Africa
Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)
has released this year’s nominations list. Announced at Emperor Palace Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa on Wednesday,
April 2, AMAA 2014 features films produced in the continent and in the
diaspora. The nominations event was attended by AMAA CEO, Peace Anyiam Osigwe, AMAA brand Ambassador and Ghanaian star
actress, Lynda Forson, star actor
and Chairman, Governing Board, Nigerian Institute of Hospitality and Tourism,
former National President, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Segun Arinze, Chinedu Ikedieze and wife, Kunle Afolayan, Paul Obazele, Portion Consult’s Temitope Ajayi, AMAA’s Head of Jury, Steve Ayorinde and Chairman, College of
Screeners, Shaibu Hussein, among
others.
Here is the full
list of AMAA 2014 nominations:
AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
a. Haunted Soul
– Kenya
b. Siriya Mtungi
– Tanzania
c. Dialemi –
Gabon
d. New Horizon –
Nigeria
e. Nandy
l’orpheline – Mali
f. Living
Funeral – Nigeria
g. Phindile’s
Heart – South Africa
AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
1. The Hare and
the Lion – Burkina Faso
2. Thank God
it’s Friday – Morocco
3. Leila –
Nigeria
4. Khumba –
South Africa
5. The Brats and
Toy Thief – Mozambique
BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. Hamu Beya –
The Sand Fishers – Mali
2. Potraits of a
Lone Farmer – Nigeria/Denmark
3. Kushaya
Ingagasi – South Africa
4. Daughters of
the Niger Delta – Nigeria
5. Sincerely
Ethiopia – Ethiopia
AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN
AFRICAN LANGUAGE
1. The forgotten
Kingdom – South Africa
2. B for Boy –
Nigeria
3. Omo Elemosho
– Nigeria
4. Onye Ozi –
Nigeria
5. Ni Sisi Kenya
BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:
THE JURY DECIDED
THAT THERE WILL BE NO NOMINATION THIS YEAR FOR THIS CATEGORY.
BEST DIASPORA SHORT
1. Passage –
Bahamas
2. Heaven – USA
3. Tickle Me
Rich – Trinidad and Tobago
4. Red – USA
BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
1. Finding
Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China USA/CANADA
2. Freedom
Summer – USA
3. No Bois Man,
No Frad – Trinidad and Tobago
4. Through the
Lens Darkly : Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People – USA
AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
1. Tula The
Revolt – Curacao
2. AZU –
Venezuela
3. Kingston
Paradise – Jamaica
4. Retrieval –
USA
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Northern
Affair – Ghana
2. Of Good
Report – South Africa
3. Ni Sisi –
Kenya
4. Good Old
Days: Love of AA – Ghana
5. Apaye –
Nigeria
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
1. Good Old
Days: Love of AA – Ghana
2. Apaye –
Nigeria
3. Omo Elemosho
– Nigeria
4. Ni Sisi –
Kenya
5. The Forgotten
Kingdom – South Africa
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
1. A Mile From
Home – Nigeria
2. Apaye –
Nigeria
3. Once Upon A
Road Trip – South Africa
4. Felista Fable
– Uganda
5. Potomanto –
Ghana
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
1. Once Upon A
Road – Trip
2. Onye Ozi – Nigeria
3. Felix
4. Of Good
Report- South Africa
5. Potomanto –
Ghana
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
1. A Mile From
Home
2. Omo Elemosho
– Nigeria
3. Secret Room
4. Ni Sisi-
Kenya
5. Of Good
Report- South Africa
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
1. Felix-
2. Northern
Affair -
3. Nothing For
Mahala-
4. Of Good
Report- South Africa
5. The Forgotten
Kingdom
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Once Upon A
Road Trip
2. Good Old
Days: Love of AA
3. Of Good
Report
4. The Forgotten
Kingdom
5. The Children
of Troumaron
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
1. Of Good
Report
2. Accident
3. Once Upon A
Road Trip
4. Potomanto
5. Felix
ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
1. B For Boy
2. Of Good
Report
3. Accident
4. Potomanto
5. Felix
AMAA 2014- BAYELSA STATE GOVERNMENT
ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
1. Apaye
2. B For Boy
3. Accident
4. Murder at
Prime Suites
5. Omo Elemosho
BEST CHILD ACTOR
1. Tobe Oboli –
Brothers Keeper
2. Lebohang
Ntsane – Forgotten Kingdom
3. Hlayani
Junior Mabasa – Felix
BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
1. Evelyn Galle
Ansah – Good Old Days: For the Love of AA
2. Petronella
Tshuma – Of Good Report
3. Tope Tedela –
A Mile From Home
4. Kitty
Phillips – The Children of Troumatron
5. Shawn Faqua –
Lagos Cougar
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Desmond
Elliot – Finding Mercy
2. Thapelo
Mofekeng – Felix
3. Yomi
Fash-Lanso – Omo Elemosho
4. Aniekan Iyoho
– Potomanto
5. Tshamano Sebe
– Of Good Report
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Vinaya
Sungkur – The Children of Troumaron
2. Patience
Ozokwor – After the Proposal
3. Marie Humbert
– Potomanto
4. Barbara Soky
– Brothers Keeper
5. Lee-Ann van
Rooi – Of Good Report
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Zengo Ngqobe
– Forgotten Kingdom
2. Kanayo Kanayo
– Apaye
3. Mothusi
Magano – Of Good Report
4. Joseph
Benjamin – Murder At Prime Suites
5. Adjatey Annan
– Potomanto
6. Majid Michel
– Brothers Keeper
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Uche Nnadili
– B for Boy
2. Linda Sokhulu
– Felix
3. Chioma
Chukwuka Akpotha – Accident
4. Clarion
Chukwura – Apaye
5. Uche
Jombo-Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda and Daniella Okeke – Lagos Cougar
6. Joselyn Dumas
– Northern Affair
BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
1. Roberta
Durrant – Felix
2. Chika Anadu –
B for Boy
3. Andrew Mudge
– Forgotten Kingdom
4. Harrikrishna
& Sharvan Anenden – The Children of Troumaron
5. Dilman Dila –
Felista’s Fable
6. Joyce Mhango
Chavula – No More Tears
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Harrikrishna
& Sharvan Anenden – Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
2. Shirley
Frimpong Manso Potomanto (Ghana)
3. Andrew Mudge
– The Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
4. Jamil X.T
Quebeka – Of Good Report (South Africa)
5. Teco Benson –
Accident (Nigeria)
BEST
FILM
1. Children of
Troumaron – Mauritius
2. Potomanto –
Ghana
3. The Forgotten
Kingdom – South Africa
4. Of Good
Report – South Africa
5. Accident –
Nigeria
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