Slow Country is a Nigerian action-drama film, directed and produced by Eric Aghimien.[citation needed]
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Directed by | Eric Aghimien |
Written by | Eric Aghimien |
Produced by | Christian Mordi Eric Aghimien |
Starring | Ivie Okujaye Sambasa Nzeribe Tope Tedela Majid Michel Kolade Shasi Gina Castel Brutus Richard Folaremi Agunbiade |
Cinematography | Eric Aghimien |
Edited by | Eric Aghimien |
Music by | Freeman Okafor |
Production company | Hills Pictures |
Distributed by | Genesis Deluxe Distribution [citation needed] |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Nigeria |
Language | English |
The film stars Ivie Okujaye, Sambasa Nzeribe, Tope Tedela, Majid Michel, Richards Brutus, Stephen Damien, Kolade Shasi and Gina Castel.[1][2]
The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2016 Africa International Film Festival and gave Sambasa Nzeribe his second consecutive AMVCA for "Best Actor in a Drama".[3]
A homeless teenage mother (Ivie Okujaye) who gets herself trapped in prostitution and drug trafficking for seven years in order to secure a good life for her son, decides to quit but her boss, a ruthless human and drug trafficker (Sambasa Nzeribe) is not ready to let go of his most trusted cash cow.
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Best of Nollywood Awards | Best Actor in a Lead role –English | Sambasa Nzeribe | Nominated | [4] |
Best Actress in a Lead role –English | Ivie Okujaiye | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor –English | Tope Tedela | Nominated | |||
Best Child Actor | Adebayo Thomas | Nominated | |||
Movie with the Best Special Effect | Slow Country | Nominated | |||
Movie with the Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
Movie with the Best Editing | Nominated | ||||
Movie with the Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
Best Use of Make up in a Movie | Won | ||||
Movie of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Director of the Year | Nominated |