Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2018: Nominees Anounced

Nominees for the 2018 edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) was announced over the weekend.

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According to entertainment executive and founder of the AMAAs, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, AMAA has established itself as the biggest and most credible jury-based awards for African filmmakers and professionals in the motion picture industry, in the continent or in diaspora.

“It remains a fact that AMAA is the longest running Pan-African awards in the whole of Africa, Similar awards in film, music and virtual arts have come and gone. Since 2005 we have worked to keep and protect the integrity of the awards. This is why we can partner with Rwanda, a country where excellence and professionalism drive business and governance. The interesting thing about AMAA this year is that visitors especially Africans will not struggle to have visa as all visas will be processed on arrival.” — Anyiam-Osigwe

The Africa Movie Academy Awards are presented annually in recognition of excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry.  The objective of the AMAA is honouring and promoting excellence in the African film industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The awards were first held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on the 30th of May 2005. It has since held in Lagos and Abuja. This year, the awards will be held in Kigali, Rwanda as it did last year; this will be the second time the event will be holding outside Nigeria. It is scheduled for 22nd September, 2018, at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre in Kigali.

the full list of 2018’s African Movie Academy Awards nominees

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 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 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 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 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 EFERE 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 Group Photo – Nigeria 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 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