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  • RMD, Joke Silva, others win AMAA 2018 in Kigali

    Veteran actors, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Joke Silva have emerged winners at the 14th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Kigali, Rwanda.
    While RMD emerged the overall Best Actor in a Leading Role, for his role in Cross Roads, Silva, bagged the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award for her character in Potato Potahto.
    Below are some of the winners from Nigeria
    Best actor in Supporting Role: Gideon Okeke- Cross Roads (Nigeria)
    Best Actress in Supporting Role: Joke Silva- Potato Potahto (Nigeria)
    Best Actor in a leading Role: Richard Mofe-Damijo- Cross Roads
    Best Actress in a Leading Role: Dakore Egbuson- Isoken (Nigeria)
    Best 1st Feature film by a Director: Michael Mathew- Five Fingers of Marseille
    Best director: Frank Rajah Arase- In my country (Nigeria).
    AMAA was established in 2005, aimed at facilitating the development and relevance of African film and cinema by providing a reward & recognition platform for film makers on the continent.
    The Awards is the most prestigious award in Africa, showcasing and rewarding great talents in the film industry.
    It has since become the most – hungered after – event in African movie world.

  • AMAA announces Nigeria’s Nse Ikpe, Rwanda’s Arthur Nkusi as 2018 hosts

    Nollywood actress, Nse Ikpe Etim and Rwandan comedian and radio presenter, Arthur Nkusi will be co-hosting this year’s edition of Africa Movie Academy Award (AMAA), organisers have announced.
     
    In its 14th edition, the award ceremony is scheduled to hold at the Intare Conference Arena in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday, October 20, 2018.
     
    Nse will be hosting AMAA for the second time in a row, having helmed the show when it took place in Lagos last year.
     
    Nkusi, otherwise called Rutura is Rwanda’s foremost stand-up comedian, radio presenter and former Big Brother Africa contestant.
     
    The event is being supported by the Rwanda Convention Bureau, Rwandair, Rwanda Development Board, The Radisson Blu Hotel and the Kigali Convention Centre.
     
    Chairman of the AMAA Selection Committee, Mr. Shaibu Husseini who announced the nominations revealed that over 500 films were entered for this year’s edition of the Awards.
     
    Husseini who represented AMAA 2018 Jury President, Dorothee Wenner made this known during the nomination announcement at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, recently.

  • Full list: Kate Henshaw, Dakore Akande, others nominated for 2018 AMAA

    Full list: Kate Henshaw, Dakore Akande, others nominated for 2018 AMAA

    The Africa Movie Academy Awards has released the nomination list for 2018.

    The nominees were unveiled on Friday night at a nomination announcement event in Lagos, hosted by former beauty queen, Munachi Abii, and actor, Enyinnaya Nwigwe.

    Actresses like Kate Henshaw, Rahama Sadau, Dakore Egbuson-Dakore and others were nominated in different categories of the award.

    See the full list as shared on the Twitter:

    FERE OZAKO AMAA 2018 award for Best Short Film

    Dem Dem – Senegal/Belgium
    Zenith – Cameroun/USA
    It Rains on Ouga – Burkina Faso
    In Shadows – Kenya
    Coat of Harm – Nigeria
    Tikitat Soulima – Morocco
    Nice, Very Nice – Algeria
    Visions (Shaitan, Buruja, Brood) – Nigeria
    Fallou – Senegal
    Still Water Runs Deep – Nigeria/USA

    AMAA 2018 Award for Best Animation

    Belly Flop – South Africa
    Untitled – Ghana
    Crush – Nigeria

    AMAA 2018 Award for Best Documentary

    Bigger Than Africa – Nigeria/USA
    Winnie – South Africa
    Boxing Libreville – Gabon
    Silas – South Africa/Kenya
    When Babies Don’t Come – South Africa
    Uncertain Future – Burundi
    We Came In Sprint Carts – South Africa

    OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2018 Award for Best Film in an African Language

