Special Movie Awards {SMA 2017}

Posted by: Fredrick Omobude | on August 9, 2017

Special Movie Awards SMA 2017 Second edition to be held on the 30th of September in The Gambia. We are pleased to inform you of the successful completion of submission for the SMA 2017 Awards. Submission closed on Monday 31st July and 46 films were submitted by 30 film production houses in The Gambia, Nigeria and Sierraleone. Where in 31 films in total were submitted in The Gambia, 10 films from Sierraleone and 5 films from Nigeria. Movie screening is on as the Jury retreat commenced on Wednesday August 2nd 2017. After a week long screening by the Jury, nominees will be released based on the films submitted. The Production Houses, Submissions and Categories are as follows:

NATIONAL ENTRIES
FEATURE FILMS
No.	PRODUCTION NAME	FILM TITLE	FILM GENRE	RUN TIME Hr/Min/Sec	PRODUCER
1	Hero Stars Movie Production	· Feel my Pain	Drama	00.56.43	Mustapha S. Kamara
2	Collins Archie Pearce	· Banjul My Love	Drama	01.32.43	Collins Archie Pearce
3	Pan African Theatre/Film Production	· Kadijah	Drama	01.43.20	Aishatu Jallow
4	Mount of Olives	· Possessed Child	Drama	00.02.28	Blessing Etchie
5	G-Empire Films	· Kora Kids · Pain of sorrow	Drama	01.07.17 01.51.30	Bakary Sonko
6	T- Plus Production	· My Gambian Holiday 1 · My Gambian Holiday 2	Drama	01.00.17 01.00.33	T- Plus
7	Supdeee Movies	· Beyond Greed	Drama	1.49.04	Desmond Finney
8	Gallywood House of Entertainment	· Love is the answer	Drama	01.52.53	Gallywood House of Entertainment
9	Princess Production	· Mysterious Wedding Planner	Drama	01.20.00	Princess Shyngle
10	Trustars Production	· Back to the Land 1 · Back to the Land 2 · A Day for the Wicked (SCREENER COPY)	Drama	00.58.02 00.42.26 00.38.30	Temple Chinomso Iheanacho Temple Chinomso Iheanacho Linda Eghodaghie/ Franklin Adim
11	Gamsie Productions	· Tashi	Drama	01.23.10	Mariama Kombo
12	Climax Entertainment Production	· Who wants to be a Millionaire	Drama	01.39.41	Ikechukwu Ukoha
13	Gamstars Movie Production	· The Great Big Tree Kingdom	Drama	01.48.48	Pa Modou Cham
No. of Production Houses= 13 No. of Films Submitted= 15
SHORT FILMS
No.	PRODUCTION NAME	FILM TITLE	FILM GENRE	RUN TIME Hr/Min/Sec	PRODUCER
1	Climax Entertainment Production	· Holy Baby Girl	Short	00.24.50	Ikechukwu Ukoha
2	GAP MEDIA	· Adam and Eve	Short	00.22.41	Collins Banks Ajayi
3	Trustars Production	· Respect my Feeling	Short	00.44.28	Franklin Adim/ Ebrima Ceesay
4	State of Films Media	· My Mistake	Short	00.29.48	Seray Dainkeh
No. of Production Houses= 4 No. of Films Submitted= 4
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
No.	PRODUCTION NAME	FILM TITLE	FILM GENRE	RUN TIME Hr/Min/Sec	PRODUCER
1	Mohamed Fofana	My story	Documentary	00.43.14	Mohamed Fofana
2	Wax Media	30,000 Litres	Documentary	00.10.28	Wax Media
No. of Production Houses= 2 No. of Films Submitted= 2
INDIGENOUS FILMS
No.	PRODUCTION NAME	FILM TITLE	FILM GENRE	RUN TIME Hr/Min/Sec	PRODUCER
1	Fandema Theatre/ Film Production	· My Boss	Indigenous	00.35.31	Shiekh Omar Sawaneh
2	Fandema Theatre/ Film Production	· Sariba	Indigenous	00.28.58	Shiekh Omar Sawaneh
3	Fandema Theatre/ Film Production	· Nako	Indigenous	00.29.41	Shiekh Omar Sawaneh
4	Shalom Productions	· Joko Boku Talk	Indigenous	01.14.56	Ola T. Johnson
No. of Production Houses= 2 No. of Films Submitted= 4
COMEDY FILMS
No.	PRODUCTION NAME	FILM TITLE	FILM GENRE	RUN TIME Hr/Min/Sec	PRODUCER
1	Climax Entertainment Production	· Who wants to be a Millionaire	Comedy	01.39.41	Ikechukwu
2	Sissohor Production	· Kolo World Comedy	Comedy	00.17.40	Mohamed Sisssohor
3	Trustars Production/ Lekmedia Filmworks	· Funny Identities	Comedy	00.29.12	Franklin Adim/ Olamilekan Idowu
4	Fandema Theatre Group	· Kitabu Comedy	Comedy	00.24.52	Kitabu Fatty
5	Wax Media	· The Long Man	Comedy	00.04.52	Wax Media
6	Buka Jeff Drama Group	· Comedy San pour San	Comedy	00.31.53	Pa Modou Cham
No. of Production Houses= 6 No. of Films Submitted= 6
TOTAL NUMBER OF FILMS SUBMITTED= 31 Films

INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES (SIERRALEONE)
NO.	PRODUCTION NAME	FILM TITLE	FILM GENRE	RUN TIME Hr/Min/Sec	PRODUCER
1	Premier Media Films	· Beauty Curse	Drama	01.06.21	Sheku M. Sheriff
2	Premier Media Films	· Dagadi	Drama	01.04.22	Sheku M. Sheriff
3	New Life Entertainment	· Tears of an Orphan	Drama	01.42.21	Lamin Jalloh
4	Destiny Movie Stars Production	· Desperate Journey	Drama	02.11.31	Amara Lugbou Kamara
5	UK Movies	· Angel of Relief	Drama	01.04.09	Umaru Kamara (UK)
6	Sierra Pictures	· Bitter Experience	Drama	02.41.48	Idrissa Jalloh
7	Sierra Pictures	· Hannah	Drama	00.21.32	Idrissa Jalloh
8	Kanji Movie Production	· The Earth	Drama	01.56.57	Marie Smith (Miss Smith)
9	Supdeee Movies	· Mobile Lovaz	Comedy		Desmond B. Finney
10	Supdeee Movies	· Zymat	Drama		Desmond B. Finney
No. of Production Houses= 7 No. of Films Submitted= 10

NO.	NATIONAL PRODUCTION HOUSE
1	Hero Stars Movie Production
2	Climax Entertainment Production
3	Trustars Production/ Lekmedia Filmworks
4	Mount of Olives Film
5	WAX Media
6	Sissohor Production
7	State of Films Production
8	Collins Archie Pearce
9	Pan African Theatre/Film Production
10	G-Empire Films
11	T- Plus Production
12	Supdeee Movies
13	Gallywood House of Entertainment
14	Princess Production
15	Gamsie Productions
16	Gamstars Movie Production
17	Mohamed Fofana- Independent Film Maker
18	GAP Media
19	Fandema Theatre/ Film Production
20	Shalom Productions
21	Buka Jeff Drama Group
	INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION HOUSES
SIERRALEONE
22	Premier Media Films
23	Kanji Movie Production
24	New Life Entertainment
25	Destiny Movie Stars Production
26	UK Movies
27	Supdeee Movies
28	Sierra Pictures