Golden Icons Opens Entries

Prince David Osei

Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (GIAMA) has opened entries for the 2013 edition of the annual award ceremony.

The entries would remain open from April 6 to May 31, 2013.

GIAMA is an annual Award Ceremony designed to celebrate the very best of African entertainment and rich culture through Filmography.

Deadline for all official screen credit forms must be submitted to the GIAMA organization by Friday June 31, 2013 and works for GIAMA Awards consideration may not be withdrawn after Friday June 28, 2013, according to a release issued over the weekend.

It said eligible entries must be a feature length (defined as over 60 minutes running time) and must have been shot or released between January 2012 and May 2013.

Filmmakers and participants interested in being considered for the 2013 GIAMA nominations must be residents of any African country, or an African descendant living in the Diaspora.

GIAMA also serves as a means to promote love, unity and harmony amongst Actors, Directors, Producers, Script-Writers, and Executive Producers of different backgrounds and cultures; and ultimately expose and promote the best of African acts in the United States, and the Diaspora at large.

GIAMA’s concept is based on rewarding excellence and it is designed to resonate with African movie lovers in the Diaspora, especially in the United States and Canada as well as lovers of African movies throughout the world.

GIAMA has said its primary focus is to reward outstanding Films produced in Africa, or by Africans in the Diaspora.

The 2012 edition of the award ceremony was hosted by Nollywood’s Jim Iyke and attended by a lot of African actors including Ghana’s Majid Michel and Van Vicker.  

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