Nollywood invades Sierra Leone with new movie project

A group of relatively new entrant Nollywood artistes including Actress Lydia Forson have travelled to Sierra Leone for the first time ahead of a movie project there. For Lydia, this becomes her second trip to an African country for a movie in less than three months. In May, she was in Liberia for a movie with other top selected actors from across Africa. Even though details of the production are readily not available, sources say it is a huge production being backed by some African super powers (?!). Lydia remains a remarkable actress to have come out of Ghana, as she has passion for what she does on the screens. She is the first Ghanaian actress to present an award at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), described as Africa's Oscar. This year, she was at the awards as a special guest. The bubbly actress presented an award for Best Young/Upcoming Actor category to Nigeria's Ivie Okujaye who won for her role in the movie 'Alero's Symphony'. Her first AMAA appearance was in 2009 when she was nominated for Promising Actress of the Year. In 2010, she went as a nominee and fortunately returned to Ghana as a co-winner of Best Actress In Leading Role for her performance in 'Perfect Picture' by Sparrow Production.