Ghana Movie Awards is a big joke – Yvonne Nelson

Yvonne Nelson protested against the nomination of ‘Beasts of No Nation’ on the basis that the movie was a foreign production. Photo: Instagram

Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has expressed her opinion on the just concluded Ghana Movie Awards, and according to her – the award is ‘A big joke’.

The actress stated in a tweet that she have heeded to the advice from her crew not to submit her work for nomination. According to her, awards are ‘meaningless and pointless’.

It will be recalled that the slim beauty, who produced ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’, protested the nomination of ‘Beasts of No Nation’ on the basis that the movie was a foreign production.

READ: ‘Beast of No Nation’ does not qualify for Ghana Movie Awards – Yvonne Nelson.

She argued that the budget of a Hollywood movie cannot be compared to Ghanaian movies and so will be unfair for the movie to be nominated.

‘Beasts of No Nation’ however, received fifteen nominations and swept most of the awards for the categories under which it was nominated at the 2015 edition.

See her tweet below:

Honestly tho….Shouldn’t have submitted my movie! Crew told me.Awards are meaningless! Pointless! Thanks but no thanks. GMA? A big JOKE

— Yvonne Nelson (@yvonnenelsongh) December 31, 2015

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