Stars in Port Elizabe for the Africa Movie Academy Awards 05

The red carpet will be rolled out at the Boardwalk in Port Elizabeth this weekend as movie stars and journalists from all over the world converge for the prestige African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) which is known as the African Oscars. AMAA is more than just about the awards, it's the biggest gathering of filmmakers across the African continent.

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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