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Preparations are currently going on for the second edition of the Ace Awards. Dubbed Ace Awards 2008, the event will take place for five days (22 -26 July 2009) in Yaounde. AA 2008 will comprise of workshops in film making and the awards proper. Prizes will be won in several categories. 13 winners are now known by the jury. According to officials of CIG Ace Productions Inc., the winners are being served invitation letters. For more on the awards, contact 75 63 81 76. AA 2008 will be organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. Here are the categories:

• Best film director
• Best artistic director
• Best audio-visual signature tune
• Best actor in lead role
• Best actress in lead role
• Best actor in supporting role
• Best actress in supporting role
• Best costumier
• Best make-up artist
• Best lighting technician
• Best D.O.P
• Best sound engineer
• Best bikutsi
• Best assiko
• Best makossa
• Best bottle dance
• Best njang
• Best Cameroonised Hip-Hop
• Best Cameroonised Reggae
• Best folkloric music
• Best live audio-visual producer
• Best continuity artist
• Best child performance
• Best religious music
• Special prize of the jury (best audio-visual & cultural promoter
• Best bilingual audio-visual production
• Best cinema print reporter
• Best Cameroonised African film from the Diaspora
• Best producer from the Diaspora