The Africa Movie Academy Awards, now in its 19th year, held a media soirée on Sunday at the Ibis Style Hotel in Accra, One Airport Square. Actor, Kofi Adjorlolo, in attendance, voiced his dismay at Ghana's failure to secure a single nomination for this year's event.

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He expressed his disappointment, stating that Ghana's inability to secure a nomination at the prestigious continental film awards ceremony was both shameful and indicative of the declining standards of the film industry in the country.“I’m not happy. It doesn’t make me happy. And actually, I should be ashamed. Apparently, I am not a filmmaker, I am not a producer, and this is so shameful.

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We have done films in this country since last year, most of the films are not up to standard. It clearly shows and this is it because if they were up to standard, AMAA will definitely nominate one or two films from Ghana,” he said.He mentioned that the present generation of filmmakers lacks the necessary skills and resources to create outstanding cinematic productions, leading to their inability to secure a place in the awards ceremony.

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“Like I said, these young producers, they don’t have money to even produce quality movies. Movie making is money, they don’t have it so we don’t have any good movie and it’s true. If they’re telling us then it’s a shame,” he said.

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