARDS (SMA) 2017
Unveiling
SMA Calendar for 2017 6th May 2017
Movie
Submissions Opens 3rd July 2017
Movie
Submissions Closes 31st July 2017
Jury
Retreat for Movie Screening 1st August- 7th August 2017
Unveiling
of SMA 2017 Nominees 7th August 2017
Public
Voting Opens 10th
August 2017
Public
Voting Closes 25th
September 2017
Collation
of Nomination Results 29th September 2017
Special
Movie Awards Night 30th September 2017