The organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), last night unveiled the list of nominees for this year’s ceremony, which is scheduled for April 25 in Bayelsa.
The screening committees for the awards, have been working since the last edition, to pick out the best movies and actors on the continent and in a statement noted that, “various African filmmakers have refined their works and have tried to produce exceptional movies that could compete on the biggest movie platforms in the world.”
Here is the full list of nominations:
1. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Short Film
Dead River – Namibia
Elegy For A Revolutionary- SA
Yellow Fever – Kenya
Kwaku Ananse– Ghana
Nhamo– Zimbabwe
Big Daddy – Nigeria
Release- South Africa
Burnt Forest- Kenya
2. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Documentary
Fuelling Poverty – Nigeria
Gun To Tape- South Africa
Swimming The Zambezi – South Africa
Give Me Back My Home – Kenya
The African Cypher Fly On The Wall- South Africa
3. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Feature
Against The Grain -USA
Between Friends- Trinidad Tobago
Stones In The Sun- Haiti/USA
4. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Documentary
Fan Do Brasil (Brazil/Guatamela)
My Thiero Boys (USA)
Red, White, Black And Blue (US)
5. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora (Short Film)
We are not considering nominations in this category because the AMAA jury does not feel the entries were representative of the genre.
6. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Animation
Tageni’s Dol- (Namibia)
Adventure Of Zambezia– (South Africa)
Mission Impossible – (Nigeria)
Oba – (Nigeria)
Lion Of Judah (South Africa)
7. AMAA 2013 Prize for Best Film by an African abroad
Turning Point – USA/Nigeria
Assasins Practice – UK/Nigeria
Last Flight To Abuja– UK/Nigeria
Bianca – USA/Nigeria
Wolwich Boys – UK/Nigeria
8. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Production Design
Virgin Magarida
Elelwani
The Twin Sword
The Contract
Blood And Henna
Okoro The Prince
9. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Costume Design
Twin Sword
Elelwani
Virgin Magarida
Blood And Henna
The Meeting
Cobweb
10. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Make-Up
The Meeting
Twin Sword
Elelwani
Ninah’s Dowry
Okoro The Prince
Uhlanga, The Mark
11. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Soundtrack
Journey To Self
Okoro The Prince
The Last Fishing Boat
Hoodrush
Nairobi Half Life
The Twin Sword
12. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Visual Effects
Okoro The Prince
The Twin Sword
Elelwani
Last Flight To Abuja
Uhlanga, The Mark
Awakening
13. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Sound
Last Flight To Abuja
Streets Of Calabar
Hereos And Zereos
Zama Zama
Virgin Magarida
Nairobi Half Life
14. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Cinematography
1. Virgin Magarida
2. Nairobi Half Life
3. Uhlanga, The Mark
4. Swirl In Bamako
5. The Twin Sword
6. Elelwani
15. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Editing
1. Last Flight To Abuja
2. The Contract
3. Elelwani
4. Nairobi Half Life
5. Uhlanga The Mark
6. Hereos And Zereos
16. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Lightning
1. Zama Zama
2. The Flower Girl
3. Moi Zaphira
4. Elelwani
5. Uhlanga The Mark
17. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Screenplay
1. The Contract
2. Ninah’s Dowry
3. Hereos And Zereos
4. Alan Poza
5. Blood And Henna
6. Zama Zama
18. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Nigerian Film
1. Blood And Henna
2. Hereos And Zereos
3. The Meeting
4.Confusion Na Wa
5. The Twin Sword
6. Kokomma
7. Okoro The Prince
19. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film In An African Language
1. Moi Zaphira – Burkina Faso
2. Elelwani (South Africa)
3. The Last Fishing Boat (Malawi)
4. Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
5. Blood And Henna – Nigeria
6. Sherifa – Togo
7. Kokomma- Nigeria
20. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Child Actor
The AMAA admin will provide the names of the specific child actors that have been nominated in this category and that can be looked up on the website. But the films that produced the Best Child Actors are-
Cobweb
The Ugandan
Imbabazi, The Pardon
Ninah’s Dowry
Swirl In Bamako
Salimatu Traore (Moi Zaphira)
21. AMMA 2013 Prize For Best Promising Actor
1. Belinda Effah – Kokomma
2. Sumela Maculuva – Virgin Magarida
3. Joseph Wairimu – Nairobi Half Life
4. Shonelo Mbutho – Ulanga The Mark
5. Karoumwi Olakunle – The Twin Sword
22. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role
1. Gabriel Afolayan – Hoodrush
2. Ali Nuhu – Blood And Henna
3. Olwenya Maina – Nairobi Half Life
4. Alfred Atungu – Twin Sword
5. Ikponmwosa Gold – Confusion Na Wa
23. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Supporting Role
1. Hermelinda Cimela – Virgin Magarida
2. Patience Ozokwo – Turning Point
3. Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting
4. Crista Eka – Ninah’s Dowry
5. Foluke Daramola – Cobweb
24. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role
1. OC Ukeje – Alan Poza
2. Bimbo Manuel – Hereos And Zereos
3. Lindani Nkosi – Zama Zama
4. Justus Esiri – Assasins Practice
5. Hlomla Dandala – The Contract
6. Femi Jacobs – The Meeting
7. Amurin Wumnembom – Ninah’s Dowry
25. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Leading Role
1. Yvonne Okoro – The Contract
2. Florence Masebe – Elelwani
3. Mariam Ouedraogo – Moi Zaphira
4. Rita Dominic – The Meeting
5. Mbutung Seikeh – Ninah’s Diary
6. Flora Suya – Last Fishing Boat
26. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Director
1. Kenneth Gyang – Confusion Na Wah
2. Shemu Joyah – Last Fishing Boat
3. Shirley Frimpong Manso- Contract
4. Niji Akanni – Hereos And Zeroes
5. David Kitounga – Nairobi Half Life
6. Ntshavheni Wa Luruli – Elelwani
27. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film
1. Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
2. Ninah’s Dowry (Cameroun)
3. Last Fishing Boat – (Malawi)
4. Virgin Margarida (Mozambique)
5. Elelwani (South Africa)
6. Last Flight To Abuja (Nigeria)
7. Confusion Na Wa (Nigeria)
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