Actor Justin Awn (left) and founder and CEO of Jollywood Jamaica Kanhai Condison.
Actor, mannequin and broadcaster Justin Awn is asking for larger efforts to be employed in an effort to increase Jamaica’s promising movie business.
Awn, who many keep in mind for his function as Farouk Tavares on The Blackburns of Royal Palm Property was, in November 2024, honoured by Jollywood Jamaica for excellent achievement within the leisure sector.
“There are three key phrases which have the same which means: advertising and marketing, promoting, and promotion. We’d like an enormous increase of that as a lot as potential. There are numerous completely different types of artwork/leisure and Jamaica has a pleasant pool of expertise. There are such a lot of inventive folks on the island. The business continues to be rising and to ensure that any business to develop there should first be a group of unified folks. We’re a small island within the solar—paradise. There aren’t that many within the business. If we mix our forces we may be stronger collectively and develop in the direction of a brighter future for all. Encompass your self with others which might be in your similar mission and push by means of collectively. There may be energy in unity. We’re stronger collectively. Purchase Jamaican, construct Jamaica,” he informed Observer On-line.
Justin Awn
The distinguished ceremony was held in New Kingston and noticed a road being blocked off for easy proceedings. Additionally honored have been Barbara Blake-Hannah, Munair Zacca, Shauna Chin, Fae Ellington, Michael Tingling, Lachu Ramchandani, Jeffery Anderson-Gunter, Michale Nicholson, Bobby Smith and others.
Within the meantime, Awn holds this accolade in excessive regard, particularly in spite of everything he has managed to perform in his longstanding profession.
“I’ve been working within the leisure business as an actor for a few years now together with doing many different issues inside the inventive sector regionally and overseas. For instance, being on the primary present within the Caribbean for 10 years (Royal Palm Property) together with getting alternatives to work on Gotham (Batman), Regulation & Order SVU, Blue Bloods and lots of others. Jollywood Jamaica is the one entity in Jamaica that truly highlights Jamaican actors and different folks in Jamaica doing good issues on an equal degree. They’ve been doing that for some time now and it feels nice to be acknowledged for my contributions. I do it for the love of it so I by no means anticipate issues like this to occur. They positioned my handprint, footprint and autograph in cement which is now situated of their museum…,” he defined.
Awn has modeled in america for worldwide manufacturers resembling Polo, Macy’s, Arden B, Coach, Victoria’s Secret, Ralph Lauren, Nautica and French Connection.
He has a number of different tasks within the works that might be premiered in the end.
“I simply got here again from filming within the States. I labored on a couple of different tasks which might be presently being launched in theaters in New York and Washington DC together with Howard College. One full size function movie and two quick movies which embrace The Facility and Residence. I don’t play a gangster in these movies which I usually get casted for thus these are utterly completely different. I’m really filming in Jamaica in the meanwhile for a couple of different movie productions that might be launched in a couple of months as soon as filming wraps. These are being executed by Goodvybz Leisure, of which I’ve labored with for about 10-15 years on completely different movie productions. (All the pieces Gone Improper, The L.O.V.E. & Trance). I’m additionally engaged on a undertaking for St. Jude’s Kids’s Analysis Hospital together with different tasks within the making,” he mentioned.
