Absence of nominees justified: NAC.

National Arts Council of Zimbabwe [NAC] has defended its position on the absence of National Merit Awards(NAMA) nominees in film and television, outstanding soap and drama categories.

Acting Deputy Director of NAC Mr. Nicholas Moyo revealed that, “ After the adjudications went through the submission as well as the reports by the monitors, they felt that none of the present productions satisfied the NAMA criteria of excellence.”

Mr. Moyo reiterated that the criteria which was used this year varied by category since it covers originality, innovations, entertainment value, product quality, content, developmental value (if any) and general appeal. Artists who failed to meet the criteria and the period under review were not nominated.

The period under consideration was from 1 December 2008 to 30 November 2009.
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