Five Nigerian Movies For Nollywood Week Paris Awards

Five Nigerian Nollywood movies have been selected to compete for the “People’s Choice Award” at the 2017 edition of the Nollywood Week Paris Film Festival.

The five selected movies are ‘They Wedding Party’, 76′, and ‘Green White Green’. Others include ‘Gidi Blues’ and ‘Dinner’.

The Wedding Party (Comedy, Romances) directed by Kemi Adetiba, shows how Chaos prevails when a family prepares for a lavish wedding.

76′ directed by Izu Ojukwu, is a thrilling drama told from two points of view: that of a pregnant woman, and that of an accused soldier. Inspired by the cataclysmic Nigerian events of 40 years ago, this epic political thriller portrays the point of views of a respected army captain and his expectant wife when his coerced participation in a botched coup attempt makes national headlines.

Gidi Blues directed by Femi Odugbemi is a story of two young people (Akin and Nkem), When the two meet by chance, their story changed forever.

Green White Green directed by Abba Makama, the plot is based on Three young artist friends embark on a roller coaster ride of self-discovery after they decide to make a movie before heading off to college.

Dinner is a movie directed by Jay Franklyn Jituboh which tells how Secrets were exposed during a friendly dinner.

The week starts on May 11 to 14 May 2017.

The prestigious ‘People’s Choice Award’ is sponsored by Angénieux, a leading manufacturers of high quality optic cinema lenses for the broadcast and film industries.