Stars in Port Elizabe for the Africa Movie Academy Awards 05
25/09/2015
40 international journalists are flying in to Nelson Mandela Bay this weekend to watch 184 nominees from Africa, Europe, South America and other parts of the world at the awards which take place at the Boardwalk International Conference Centre on Saturday evening.
Facebook, a media partner of the event, will be live streaming the evening to millions of Facebook users around the globe. Thus far, media coverage for the AMAA has reached over 400 million people globally. What's more, AMAA has brought R10 million into the city having local businesses benefiting particularly well, said Campbell.
In addition, Nelson Mandela Bay is set to play host for the next five years to the awards which celebrates the best in the continent's film industry.
The African Movie Academy Awards, now going into its 11th year, honours the men and women producing more movies a year than Hollywood.
The academy awards has 53 countries participating annually, and sees between 500 and 700 international film stars from Africa, Europe and other continents attending the affair.
The 50 nominees across the 10 categories will attend, as well as the judges and invited guests from across the globe.
This privately funded organisation not only has its annual international awards, but has also to date funded more than 5 000 young Africans through the academy, giving them the means and opportunities to soar at careers in the film industry.
Recent events have shown that the stature of South African films is starting to receive a tremendous amount of global recognition.
The nominations for the big prize are as follows:
BEST SHORT FILM
Stories of Our Lives Run' - Kenya
Aissa's Story - Nigeria
Gulped of the Blue Sea - Togo
Memoir of a Honest Voice - Sierra Leone
Twaaga - Burkina Faso
BEST ANIMATION
The Throne - Nigeria
Alternative to Corporal Punishment - Namibia
The Legacies of Rubies - Nigeria
Akorkoli - Ghana
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Egypt's Modern Pharaohs - Egypt
The Dream of Shahrazad - South Africa
Nelson Mandela, The Myth and Me - South Africa
Beats of The Antonov - Sudan
The Supreme Price - Nigeria/USA
BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
Timbuktu - Mauritania
Triangle Going to America - Ethiopia
Chetanna - Nigeria
Juliet and Romeo - Burkina Faso
iNumber Number - South Africa
BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
Gone Too Far - Nigeria/UK
Thorns of Roses (O Esphinho Da Rosa) - Guinea Bissau/Portugal
Fevers - France/Morocco
Affairs of the Heart - Nigeria/USA
BEST DIASPORA SHORT
Sound of Tears - Canada
Hand to the Sky - USA
Calm - UK
BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
Jimmy Goes to Nollywood - USA/HAITI
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution USA
Bound: Africans VS African Americans - USA
Black Panther Woman - Australia
BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
Under the Starry Sky - France
CRU - USA
Supremacy - USA
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
iNumber Number - South Africa
October 1 - Nigeria
Le President - Cameroun
Run - Cote d'Ivoire
Timbuktu - Mauritania
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ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Dazzling Mirage - Nigeria
Run - Cote d'Ivoire
Njinga: Queen of Angola - Angola
October 1 - Nigeria
iNumber Number - South Africa
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Run -Cote d'Ivoire
Iyore - Nigeria
Silver Rain - Ghana
iNumber Number - South Africa
Njinga: Queen of Angola - Angola
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
A Place in the Stars - Nigeria
Triangle Going to America - Ethiopia
Iyore - Nigeria
Njinga: Queen of Angola - Angola
Timbuktu - Mauritania
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
Invasion 1897 - Nigeria
Kpians: The Feast of Souls - Nigeria
Run - Cote d'Ivoire
iNumber Number - South Africa
Triangle Going to America - Ethiopia
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Lobraz Khan - Mauritius
Le President - Cameroun
Run - Cote d'Ivoire
Timbuktu - Mauritania
iNumber Number - South Africa
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Triangle Going to America - Ethiopia
iNumber Number - South Africa
Run - Cote d'Ivoire
Lobraz Khan - Mauritius
Timbuktu - Mauritania
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
October 1
iNumber Number
Triangle Going to America
Run
Timbuktu
ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
Le President
While You Slept
Timbuktu
Love or Something Like That
Run
BEST COMEDY FILM
30 Days in Atlanta
Iya Alalake
Last Three Digits
BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Invasion 1897
Dazzling Mirage
October 1
Iyore
A Place in the Stars
BEST CHILD ACTOR
Layla Walet Mohammed and Mehdi A.G Mohammed - Timbuktu
Joshua Ibrahim and Daniel Ibrahim - A Place in the Stars
Any Bobmanuel and Akonte Bobmanuel - Stigma
BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
Demola Adedoyin - October 1
Vinjeru Kamanga - BELLA
Kemi Lala Akindoju - Dazzling Mirage
Hassan Spike Insingoma - Boda Boda Thieves
Chiedza Mhende - Love the one You Love
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Israel Makoe - iNumber Number
Paul Obazele - Iyore
Chumani Pan - Silver Rain
OC Ukeje - Love or Something Like That
Samson Tadesse - Triangle Going to America
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hilda Dokubo - Stigma
Toulou Kiki - Timbuktu
Reina Salicoulibaly - Run
Prossy Rukundo - Boda Boda Thieves
Ama Amphofo - Devil in a Detail
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Tony Kgoroge - Cold Harbour
Sdumo Matshali - iNumber Number
Abdoul Kareem Konate - Run
Sadiq Daba - October 1
Gerard Essomba - Le President
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Lesliana Pereira - NJINGA: Queen of Angola
Queen Nwokoye - Chetenna
Aida Wang - Juliet and Romeo
Jocelyn Dumas - Silver Rain
Ini Edo - While You Slept
BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
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