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AMAA 2018 Nominees announced in Lagos

04/08/2018

4 August, 2018 - 15:40

The list of nominees for the 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) were announced at an event held at the Wheatbaker Hotel in Lagos. The winners will be announced at the AMAA Gala in Kigali, Rwanda on 22 September. Here is the full list of Nominees:

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

1. Siembamba

2. Icheke Oku

3. Five Fingers For Marseille

4. Esohe

5. The Road To Sunshine

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

1. The Road To Sunshine

2. Tatu

3. Hotel Called Memory

4. Isoken

5. Siembamba

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT

1. Siembamba

2. Icheke Oku

3. Lucky Specials

4. Esohe

5. Kada River

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

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1. The Lost Caf

2. The Road To Sunshine

3. Hotel Called Memory

4. Pop Lock N' Roll

5. Sidechic Gang

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. The Road To Sunshine

2. Five Fingers For Marseille

3. The Lost Caf

4. The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)

5. Siembamba

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

1. Hotel Called Memory

2. Pop Lock N' Roll

3. Lucky Specials

4. The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)

5. Siembamba

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY

1.The Women

2 Potato Potahto

3. Ojukokoro

4. Five Fingers For Marseille

5. Hakkunde

6. The Lost Caf

AMAA 2018- AYIAM OSIGWE FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

1. Cross Roads

2. In My Country

3. Isoken

4. Hotel Called Memory

5. Ojukokoro

6. Lost Caf

7. Icheke Oku

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR

1. Patrick Dibuah - Banana Island Ghost

2. Austin Enabulele - In My Country

3. Cindy Sanyu - Bella

4. Anine Lansari - The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)

5. Maurice Paige - Pop Lock N' Roll

6. Nichole Ozioma Banna - Icheke Oku

7. Zainab Balogun - Sylva

TONY ELUMELU AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY

1. Sidechic Gang - Ghana

2. Banana Island Ghost - Nigeria

3. The Adventures Of Supermama - South Africa

4. Koko: The Box TV - Nigeria

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Seun Ajayi - Ojukokoro

2. Lionel Newton - Pop Lock N' Roll

3. Akah Nani - Banana Island Ghost

4. Richard Lukunku - Lucky Specials

5. Gideon Okeke - Cross Roads

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Sika Osei - In Line

2. Sivenathi Mabuya - Lucky Specials

3. Rahama Sadau - Hakkunde

4. Toyin Abraham- Esohe

5. Joke Silva - Potato Potahto

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Vuyo Dabula - Five Fingers For Marseille

2. Richard Mofe Damijo - Cross Roads

3. Sam Dede - In My Country

4. Sani Bouajla - The Blessed Vost

5. OC Ukeje - Potato Potahto

6. Chris Attoh - Esohe

7. Oros Mampofu - Lucky Specials

8. Frank Donga - Hakkunde

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Kate Henshaw- Roti

2. Reine Swart - Siembamba

3. Okawa Shaznay -In My Country

4. Dakore Egbuson - Isoken

5. Nana Ama McBrown, Lydia Forson and Sika Osei - Sidechic Gang

6. Mariam Phiri - The Road To Sunrise

7. Tunde Aladese - Lost Caf

8. Joselyn Dumas - Potato Potahto

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

1. My Mothers Story -Flora Suya- Malawi

2. Ogwuetiti Obiuto - Onyeka Nwelue - Nigeria

3. Five Fingers for Marseilles- Michael Mathews- South Africa

4. Isoken - Jadesola Osiberu- Nigeria

5. 18 Hours - Njue Kevin - Kenya

6. Banana Island Ghost - BB Sasore- Nigeria

7. The Blessed Vost - Sefia Djama - Algeria

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

3. Frank Rajah Arase - In My Country

4. Safia Djama- The Blessed Vost

5. Oluseyi Siwoku - Cross Roads

6. Shemu Joyah- Road to Sunshine

7. Darrell Roodt- Siembamba

8. Akin Omotosho- Hotel Called Memory

9. Peter Kofi Sedufia - Sidechic Gang

10. The Lost Caf - Kenneth Gyang

AMAA 2018 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

1. Isoken - Nigeria

2. Five Fingers For Marseilles - South Africa

3. In My Country - Nigeria

4. The Blessed Vost- Algeria

5. Cross Roads - Nigeria

6. Road to Sunshine - Malawi

7. Siembamba - South Africa

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