[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n June 20th, 2015 (aka yesterday), the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominees were announced at a star studded event in Los Angeles, California.
Nollywood was well represented in this list with multiple nominations for movies like “October 1“, “Dazzling Mirage“, “Iyore” and “A Place In The Stars“!
Read the complete list of nominees below and congratulations to all those nominated!!!
EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
The Throne – Nigeria
Alternative to Corporal Punishment – Namibia
The Legacies of Rubbies – Nigeria
Akorkoli – Ghana
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Egypt Modern Pharaohs ‘Nasser’ – 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
OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
Timbuktu – Mauritania
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Chetanna – Nigeria
Juliet and Romeo – Burkina Faso
iNumber Number – South Africa
MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
Sound of Tears – Canada
Hand to the Sky – USA
Calm – UK
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
Under the Starry Sky – France
CRU – USA
Supremacy – USA
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
iNumber Number – South Africa
October 1 – Nigeria
Le President – Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AMAA 2015 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Dazzling Mirage- Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
October 1 – Nigeria
iNumber Number – South Africa
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Iyore – Nigeria
Silver Rain – Ghana
iNumber Number – South Africa
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
A Place in the Stars – Nigeria
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Iyore – Nigeria
Njinga: Queen oDazzling Miragef Angola – Angola
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
Invasion 1897 – Nigeria
Kpians – Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
iNumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Lobraz Khan – Mauritius
Le President – Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
iNumber Number – South Africa
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
iNumber Number – South Africa
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Lobraz Khan – Mauritius
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
October 1
iNumber Number
Triangle Going to America
Run
Timbuktu
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
Le President
While You Slept
Timbuktu
Love or Something Like That
Run
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY FILM
30 Days in Atlanta
Iya Alalake
Last Three Digits
AMAA 2015- BAYELSA STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Invasion 1897
Dazzling Mirage
October 1
Iyore
A Place in the Stars
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST CHILD ACTOR
Layla Walet Mohammed and Mehdi A.G Mohammed – Timbuktu
Joshua Ibrahim and Daniel Ibrahim- A Place in the Stars
STIGMA.
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Israel Makoe – iNumber Number
Paul Obazele – Iyore
Chumani Pan- Silver Rain
OC Ukeje – Love or Something Like That
Triangle Going to America.
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Tony Kroroge – Cold Harbour
Sdumo Matshali – iNumber Number
Abdoul Kareem Konate – Run
Sadiq Daba – October 1
Gerard Essomba – Le President
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Lesliana Pereira – NJINGA: Queen of Angola
Queen Nwokoye – Chetanna
Aida Wang – Juliet and Romeo
Jocelyn Dumas –Silver Rain
Ini Edo – While You Slept
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
Carey Mckenzie -Cold Harbour
Jenna Bass – Love the one you love
Destiny Ekeragha – Gone Too Far
Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera – Bella
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Theodros Teshome Kebede- Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Theo Nel – iNumber Number
Abderrahmane Sissako – Timbuktu
Phillipe Lacote – Run
Kunle Afolayan – October 1
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
INumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
October 1- Nigeria
Again Congratulations to all the Nollywood NOMINEES!!!!
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having said that… congrats to Demola Adedoyin on ur nomination… i don dey wonder who u offend before…. u deserve a win bro…
well, the list is out and i think its cool…. but i still have some reservations on y i am seeing some embarazzing films being nominated. Av bin privileged to see atleast 70% of the nominated films from nigeria and am so shocked as to why some of them are being selected for the prestigious 2015 AMAA AWARDS… I am personally calling for a review (even though i know say una no go ansa me, i sure say person dey ask “who is dis guy”)… I believe the amaa awards labelled as the AFRICAN OSCARS is meant for african films that have shown very outstanding acheivement in motion picture and noting less… I have seen some nigerian films that i hold no reservations against as to their nominations..(i must mention names oo bcos as dey say, “lets give honour to whom honour is due”).. e.g OCTOBER 1,(although i doubt if 2 million dollars was really spent on it oo as uncle k claims), KPAINS (*coughs* stanlee, u r really good at wat u do… u deserve a win in ur category), TIMBUKTU (say dem nominate dis one for ACADEMY AWARDS ALONE is enough)… etc… now, let me get to my point, without sugarcoting, WAT D HELL IS INVATION 1897 DOING IN DIS LIST???, (to make it worse, na ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT una see put dis film??? loooooool….) outstanding!!!… dats not enough, una come make am worse by putting dis same film in the BEST NIGERIAN FILM category with films like KPAINS and RUN?? like for real!!!!!… i think amaa should plssss take down dat film frm d list bcos of future credibility sake!… Cj’s OJUJU is the only accepted replacement for that category… and am schocked to my bone marrow y the hell OJUJU wasnt nominated for not even 1 caregory… i smell dirty freaking politics… plsssss amaa, dont mess up dis striving industry wit dis awards…. honesty is an important virtue ooo…. if anybody wan vex for dis writeup, plsss feel free to go and baf ontop transformer… as a very good friend of mine will say in my local language and i quote and translate ‘WAT IS NOT GOOD IS NOT GOOD, IT DOESNT HAVE ANODA NAME OO’…..
Lmaaaoooooo I love what you did there “congratulations to all the nollywood nominees”. We know the amaa and all the other African awards are about nothing but nollywood. And you and I know that, the best award winning films don’t come from Nigeria. Talk Kenya, south Africa, Sudan et al but hey, nollywood create the awards so it’s the “nollywood show”.
It’s a Nollywood show, yet a South African film has the highest nominations. Why don’t some people think though?
Award winning movies? Kenya? LOL. JOKE