‘The Delivery Boy’ in summary, is a movie that tells the story of a teenage orphan boy, Amir, who runs into a young prostitute girl while trying to escape a mob. With a bomb strapped to him and with a new acquaintance who happens to have an ‘agenda’, they soon realized they must play as a team if they will achieve their aims within the short time left to them.
Before the night ends, they will have to contend with each other, Amir’s group, the knowledge of the terrible secrets that made them who they are, and the consequences of living in a society that doesn’t care. Their journey takes them through the underbelly of the city exposing the hidden backside of the African Society and its dangerous culture of silence in the presence of evil. Sounds interesting?
Well, the movie, ‘The Delivery Boy’ got the highest nods at the AMAA Awards of 2019; an astonishing 12 nominations. These nominations included the following:
Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe is the Writer, Director and Producer
of the critically acclaimed movie, “The Delivery Boy” which has become the
classic of modern Nigerian cinema filmmaking. “The Delivery Boy” has screened
in 4 continents to brilliant reviews and it won the best Nigerian Film Award at
Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) 2018.
Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe commenced his career in a TV network
as Producer, Writer and Director of TV shows and documentaries, he ultimately
became the Creative Director and Head of Production of the TV network before
leaving to start his film production company – Something Unusual Studios.
As a Nigerian Film Maker, and Producer; He has served as a producer and executive producer for several documentaries and commercials for international organisations and is considered one of the most outstanding directors and one of the most sought after cinematographers of the New Nigerian Cinema.
In 2015, he was shortlisted as one of the 21 Cinematographers from
around the world to participate in the exclusive, strictly-by-invitation
Cinematography Master Classes organised by The Berlin Film Festival, Germany
and has since become a household name and the go-to for technical support for
the best films to come out of Nigeria. He is the Team Lead of “The Elite Film
Team” – Nigeria’s most internationally compliant film team.
Adejuyigbe has won various awards and with commendations for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography talent-he possesses an uncanny ability to create artistic, emotional pictures, to deeply analyse stories and find a way to creatively and technically express them.
As earlier stated, Nodash, in 2015 was selected as one of the 21
Cinematographers shortlisted from all over the world to partake in the
exclusive, strictly-by-invitation Cinematography Master Class organised by the
Berlin International Film Festival in Germany. Some of his other awards and
accolades include:
Below is his filmography:
2017: Director of Photography, The Bridge
2017: Director of Photography, The Tribunal
2016: Director, Director of Photography, Gidi Up Season 3
2016: Director of Photography, Editor, Isoken (2017 film)
2015: Second Unit, Cinematographer, Fifty (film)
2015: Director of Photography, The Encounter
2015: Cinematographer, Ireti
2013: Editor, Director of Photography Journey to Self
Nodash also revealed that the nomination is coming barely a week
after he got a message from the Nigerian Oscars selection committee saying his
film, ‘The Delivery Boy’ was being considered for nomination at the 2020
Oscars. Since its release in 2018, the film has won “The Best Nigerian
Film Award” at the African International Film Festival and “Best
Supporting Actor” at the Real-Time International Film Festival (RTF).
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