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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