The 05 African Movie Academy Awards nominees

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The 2015 African Movie Academy Awards nominees --

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:18

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On 20 June, the nominees for the 2015 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) were announced at a gala dinner in Los Angeles, California. AMAA announced South Africa as the host country for the 2015 event, which will be held outside Nigeria for the first time since the awards were founded in 2004.

The nominations 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

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

Carey Mckenzie - Cold Harbour

Jenna Bass - Love the one you love

Destiny Ekaragha - Gone Too Far

Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera - Bella

BEST DIRECTOR

Theodros Teshome Kebede - Triangle Going to America

Donovan Marsh - iNumber Number

Abderrahmane Sissako - Timbuktu

Phillipe Lacote - Run

Kunle Afolayan - October 1

BEST FILM

Run - Cote d Ivoire

Timbuktu - Mauritania

iNumber Number - South Africa

Triangle Going to America - Ethiopia

October 1 - Nigeria

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