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