I’m so glad and grateful for the string of nominations, recognition and awards DRY has received so far. It is very heartwarming to hear of them all.
Recently, the movie DRY and some of the cast members including my humble self were nominated in another prestigious award. This time, its the Best Of Nollywood Awards 2015.
Here are the categories:
1. Best Actress in Leading Role (English) – Stephanie Linus
2. Best Supporting Actress (English) – Liz Benson
3. Best Child Actress – Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge
4. Movie with the Best Social Message – DRY
5. Movie with the Best Special Effect – DRY
6. Movie with the Best Screenplay – DRY
7. Movie with the Best Editing – DRY
8. Movie with the Best Sound Track – DRY
9. Movie with the Best Production Design – DRY
10. Movie with the Best Cinematography – DRY
11. Movie of the Year – DRY
12. Director of the Year – Stephanie Linus
I’m so glad to see Liz Benson and Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge on that list! It makes me really proud of them and their work.
For more information on the nominees list, please CLICK HERE
The Award Ceremony will hold on December 12th in Ondo State. Wish us luck!
It’s time to make it over to the Africa In Motion Film Festival where the movie DRY will be showing. The festival starts tomorrow in two cities: Glasgow and Edinburgh.
DRY will be showing in Glasgow on Sunday 1st November at The Corinthian Club by 6pm. Save the date!
Stephanie Okereke-Linus’s first feature film Dry travels between rural life in Wales and Nigeria, looking at two parallel female narratives, a child and a woman both dealing with similar childhood memories and horrors. Both woman and child instantly have a strong bond that binds them together. Okereke-Linus’s intriguing film works with two strong female narratives, addressing various female issues that apply to young girls and women from around the world. With a stellar cast including its director Okereke-Linus herself playing the film’s female lead Dr. Zara, Dry deals with rejection, isolation and reconciliation.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with a representative of the film.
About The Festival
Africa in Motion is an audience-based festival, founded in 2006 by African film researcher Lizelle Bisschoff. The main aims of the festival have been, since its inception, to introduce Scottish audiences to the brilliance of African cinema and to overcome the under-representation and marginalisation of African film in British film-going culture.
Great news! DRY will be screened at the 24th Annual Whitaker St Louis International Film Festival this November.
Following successful screenings at the Bentonville Film Festival in USA, as well as the Montreal International Black Film Festival, Canada, we will once again be featured at another major international film festival.
The festival would take place from November 5th to 15th. However, DRY will be showing on Friday 6th November and Monday 9th November.
Screening Times:
Friday, Nov. 6, 12:15 p.m., Plaza Frontenac
Monday, Nov. 9, 4:15 p.m., Plaza Frontenac
VENUE: Plaza Frontenac Cinema – Plaza Frontenac, Lindbergh Boulevard and Clayton Road
Remember I told you some time ago that DRY has been nominated in 8 categories at the ZAFAA Global Awards 2015…CLICK HERE if you missed that story.
Voting has now commenced and you have a chance to vote for DRY in the following categories:
Best Child Performance – Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge
Best Producer – Stephanie Linus
Best Film – DRY
Best Supporting Actor Female – Rekiya Attah
Best Actor Female – Stephanie Linus
Best Director – Stephanie Linus
Best Editing – DRY
Best Cinematography – DRY
To vote, simply CLICK HERE, register and cast your vote. I’d be very grateful for your support in making this dream come true.
When a man wants to choose a wife, he looks for someone he is physically attracted to, someone who is pretty, and in most cases, someone who is hot.
Linda must have grabbed the attention of her husband while they were dating but after two kids and a few years of marriage, she didn’t look too ‘hot’ for her husband anymore.
This is how she put it on my blog Stephaniedaily when we called for entries for the show.
I’m a 29yr old mother of 2.just last week my husband told me that I have what it takes to be hot but I’m not hot, it hurt my feelings. Stephanie pls make me fabulous so that I can stun him, make his jaw drop.
I strongly believe that no other woman is supposed to make her husband’s jaw drop apart from his wife so I took Linda’s story really personal and together with the amazing team of stylists on the Make Me Fabulous show, we decided to give Linda a transformation that would stun her husband.
Linda and her husband live in Abuja, so they were chauffeured driven to the airport, flown down to Lagos where the treat of a lifetime began. For them, it was very refreshing to be in a new city and they eagerly looked forward to what the day would unfold.