    Mansoor – Nigeria
    Five Fingers For Marseilles – South Africa
    Icheke Oku – Nigeria
    Agwaetiti Obiuto – Nigeria
    Nyasaland – Malawi
    Tunu – Tanzania

    MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2018 Award for Best Film by an African living abroad

    Minister – Nigeria/Italy

    Alexandra – Nigeria/USA

    Low Lifes And High Hopes – Nigeria/Austria

    AMAA 2018 Award for Best Diaspora Short

    Torments of Love (Guadeloupe)
    Baby Steps (USA)
    Intercept (USA)

    AMAA 2018 Award for Best Diaspora Documentary

    Evolutionary Blues (USA)

    Barrows: Freedom Fighter (Barbados)

    Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Got To Be Me (USA)

    AMAA 2018 Award for Best Diaspora Narrative Feature

    Angelica (Puerto Rico)

    Love Jacked (Canada)

    Charlie: La Vie Magnifique Charlie (USA)

    AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Production Design

    Kada River

    Five Fingers For Marseille

    Tatu

    In My Country

    Cross Roads

    AMAA 2018 Achievement in Costume Design

    Icheke Oku

    Cross Roads

    Esohe

    Five Fingers For Marseille

    Isoken

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

    Siembamba
    Icheke Oku
    Five Fingers For Marseille
    Esohe
    The Road To Sunshine

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

    The Road To Sunshine
    Tatu
    Hotel Called Memory
    Isoken
    Siembamba

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT

    Siembamba
    Icheke Oku
    Lucky Specials
    Esohe
    Kada River

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

    The Lost Café
    The Road To Sunshine
    Hotel Called Memory
    Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
    Sidechic Gang

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

    The Road To Sunshine
    Five Fingers For Marseille
    The Lost Café
    The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
    Siembamba

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

    Hotel Called Memory
    Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
    Lucky Specials
    The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
    Siembamba

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY

    The Women
    Potato Potahto
    Ojukokoro
    Five Fingers For Marseille
    Hakkunde
    The Lost Café

    AMAA 2018- AYIAM OSIGWE FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

    Cross Roads
    In My Country
    Isoken
    Hotel Called Memory
    Ojukokoro
    Lost Café
    Icheke Oku

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR

    Patrick Dibuah – Banana Island Ghost
    Austin Enabulele – In My Country
    Cindy Sanyu – Bella
    Anine Lansari – The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
    Maurice Paige – Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
    Nichole Ozioma Banna – Icheke Oku
    Zainab Balogun – Sylva

    TONY ELUMELU AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY

    Sidechic Gang – Ghana
    Banana Island Ghost – Nigeria
    The Adventures Of Supermama – South Africa
    Koko: The Box TV – Nigeria

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Seun Ajayi – Ojukokoro
    Lionel Newton – Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
    Akah Nani – Banana Island Ghost
    Richard Lukunku – Lucky Specials
    Gideon Okeke – Cross Roads

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Sika Osei — In Line
    Sivenathi Mabuya – Lucky Specials
    Rahama Sadau – Hakkunde
    Toyin Abraham- Esohe
    Joke Silva – Potato Potahto

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    Vuyo Dabula – Five Fingers For Marseille
    Richard Mofe Damijo – Cross Roads
    Sam Dede – In My Country
    Sani Bouajla – The Blessed Vost
    OC Ukeje – Potato Potahto
    Chris Attoh – Esohe
    Oros Mampofu – Lucky Specials
    Frank Donga – Hakkunde

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

    Kate Henshaw- Roti
    Reine Swart – Siembamba
    Okawa Shaznay –In My Country
    Dakore Egbuson – Isoken
    Nana Ama McBrown, Lydia Forson and Sika Osei – Sidechic Gang
    Mariam Phiri – The Road To Sunrise
    Tunde Aladese – Lost Café
    Joselyn Dumas – Potato Potahto

