See The Full List Of AMAA Nominees
04 August 2018 |
9:27 am
The African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) 2018 nomination list is out. Check out the full list: EFERE OZAKO 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…
The African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) 2018 nomination list is out.
Check out the full list:
EFERE OZAKO 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
Award for Best Animation
- Group Photo – Nigeria
- Belly Flop – South Africa
- Untitled – Ghana
- Crush– Nigeria
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 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 Award for Best Film by an African living abroad
- Minister – Nigeria/Italy
- Alexandra – Nigeria/USA
- Low Lifes And High Hopes – Nigeria/Austria
Award for Best Diaspora Short
- Torments of Love (Guadeloupe)
- Baby Steps (USA)
- Intercept (USA)
Award for Best Diaspora Documentary
- Evolutionary Blues (USA)
- Barrows: Freedom Fighter (Barbados)
- Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Got To Be Me (USA)
Award for Best Diaspora Narrative Feature
- Angelica (Puerto Rico)
- Love Jacked (Canada)
- Charlie: La Vie Magnifique Charlie (USA)
Award for Achievement in Production Design
- Kada River
- Five Fingers For Marseille
- Tatu
- In My Country
- Cross Roads
Achievement in Costume Design
- Icheke Oku
- Cross Roads
- Esohe
- Five Fingers For Marseille
- Isoken
Award For Achievement In Make-Up
- Siembamba
- Icheke Oku
- Five Fingers For Marseille
- Esohe
- The Road To Sunshine
Award For Achievement In SoundTrack
- The Road To Sunshine
- Tatu
- Hotel Called Memory
- Isoken
- Siembamba
Award For Achievement In Visual Effect
- Siembamba
- Icheke Oku
- Lucky Specials
- Esohe
- Kada River
Award For Achievement In Sound
- The Lost Café
- The Road To Sunshine
- Hotel Called Memory
- Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
- Sidechic Gang
Award For Achievement In Cinematography
- The Road To Sunshine
- Five Fingers For Marseille
- The Lost Café
- The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
- Siembamba
Award For Achievement In Editing
- Hotel Called Memory
- Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
- Lucky Specials
- The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
- Siembamba
Award For Achievement In Screenplay
- The Women
- Potato Potahto
- Ojukokoro
- Five Fingers For Marseille
- Hakkunde
- The Lost Café
Ayiam Osigwe Foundation Award For Best Nigerian Film
- Cross Roads
- In My Country
- Isoken
- Hotel Called Memory
- Ojukokoro
- Lost Café
- Icheke Oku
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 Award For Best Comedy
- Sidechic Gang – Ghana
- Banana Island Ghost – Nigeria
- The Adventures Of Supermama – South Africa
- Koko: The Box TV – Nigeria
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
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
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
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
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
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
- Kenneth Gyang- The Lost Café
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
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