# 2012 Best of Nollywood Awards

The 4th Best of Nollywood Awards was held at Tafawa Balewa Square Auditorium in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 32 awards were given out to practitioners of the Nigerian film industry. The ceremony was co-hosted by Nollywood actor Nonso Diobi and former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Sylvia Nduka.
| Best Lead Actress in an English Movie | Best Lead Actor in an Yoruba Movie |
| Nse Ikpe Etim (Phone Swap) Funke Akindele (Married but Living Single) Tonto Dike (My Life My Damage) Ini Edo (I Take my Chance) Shaffy Bello Akinrimisi (The Score) | Femi Adebayo (Aiyekooto) Odunlade Adekola (Irano Meji) Femi Adebayo (Sonto Alapata) Muyiwa Ademola (Enyinju Eledumare) |
| Best Lead Actress in a Yoruba film | Best Lead Actor in a Hausa film |
| Ayo Adesanya (Amope Alasela) Bisi Komolafe (Aiyekooto) Fathai Balogun (Sunmisola Otelemuye) Liz Anjorin (Kofo Tinubu) Bimbo Akintola (Eyinju Eledumare) | Ali Nuhu (Madubin Dubawa) Adam A Zango (Adamsy) Adam A Zango (Ahlul Kital) |
| Best supporting Actress in a Yoruba film | Best supporting Actor in an English film |
| Iyabo Ojo (Ijo Olomo) Kehinde Bankole (Ojukoju) Ireti Osayemi Adeoye (Jejere) Eniola Badmus (Ijewure) | Yemi Blaq (The Search) Hafeez Oyetoro (Phone Swap) Jide Kosoko (Last Flight to Abuja) Alex Ekubo (In the Cupboard) |
| Best Lead Actor in an English film | Best actress in a supporting role in an English film |
| Joseph Benjamin (Married but Living Single) Wale Ojo (Phone Swap) Van Vicker (The Search) Uti Nwachukwu (In the Cupboard) | Tonto Dike (Broken Silence) Nse Ikpe Etim (The Search) Nadia Buari (Holding Hope) Mary Uranta (Mistress) |
| Best actress in a supporting role in an Hausa film | Most Promising Act (male) |
| Rahama Hassan (Madubin Dubawa) Ladidi Fagge (Adamsy) Zainab Abdullahi (Ahlal Kilab) | Alex Ekubo (In the Cupboard) Bryan (I'll Take My Chances) Tony Monjero (Last Flight to Abuja) Ifeanyi Kalu (Udeme) |
| Most Promising Act (female) | Child Actor of the Year |
| Belinda Effah (Kokomma) Arike Akinyanju (Eyinju Eledumare) Iyobosa Olaye (Adesuwa) Moyo Lawal (Holding Hope) Yewande Adekoya (Omo Elemosho) | Wale Akinwunmi (Amope Alasela) Mac Donald Okorowu (Wanderer) |
| Child actress of the year | Director of the Year |
| Priscilla Ojo (Jejeloye) Toyin Adebiyi (Jejere) Sharon (Last Flight to Abuja) Deola Faseye (Married but Living Single) Gbemisola Obadeyi (Amope Alasela) | Bayo Tijani (Aiyekooto) Desmond Elliot (In the Cupboard) Kunle Afolayan (Phone Swap) Obi Emenloye (Last Flight to Abuja) Tunde Laoye (Married but Living Single) |
| Movie of the Year | Comedy Movie of the Year |
| Aiyekooto In the Cupboard Phone Swap Adesuwa Married but Living Single | Okon Lagos 2 Ijewuru Amope Alasela |
| Best Movie with a Social Message | Screenplay of the Year |
| Kofo Tinubu My life My damage Last Flight to Abuja Jejere Victims of Life | The Search Aiyekooto In the Cupboard Phone Swap (Kemi Adesoye) Amope Alasela |
| Cinematography of the Year | Movie with Best Sound |
| Aiyekooto Adesuwa Igba n Bajo Phone Swap In the Cupboard | Adesuwa Eyinju Eledumare Igba n Bajo Phone Swap Sonto Alapata |
| Best Edited Movie | Best Production Set |
| I'll Take My Chances Phone Swap In the Cupboard Aiyekooto Igba N Bajo | Phone Swap Adesuwa Sonto Alapata Eyinju Eledumare Aiyekooto |
| Best Actor Hausa | Best Supporting Actor hausa |
| Ali Nuhu (Madubin Dubawa) Adam A. Zango (Adamsy) Adam A. Zango (Ahlul Kitab) | Saddik Sani Sadik (Adamsy) Al 'Amin Buhari (Ahlul Kitab) |
| Best Actress Hausa | Best Supporting Actress hausa |
| Fati Ladan (Adamsy) Nafisa Abdullahi (Madubin Dabawa) Napisa Abdullahi (Ahlul Kitab) | Ladidi Fagge (Adamsy) Rahama Hassan (Madubi Dubawa) Zainab Abdullahi (Ahlul Kitab) |
| Best Actor in a supporting role yoruba | Onga Best use of Nigerian food in a film |
| Ibrahim Chitta (Aiyekooto) Kayode Akinbayo (Igban) Rykaydo Agbor (Ojukoju) Gabriel Afolayan (Tangiri) | Udeme Ijewuru In the Cupboard Aiyekooto Eyinju |
| Best Short film | Best use of Costume |
| Femi Kuti at 50 Nkin Silver Lining | Jejere Sotonto Alapata I'll Take My Chances Igba N Bajo Adesuwa |
| Best Kiss in a Nigerian Movie | Best Print Media Journalist |
| Uti Nwachukwu and Tonto Dike (Broken Silence) 9ice and Laide (Jejere) Nse Ikpe Etim and Bola (Search) Tonto Dike and Thomas Aitman (My Life My Damage) Desmond Elliot and Nse Ikpe Etim (Spellbound) | Biodun Kupoluyi Victor Akande Sam Olatunji Hazeez |
| Special Recognition |
| Emem Isong Tunde Kelani Richard Mofe Damijo |