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

    My Mothers Story –Flora Suya- Malawi
    Ogwuetiti Obiuto – Onyeka Nwelue – Nigeria
    Five Fingers for Marseilles- Michael Mathews- South Africa
    Isoken – Jadesola Osiberu- Nigeria
    18 Hours – Njue Kevin – Kenya
    Banana Island Ghost – BB Sasore- Nigeria
    The Blessed Vost – Sefia Djama – Algeria

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

    Frank Rajah Arase – In My Country
    Safia Djama- The Blessed Vost
    Oluseyi Siwoku – Cross Roads
    Shemu Joyah- Road to Sunshine
    Darrell Roodt- Siembamba
    Akin Omotosho- Hotel Called Memory
    Peter Kofi Sedufia – Sidechic Gang
    The Lost Café – Kenneth Gyang

    AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

    Isoken – Nigeria
    Five Fingers For Marseilles – South Africa
    In My Country – Nigeria
    The Blessed Vost- Algeria
    Cross Roads – Nigeria
    Road to Sunshine – Malawi
    Siembamba – South Africa
    Hotel Called Memory – Nigeria
    Sidechic Gang – Ghana
    Lost Café – Kenneth Gyang

  • AMAA announces 2018 dates

    AMAA announces 2018 dates

    The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has called on movie producers to submit their feature, short, animation and documentary works for consideration before or on January 30.

    According to a statement made available on Thursday by the organizers, the nominations will be announced in April while the 14th edition of the award will be held on June 2.

     

    “Only films produced and released between June 2016 and January 2018 may be entered for this celebration of African cinema,” the statement read.

    “The primary aim of the AMA Awards is to facilitate the development and the showcasing of the social relevance of African film and cinema. The awards are presented to recognize and honor excellence in professional filmmaking in the African film industry and the African Diaspora.

    “Over the years, the award presentation has been attended by numerous international media representatives, Hollywood celebrities, Nigerian politicians, other African politicians, journalists, film industry professionals, and actors and actresses from across Africa.”

    The 2017 edition of the awards which took place at the Eko Hotels Convention Center in Lagos state, was hosted by Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe Etim.

     

  • Nollywood dominates AMAA 2017 nominations

    Nollywood dominates AMAA 2017 nominations

    Nollywood dominates the nominations on the list for the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).This list was released by Bernie Goldbat, AMAA Jury President at the Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.Nollywood movies got 43 nominations out of the total 136 nominations.

     

    ‘93 Days’ got the highest nominations in 7 categories​ for​: Award For Best Nigerian Film, Award For Achievement in Soundtrack, Award For Achievement in Sound, Award For Best Film, Award For Best Director​ and the coveted “Award for Best Film” award.​

     

    Others are Award For Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Award For Best Actress in a Leading Role, which features Bimbo Akintola

    ‘93 Days’ focuses on the sacrifices made by men and women who risked their lives to make sure the Ebola virus was contained.​The flick was​ dedicated to Ameyo Adadevoh, a Nigerian physician who played a key role in the containment of Ebola in Nigeria.

    Check out the nomination list below

     

    EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

    1. Bout – Nigeria

     

    1. On Monday Last Week – Ghana/USA

     

    1. A Place for Myself – Rwanda

     

    1. Silence – Nigeria

     

    1. Kieza – Angola

     

    1. Yemoja: Rise of the Orisa- Nigeria/UK

     

    1. Marabout – Senegal

     

    1. A Place in the Plane – Senegal

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

     

    1. Black Barbie – Ghana

     

    1. Got Flowers – Nigeria

     

    1. Gyrow – Nigeria

     

    1. Pull – Nigeria

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

     

    1, Legacy Of The Hills – Mali

     

    1. Makoko: Future Afloat – Nigeria

     

    1. House in the Field – Morocco

     

    1. Vivre Riche – Cote D’Ivoire

     

    1. House of Nwapa – Nigeria

     

    1. Mama Colonel – DRC

     

