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Four new members have joined the Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), also known as Oscars, bringing the jury number to 15.
The unveiling of the new members follows the committee’s recent call on Nigerian producers to enter their films for the International Feature Film (IFF) category in the 2023 edition of the Oscars.
The new members include notable advocacy filmmaker, Stephanie Linus (Through the Glass, Dry); award-winning filmmaker, Keneth Gyang (Oloture, Confusion Na Wa); actor/director, John Njamah (Fuji House of Commotion, Tinsel); and actress/polyglot, Meg Otanwa (October 1, Hush).
Last year, two prominent members of the Nigerian film industry also joined the committee. They included Omotola, a voting member of the Academy since 2018 and Izu Ojukwu, scriptwriter, cinematographer and director of Amina, 76 and White Waters.
The growing list of voters, according to the NOSC, is to bring people of diverse creative portfolios into the dynamics of selecting the very best from Nigeria, for a highly competitive international awards scheme as the Oscars.
Filmmaker and entrepreneur, Chineze Anyaene-Abonyi, heads the NOSC. Other members are chairman, Audio-Visual Rights Society (AVRS), Mahmood Ali-Balogun; filmmaker/talent manager, Mildred Okwo; veteran actress and filmmaker, Ego Boyo; director and cinematographer, Adetokunbo ‘DJ Tee’ Odubawo; theater practitioner, Yibo Koko; Managing Director, FilmOne Entertainment, Moses Babatope; academic/culture journalist, Shaibu Husseini and CEO of Legend Box Office, Bruce Ayonote.
