The 11th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) last Saturday, 26 September 2015 in South Africa. The event was graced with many stakeholders in the African Movie Industry, including those based abroad. According to the organisers of the AMAAs, they had “received over 800 movie entries from over 60 countries.... mostly within Africa, South America, United States and North America.’’ Thus, the process of selecting the final nominees was quite tasking. The nominees for the Award were then announced at an exclusive event which held in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A on June 20, 2015.
Favourite wins this year include ‘October 1’ for best Nigerian Film, Achievement in Costume design and also Best Actor in a Leading Role - Sadiq Daba. The movie which was directed by Kunle Afolayan is one of the most loved Nigerian productions of the year and is also available abroad on on-demand platforms such as Netflix.Also, the award for Best Comedy Film went to '30 days in Atlanta’ by AY the Comedian, which was successfully premiered and continues to be distributed both home and abroad. 
Nigerian sweetheart, thespian and producer, Kemi Lala Akindoju won the award for Best Young/Promising Actor, jointly with Ugandan Hassan Spike Insingoma, for their roles in ‘Dazzling Mirage’ and ‘Boda Boda Thieves’ respectively. Watch Kemi Lala's Interview here.
Nigeria won two other awards for Best Animation (Legacies of Rubies) and Best First Feature Film by a Director (Gone Too Far).
Other popular winners were 'iNumber Number' of South Africa and Timbuktu of Mauritania. Special Jury Prize went to Le President (Cameroon) and Triangle: Going to America (Ethiopia).
‘Film makers of African descent’ were also
honoured in the Wall of Fame category. These were Horace Ovi, Harry Belafonte,
Melvine Van Pebbles and Tony Verne. Posthumous awards were given to Late Oronto
Douglas for his fervent support of Nollywood and Ghanaian, Cofie Ammuako-Annan. Special recognition was also given
to MNET Africa Magic for ‘its role in showcasing and investing in Africa’s
creative industry through its African content channels in the last 10 years’;
and also Kingsley Ogoro and his Klink Studios for the support of ‘the creative
industry with equipment for over 30 years’.
The African Movie Industry has witnessed significant improvement and some producers have distinguished themselves by ensuring their works are up to international standard. However, the problem of piracy still remains and some winners such as Kunle Afolayan and AY the Comedian have had to deal with the piracy of their works. It is hoped that Nigerian Copyright Commission will invest more in ensuring that the piracy problem is more thoroughly dealt with through more frequent raids of 'piracy centres', prosecution and a monitoring and enforcement procedure for online piracy.
Below is a complete list of nominees for each category and eventual winners:
EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR
BEST SHORT FILM
Stories of Our Lives ‘’Run’ –
Kenya
Aissa’s Story – Nigeria
Gulped of the Blue Sea - Togo
Memoir of a Honest Voice-
Sierra Leone
Twaaga – Burkina Faso (WINNER)
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
ANIMATION
The Throne – Nigeria
Alternative to Corporal
Punishment – Namibia
The Legacies of Rubies – Nigeria
(WINNER)
Akorkoli - Ghana
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DOCUMENTARY
Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs – Egypt
(WINNER)
The Dream of Shahrazad – South
Africa
Nelson Mandela, The Myth and Me
- South Africa
Beats of The Antonov – Sudan
The Supreme Price – Nigeria/USA
OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2015 AWARD
FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
Timbuktu – Mauritania (WINNER)
Triangle Going to America –
Ethiopia
Chetanna – Nigeria
Juliet and Romeo - Burkina Faso
iNumber Number – South Africa
MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2015
AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:
Gone Too Far – Nigeria/UK
Thorns of Roses (O Esphinho Da
Rosa) – Guinea Bissau/Portugal
Fevers – France/Morocco
(WINNER)
Affairs of the Heart –
Nigeria/USA
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIASPORA SHORT
Sound of Tears - Canada (WINNER)
Hand to the Sky – USA
Calm – UK
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
Jimmy Goes to Nollywood -
USA/HAITI
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of
the Revolution – USA (WINNER)
Bound: Africans VS African
Americans – USA
Black Panther Woman – Australia
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
Under the Starry Sky - France
CRU - USA
Supremacy – USA (WINNER)
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
iNumber Number - South Africa (WINNER)
October 1 – Nigeria
Le President - Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Ivoire?