    1. The African Who Wanted To Fly – Gabon

     

    1. La Colere Dans Le Vent (Anger in the Wind) – Niger

     

    OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE

     

    1. Logun Ofe – Nigeria

     

    1. Call Me Thief – South Africa

     

    1. Félicité – Senegal

     

    1. Vaya – South Africa

     

    MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:

     

    1. Saving Dreams – Nigeria/Canada

     

    1. While We Live – Burkina Faso/Sweden

     

    1. Theory of Conflict- Nigeria/USA

     

    1. A Mile in My Shoes – Morocco/Canada

     

    1. Hell’s Fury- Nigeria/USA

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT

     

    1. Kbela – Brazil

     

    1. Ca$h Out – USA

     

    1. The Tale of Four – Curacao

     

    1. 90 Days – USA

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY

     

    1. I Am Not Your Negro – Haiti/France

     

    1. 13th – USA

     

    1. Les heritiers du Vietnam (Martinique)

     

    1. Horace Tapscott, Musical Griot – USA

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE

     

    1. West Indies Gang – Guadeloupe

     

    1. Fences – USA

     

    1. Birth of a Nation – USA

     

    1. Double play – Curacao

     

    1. Moonlight – USA

     

    AMAA 2017 SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN THE DIASPORA

     

    AMAA SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST ACTROR IN THE DIASPORA

     

    AMAA 2017 SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR IN THE DIASPORA

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

     

    1. Call Me Thief – South Africa

     

    1. Félicité- Senegal

     

    1. 76 – Nigeria

     

    1. Queen of Katwe – Uganda

     

    1. The Last of Us- Tunisia

     

    AMAA 2017 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

     

    1. Queen of Katwe- Uganda

     

    1. Ayamma- Nigeria

     

    1. Keteke – Ghana

     

    1. The Last Of Us – Tunisia

     

    1. Logun Ofe – Nigeria

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

     

    1. Dora’s Peace – South Africa

     

    1. Oloibiri – Nigeria

     

    1. Ayamma- Nigeria

     

    1. The Last of Us – Tunisia

     

    1. Slow Country- Nigeria

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

     

    1. Vaya – South Africa

     

    1. 93 Days- Nigeria

     

    1. A Mile in My Shoes- Morocco

     

    1. 76 – Nigeria

     

    1. Félicité – Senegal

     

    1. While We Live- Burkina Faso/Sweden

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    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT

     

    1. Wulu – Mali

     

    1. Oloibiri- Nigeria

     

    1. Whale Caller – South Africa

     

    1. Queen of Katwe – Uganda

     

    1. Slow Country – Nigeria

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

     

    1. 93 Days – Nigeria

     

    1. Félicité – Senegal

     

    1. Vaya – South Africa

     

    1. Wulu- Mali

     

    1. Dora’s Peace – South Africa

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

     

    1. The Last of Us – Tunisia

     

    1. The Whale Caller – South Africa

     

    1. Félicité- Senegal

     

    1. Vaya- South Africa

     

    1. A Mile in My Shoes – Morocco

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

     

    1. Call Me Thief- South Africa

     

    1. Vaya – South Africa

     

    1. While We Live – Burkina Faso/Sweden

     

    1. CEO – Nigeria

     

    1. Félicité- Senegal

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY

     

    1. Oloibiri – Nigeria

     

    1. Dora’s Peace- South Africa

     

    1. Félicité – Senegal

     

    1. While We Live- Burkina Faso/Sweden

     

    1. Vaya – South Africa

     

    AMAA 2017- LAGOS STATE AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

     

    1. Green White Green

     

    1. 93 Days

     

    1. CEO

     

    1. 76

     

    1. Ayamma

     

    1. Oloibiri

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR

     

    1. Pabillo Koza – Dora’s Peace

     

    1. Medina Molanga – Queen of Katwe

     

    1. Azwille Shanane-Madiba – Vaya

     

