Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2016 Nominees' List

By Perekeme Odon 

The Nominees for the 2016 edition of the prestigious African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) was announced on the 15th of May 2016. The award ceremony will hold in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state on the 11th of June in Nigeria. Egberi Papa's Blog congratulates all the nominees and wish them the very best of luck. Cheers....

Efere Ozako AMAA 2016 Award for Best Short Film

• Encounter - Nigeria
• Le Chemin - Cote De Voire
• Blood Taxi - Nigeria
• Meet The Parents - Nigeria/Canada
• Norah The Holy Light - Burkina Faso
• 8 Bars and Clef - Nigeria
• Ireti - Nigeria
• Life of Nigerian Couple - Nigeria

BEST ANIMATION

• The Pencil - Burkina Faso
• The Peculiar Life of a Spider - Ghana
• Funsie Fase Fingers - Nigeria
• Lazare Sie Pale - Burkina Faso

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• My Fathers Funeral - Cameroon
• Nollywood - Nigeria
• Tchindas - Cape Verde
• The Fruitless Tree - Niger
• Runs 'l too The Horizon' - Nigeria/UK
• Camera/Woman - Morocco

BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD

• Lambadina - Ethiopia/USA
• Skinned - Liberia/USA
• LAPD African Cop - USA/Nigeria
• Boxing Day - USA/Nigeria
• MONA - Nigeria/UK

BEST DIASPORA SHORT

• Lines - USA
• Raptors - USA
• Across The Track - USA

BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY

• Can You Dig This - USA
• America's Blues - USA
• Spirits of Rebellion - USA

BEST DIASPORA FEATURE

• America is Still the Place - USA
• Ben & Ara - USA
• Luv Don't Live Here - USA

BEST FILM

• The Cursed One - Ghana
• Fifty - Nigeria
• Eye of the Storm - Burkina Faso
• Ayanda - South Africa
• La Pagne - Niger
• Dry - Nigeria
• Tell me Sweet Something - South Africa
• Behind Closed  Doors - Morocco

BEST DIRECTOR

• Nana Obiri-Yaboah, Maximilian Clausse - The Cursed One
• Biyi Bandele - Fifty
• Sekou Toure - Eye of the Storm
• Sara Blecher - Ayanda
• Moussa Hamadou Djingarey - La Pagne
• Stephanie Linus - Dry
• Akin Omotoso - Tell Me Something Sweet
• Mohammed Ahed Bensouda - Behind Closed Doors

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

• MONA - Anthony Abuah
• Beyond Blood - Greg Odutayo

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Oris Erhuero - The Cursed One
• OC Ukeje - Ayanda
• Fragass Assande - Eye of the Storm
• Masego 'Maps' Maponyane - Tell Me Something Sweet
• Daniel K Daniel - Soldiers Story
• Biuferi Yakoubi - La Pagne

BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE

• Thishiwe Ziqubu - Tell Me Something Sweet
• Maureen Okpoko - Missing God
• Ijeoma Grace Agu - Jimi Bendel / Taxi Driver
• Bontte Modisella - Hear Me Move
• Nthati Moshesh - Ayanda
• Linda Ejiofor - Out of Luck

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Joseph Otsiman - The Cursed One
• Uti Nwachukwu - Breathless
• Abidine Dioari - Eye of the Storm
• Adeolu Adekola - Taxi Driver
• Kenneth Nkosi - Ayanda
• Thomas Gumede - Tell Me Something Sweet

RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

• Beyond Blood
• Dry
• Fifty
• Missing God
• Falling
• O'Town

BEST YOUNG / PROMISING ACTOR

• Nyanso Dzedze - Hear Me Move
• Ophelia Xlenan Dzidzornu - The Cursed One
• Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge - Dry
• Ifu Ennada - O'Town
• Eve Esin - Oshimiri

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL ARTS

• Hear Me move - South Africa
• Oshimiri - Nigeria
• Stupid Movie - Nigeria
• House Arrest - Uganda
• Soldiers Story - Nigeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

• Oshimiri
• The Cursed One
• Missing God
• Soldiers Story

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

• O-Town - Nigeria
• Tell Me Something Sweet - South Africa
• The Cursed One - Ghana
• Hear Me Move - South Africa
• Le Pagne - Niger

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

• Behind Closed Doors
• Rebecca
• The Cursed One
• Eye of the Storm
• Hear me Move

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Cursed One
• Eye of the Storm
• Ayanda
• Tell Me Something Sweet
• Fifty