UNIVERSAL MOVIE AWARDS NOMINEES LIST 2022

BEST PICTURE NOMINEES:
CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE (Uganda) by Leonard Amanya
KUNGFU GIRL (China) by Kenny Gage, Devon Downs
OCTOBER 22 (Singapore) by Nauwroz Khan
KAPANA (Namibia) by Philippe Talavera
NOT TO FORGET (USA) by Valerio Zanoli
STAY (USA) by Oluyinka Davids
EAGLE WINGS (Nigeria) by Paul Apel Papel
NEXT TUESDAY (Nigeria) by Mercy Manuels

BEST ACTOR MALE NOMINEES:
ABIGETE EDISON (CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE) Uganda
ENYINNA NWIGWE (EAGLE WINGS) Nigeria
LOUIS GOSSETT JR (NOT TO FORGET) USA
A PANNEEIRCHELVAM (OCTOBER 22) Singapore

BEST ACTOR FEMALE NOMINEES:
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS (NOT TO FORGET) USA
MIKIROS GAROES (KAPANA) Namibia
CLEO KABUYE (CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE ) Uganda
YIXI TAO (KUNGFU GIRL) China

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE NOMINEES:
FEMI JACOBS (EAGLE WINGS )Nigeria
GEORGE CHAKIRIS (NOT TO FORGET) (USA)
JOSHUA EMMANUEL (NEXT TUESDAY) Nigeria
JOSEPH BENJAMIN (STAY) USA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEMALE NOMINEES:
KATOOKO SUSAN (CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE) Uganda
STELLA DAMASUS (STAY) USA
KAREN GRASSLE (NOT TO FORGET) USA
SITHIRA THEVI (OCTOBER 22 ) Singapore

BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES:
PAUL APEL PAPEL (EAGLE WINGS) Nigeria
VALERIO ZANOLI (NOT TO FORGET) USA
LEONARD AMANYA (CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE) Uganda
NAUWROZ KHAN (OCTOBER 22 ) Singapore

BEST SCREENPLAY NOMINEES:
NOT TO FORGET (USA)
OCTOBER 22 (Singapore)
KAPANA (Namibia)
CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE (Uganda)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES:
NOT TO FORGET (USA)
EAGLE WINGS (Nigeria)
STAY (USA)
OCTOBER 22 (Singapore)

BEST STORY NOMINEES:
CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE (Uganda)
NOT TO FORGET (USA)
EAGLE WINGS (Nigeria)
OCTOBER 22 (Singapore)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES:
EAGLE WINGS (Nigeria)
NOT TO FORGET (USA)
CRYSTAL COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE (Uganda)
OCTOBER 22 (Singapore)

SHORT FILM NOMINEES:
WASHERWOMAN (UK) by Obi Ejikeme
UNDERWATER (Switzerland) by Nicolas Seguel
JOSEPH (Nigeria) by Efa Iwara, Ifeme C.S
EMI (I AM MY DEMON) (Nigeria) by Barbara Babarinsa

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM NOMINEES:
ASYLUM LOVE HAS NO BOUNDARIES (UK) by Anastasia Charalambous Barnfather
WHERE LUNA LIVES (Belarus) by Aliaksandra Markava
SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENT. (USA) by Aminah Salaam
BLACK DADDY THE MOVIE (USA) by Damon Jamal Taylor
THE CONDEMNED FREE (USA) by Bethel Bates

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS:
ROMEO YUSUPOV (New Zealand) by Romeo Yusupov
AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL: PEOPLE V. NEWTON (USA) by Andrew Abrahams, Herb Ferrette
IN A WHOLE NEW WAY (USA) by Jonathan Fisher
RAPE OF JUSTICE (Nigeria) by Willie Workman Oga

ANIMATIONS FILMS:
LION , HARE & HYENA (South Africa) by Sheldon Christopher Noble
HOW MUCH FOR THE EXAMS (Croatia) by Ivica Valentić

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS:
KIAPO (OATH) (Kenya) by Amos Mwaki
JUYIN SARUATA ( PALACE COUP) (Nigeria) by Falalu A. Dorayi
ITLU AMMA (India) by Umamaheswara rao C