    1. Austin Rose – Call Me Thief

     

    1. Adam Kanyama– While We Live

     

    TONY ELUMELU AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY

     

    1. Funny Enough (Snaaks Genoeg) – South Africa

     

    1. Three Wise Men – Nigeria

     

    1. Keteke – Ghana

     

    1. A Trip To Jamaica – Nigeria

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

     

    1. Adonijah Owiriwa – 76

     

    1. Warren Matsimola – Vaya

     

    1. Olu Jacobs – Oloibiri

     

    1. Papi Mpaka – Félicité

     

    1. Richard Seruwazi – While We Live

     

    1. Majid Michel – Slow Country

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

     

    1. Inna Moja – Wulu

     

    1. Theresa Edem – Ayamma

     

    1. Taiwo Ajai Lycet – Oloibiri

     

    1. Nmonde Mbusi – Vaya

     

    1. Somkele Idhalama – 93 Days

     

    1. Angelique Kidjo – CEO

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

     

    1. Sambassa Nzeribe – Slow Country

     

    1. Ibrahim Koma – Wulu

     

    1. Richard Mofe Damijo – Oloibiri

     

    1. Amine Ennaji- A Mile in My Shoes

     

    1. David Oyelowo – Queen of Katwe

     

    1. Dann Jaques Mouton- Call Me Thief

     

    1. Ramsey Noah – 76

     

    1. Jahwar Soudani – Last Of Us

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

     

    1. Vero Tshanda – Félicité

     

    1. Lydia Forson – Keteke

     

    1. Lupita Nyong’o – Queen of Katwe

     

    1. Bimbo Akintola – 93 Days

     

    1. Josette Bushell-Mingo – While We Live

     

    1. Rita Dominic – 76

     

    1. Khabonina Quebeka – Dora’s Peace

     

    1. Zimkhitha Nyoka – Vaya

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

     

    1. Happiness is a Four Letter Word –Thabang Molaya- South Africa

     

    1. Green White Green – Abba Makama – Nigeria

     

    1. Wulu – Daouda Coulibaly – Mali

     

    1. Bunjoko – Kizito Samuel – Uganda

     

    1. The Last Of Us – Alaeddine Slim – Tunisia

     

    1. Rain – Daniel Mugerwa – Uganda

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

     

    1. Daouda Coulibaly – Wulu

     

    1. Steve Gukas – 93 Days

     

    1. Mira Nair – Queen of Katwe

     

    1. Izu Ojukwu – 76

     

    1. Daryen Joshua- Call Me Thief

     

    1. Akin Omotosho – Vaya

     

    1. Alain Gomis – Félicité

     

    1. Ala Eddine Slim- The Last Of Us

     

    1. Said Khallaf – A Mile in My Shoes

     

    AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

     

    1. The Last Of Us – Tunisia

     

    1. A Mile in My Shoes – Morocco

     

    1. 76 – Nigeria

     

    1. Vaya- South Africa

     

    1. 93 Days – Nigeria

     

    1. Queen of Katwe – Uganda

     

    1. Félicité – Senegal

     

    1. Wulu – Mali

  • NIMASA DG, Dakuku Peterside elected new AMAA chair

    The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has emerged Chairman and President of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AMAA), in a new election held on Friday.

    This was made known to newsmen in Abuja by Alhaji Bashir Jamoh, the Executive Director, Finance of NIMASA and Chairman AAMA Conference Local Organising Committee.

    At the event, which drew the curtain on the third conference of the association, Jamoh said Peterside was collectively elected by all member nations of the association.

    Peterside took over from Mr Sobantu Tilayi, presently the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the South African Maritime Administration.

    “The election would serve as a platform for African countries, Asia and European nations to support Nigeria in getting elected into Category `C’ of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council”, Jamoh said.

    The 4th session of the conference, according to him, holds in Egypt in 2018, while Namibia and Seychelles have the provisional hosting right for 2019.