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AMAA 2015 ACHIEVEMENT IN
COSTUME DESIGN
Dazzling Mirage- Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Njinga: Queen of Angola –
Angola
October 1 – Nigeria (WINNER)
iNumber Number – South Africa
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN MAKE-UP
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Iyore – Nigeria
Silver Rain – Ghana
iNumber Number – South Africa
Njinga: Queen of Angola –
Angola (WINNER)
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN SOUNDTRACK
A Place in the Stars – Nigeria
Triangle Going to America –
Ethiopia (WINNER)
Iyore – Nigeria
Njinga: Queen of Angola –
Angola
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN VISUAL EFFECT
Invasion 1897 – Nigeria
Kpians The Feast of Souls –
Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
iNumber Number – South Africa
(WINNER)
Triangle Going to America -
Ethiopia
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Lobraz Khan – Mauritius
(WINNER)
Le President – Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
iNumber Number – South Africa
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Triangle Going to America –
Ethiopia
iNumber Number – South Africa
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Lobraz Khan – Mauritius
(WINNER)
Timbuktu - Mauritania
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN EDITING
October 1 - Nigeria
iNumber Number - South Africa
Triangle Going to America -
Ethiopia
Run - Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania (WINNER)
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN SCREEN PLAY
Le President – Cameroun
(Winner)
While You Slept
Timbuktu - Mauritania
Love or Something Like That -
Nigeria
Run - Cote d’Ívoire
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY
FILM
30 Days in Atlanta – Nigeria
(WINNER)
Iya Alalake
Last Three Digits
AMAA 2015- BAYELSA STATE
GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Invasion 1897
Dazzling Mirage
October 1 – (WINNER)
Iyore
A Place in the Stars
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST CHILD
ACTOR
Layla Walet Mohammed and Mehdi
A.G Mohammed – Timbuktu (WINNER)
Joshua Ibrahim and Daniel
Ibrahim- A Place in the Stars
Any Bobmanuel and Akonte
Bobmanuel - Stigma
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/
PROMISING ACTOR (JOINT AWARD)
Demola Adedoyin - October 1
Vinjeru Kamanga - BELLA
Kemi Lala Akindoju – Dazzling
Mirage (WINNER)
Hassan Spike Insingoma - Boda
Boda Thieves (WINNER)
Chiedza Mhende – Love the one
You Love
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Israel Makoe - iNumber Number
Paul Obazele – Iyore
Chumani Pan- Silver Rain
OC Ukeje – Love or Something
Like That
Samson Tadesse - Triangle Going
to America (WINNER)
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A
SUPPORTING ROLE
Hilda Dokubo - Stigma (WINNER)
Toulou Kiki - Timbuktu
Reina Salicoulibaly – Run
Prossy Rukundo - Boda Boda
Thieves
Ama Amphofo – Devil in a Detail
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
IN A LEADING ROLE
Tony Kgoroge – Cold Harbour
S’dumo Mtshali - iNumber Number
Abdoul Kareem Konate – Run
Sadiq Daba – October 1 (WINNER)
Gerard Essomba - Le President
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Lesliana Pereira - NJINGA:
Queen of Angola (WINNER)
Queen Nwokoye – Chetenna
Aida Wang - Juliet and Romeo
Jocelyn Dumas –Silver Rain
Ini Edo – While You Slept
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST
FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
Carey Mckenzie -Cold Harbour
Jenna Bass - Love the one you
love
Destiny Ekaragha - Gone Too Far
(WINNER)
Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera –
Bella
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIRECTOR
Theodros Teshome Kebede-
Triangle Going to America - Ethiopia
Donovan Marsh - iNumber Number
Abderrahmane Sissako - Timbuktu
Phillipe Lacote - Run
Kunle Afolayan - October 1
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
iNumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America –
Ethiopia
October 1- Nigeria
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST
FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
Carey Mckenzie -Cold Harbour
Jenna Bass- Love the one you
love
Destiny Ekeragha -Gone Too Far
(WINNER)
Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera –Bella
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIRECTOR
Theodros Teshome Kebede-
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Theo Nel- INumber Number
Abderrahmane Sissako – Timbuktu
(WINNER)
Phillipe Lacote – Run
Kunle Afolayan – October 1
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Run – Cote d’Voire
Timbuktu – Mauritania (WINNER)
INumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America –
Ethiopia
October 1- Nigeria
Photo Credits & source: AMAA 2015
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