Bazodee, which stars Machel Montano, copped two prizes at Nigeria’s Realtime Festival (RTF), which was held in Lagos from August 19th to 27th.

The film was nominated six times including Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Lighting Design. Natalie Perera won the Best Lead Actress Award and Claire Ince took home the prize for Best Screenplay. Machel Montano was nominated for Best Lead Actor.

According to a press release:

“The official screening of Bazodee took place on Friday 26th August at 6 pm Nigeria-time, and
was attended by many including the Trinbagonian contingent which comprised C15 Studios’ General Manager (and co-Producer of Bazodee), Lorraine O’Connor; co-founder of Lanniup Consulting, Sean Valley; General Manager of FilmTT, Leslie-Ann Wills-Caton; and Head of Programming of Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), Diane Robertson.

In response to the news of Bazodee’s accomplishments, O’Connor stated, “I am extremely happy to see Bazodee having a second life, and that we have had the opportunity to showcase a slice of our music and culture to a new audience. We hope this opens doors for many Caribbean films to gain popularity in Africa.”