Best of Nollywood Awards explained
| Best of Nollywood Awards |
| Current Awards: | 2022 Best of Nollywood Awards |
| Presenter: | Best of Nollywood Magazine |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Year: | 2009 |
Best of Nollywood Awards (stylised as BON Awards) is an annual film event presented by Best of Nollywood Magazine, honouring outstanding achievement in the Nigerian Movie Industry. The first edition was held on 6 December 2009, in Ikeja, Lagos State.[1] The 2013 ceremony honouring movies of 2013, was held at Dome, Asaba, Delta State on 5 December 2013. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan was the chief host, and the nomination party was held at the State House in Lagos. The red carpet used for the event was aimed to be one of the longest in history.[2]
Ceremonies
Categories
As of 2013, the BON Awards have approximately 35 categories.[3] [4] [5]
- Best Lead Actor in an English Movie
- Best Lead Actress in an English Movie
- Best Lead Actor in a Yoruba film
- Best Lead Actress in a Yoruba film
- Best Supporting Actor in an English film
- Best Supporting Actress in an English film
- Best Supporting Actor in a Yoruba film
- Best Supporting Actress in a Yoruba film
- Most Promising Act of the Year (male)
- Most Promising Act of the Year (female)
- Best Child Actor (male)
- Best Child Actor (female)
- Comedy of the Year
- Movie with the Best Social Message
- Best Kiss in a Movie
- Best Makeup in a Movie
- Onga Best Use of Nigerian Food in a Movie
- Best Short film of the Year
- Best Use of a Costume in a Movie
- Best Screenplay
- Best Edited Movie
- Best Sound in a Movie
- Best Production Design
- Best Cinematography
- Director of the Year
- Movie of the Year
- Best Special Effects
- Best Actor (Hausa)
- Best Actress (Hausa)
- Best Supporting Actor (Hausa)
- Best Supporting Actress (Hausa)
- Revelation of the Year (Female)
- Revelation of the Year (Male)
- Movie Journalist of the Year
- Marketer of the Year
Notes and References
- Web site: BON Awards to break World record . Vanguard News . October 22, 2010 . 31 January 2014.
- Web site: BON Targets World Longest Record Red Carpet . Punch Newspaper . August 17, 2013 . 31 January 2014 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220656/http://www.punchng.com/entertainment/saturday-beats/bon-targets-world-longest-red-carpet-title/ . 1 February 2014 .
- Web site: Full list of 2013 BON Winners . BellaNaija . December 8, 2013 . 31 January 2014.
- Web site: All Winners and Record breaking Red Carpet photos of BON Awards . Ladun Liadi . December 8, 2013 . 31 January 2014 . 13 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201013002058/https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2013/12/all-photos-winners-from-2013-best-of.html/ . dead .
- Web site: BON Awards Winners with photos . Information Nigeria . December 7, 2013 . 31 January 2014 . Tolu.