For a fabulous time, we lodged them at the Avenue Suites, Victoria Island. After getting familiar with their suite, we took Linda out to start the transformation we promised her.
First stop was the Mango Store where she met with celebrity stylist Ebun Aboderin who helped her pick the perfect dress to wow her husband.
Celebrity hair stylist Nancy at Davnans Hair & Beauty Salon did her magic on Lynda’s hair to bring out that hidden beauty she’s always had. For that pampering touch to ease the stress away, the masseuse at Beauty Concerns gave Linda a full body massage.
Linda needed the perfect makeover and celebrity makeup artist Lola Maja was just the right person for the job.
After transforming Linda and making her look ‘hot’, she met up with her husband for a romantic dinner.
Here are some lovely pictures from their fabulous treat:
Shopping with Celebrity Stylist Ebun Aboderin at the Mango Store.Here’s the result of the stunning transformation! Isn’t she hot?She creeps up behind her husband to surprise him.WOW!!! He can’t believe his eyes.Still admiring her beauty!She looks so beautiful and ‘hot’, doesn’t she?After their dinner, I made my way to meet the couple. They weren’t expecting me…Surprise!!!More treats for the lovely couple! An LCD TV from LG.Lovely wrist watches from SwatchAnd a gift card from Mango.It was truly wonderful meeting this lovely couple and I’m glad they had such a fabulous time!
Many thanks to our lovely sponsors:
Avenue Suites; Celebrity Stylist Ebun Aboderin; Celebrity Hair Stylist Nancy; Professional Makeup Artist Lola Maja-Okojevoh; Beauty Concerns; Swatch; Mango & LG Electronics.
Its Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary today!!!
Exactly 55 years ago, Nigeria got her independence from colonial rule. Since then, the celebration hasn’t stopped. We may not have everything we want yet but we’re getting there. And it feels really good to be free, wouldn’t you agree?
Feel the pride of being part of our country’s celebration today. One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.
Let us learn to love each other no matter our differences. The future is brighter than we can imagine. May our land be blessed forever. I hope you all have an incredible day filled with love, kindness and miracles.
And as we start a new month, I pray that the Good Lord will perfect the good works he has started in Jesus name.
I’m so glad to share this news with you. DRY has gotten 8 Nominations for the ZAFAA Global Awards 2015!!!
What makes me really happy about these nominations is that its not just about me or the movie itself, but two great actors who also got some awesome nominations. Budding child actor Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge who made her debut in acting in DRY got a nomination for the Best Child Performance while the talented Rekiya Attah was nominated in the category of Best Supporting Actor (Female).
I’m so proud of them and everyone who has worked with me on this movie. Here are the nominations we received for the upcoming awards:
Best Child Performance – Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge
Best Producer – Stephanie Linus
Best Film – DRY
Best Supporting Actor Female – Rekiya Attah
Best Actor Female – Stephanie Linus
Best Director – Stephanie Linus
Best Editing – DRY
Best Cinematography – DRY
Voting will soon commence for the awards so you can all have a chance to vote for ‘you know who’ 🙂
This year’s award ceremony will be held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos- Nigeria on 31st October, 2015. I’m keeping my fingers crossed and very hopeful!
In the wake of a number of cases of violence and abuse against girls, I decided to speak out once again on the importance of educating and protecting the girl child.
Every child has a right to life, to education, to leisure, to recreational activities and to develop mentally and emotionally, and to protection from any form of harm. Perhaps no greater harm can be done to a girl-child than denying her an education. And it is also a great harm to society.
When a young girl starts out in life, where will her journey take her?
What if instead of being treated as someone’s property to be betrothed, raped, abused, sold, with no power over her destiny, a girl is healthy, safe, educated, and empowered? What if instead she has the ability to freely make informed decisions regarding whom, when and if she marries, and when and if she wants to have children?
Like their male counterparts, they have the right to education and skill acquisition, the right to career choice and self actualization. An educated woman has the skills, information and self-confidence that she needs to be a better parent, worker and citizen.
Offering girls basic education is one sure way of giving them much greater power – of enabling them to make genuine choices over the kinds of lives they wish to lead. This is not a luxury.
Educate a girl today and she can succeed as a woman tomorrow.
