The nominees list for the 2016 African Academy Movie Awards (AMAA) have been released, and ‘The Cursed Ones’ leads the way with 13 nominations.
Check out the full nominees list below:
EFERE OZAKO AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Encounter – Nigeria
Le Chemin – Cote De Voire
Blood Taxi – Nigeria
Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada
Nourah The Holy Light – Burkina Faso
Ireti – Nigeria
Life of Nigerian Couple – Nigeria
AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
The Pencil – Burkina Faso
The Peculiar Life of a Spider – Ghana
Funsie Fast Fingers – Nigeria
Lazare Sie Pale – Burkina Faso
AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
My Fathers Funeral – Cameroon
Nollywood – Nigeria
Tchindas- Cape Verde
The Fruitless Tree – Niger
Runs ‘I too Seek The Horizon’ – Nigeria/UK
Camera/Woman – Morocco
OUSMANE SEMBENE AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
Brotherhood Eye – Mali
Bala Bala Sese – Uganda
Missing God – Nigeria
Cursed Treasure – Ghana
Wako – Uganda
Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) – Ghana
MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
Lambadina – Ethiopia/USA
Skinned – Liberia/USA
LAPD African Cop – USA/Nigeria
Boxing Day – USA/Nigeria
MONA – Nigeria/UK
AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
Lines – USA
Raptors – USA
Across The Track – USA
AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
Can You Dig This- USA
America’s Blues – USA
Spirits of Rebellion – USA
AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
America Is Still the Place – USA
Ben & Ara – USA
Luv Don’t Live Here – USA
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Cursed One – Ghana
Soldiers Story – Nigeria
Ayanda- South Africa
Missing God – Nigeria
Out of Luck- Nigeria
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Eye of the storm
Oshimiri
The Cursed One
Ayanda
Soldiers Story
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Oshimiri
The Cursed One
Missing God
Soldiers Story
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
O-Town – Nigeria
Tell Me Sweet Something – South Africa
The Cursed One – Ghana
Hear me Move – South Africa
Le Pagne- Niger
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
Hear me Move – South Africa
Oshimiri – Nigeria
Stupid Movie – Nigeria
House Arrest – Uganda
Soldiers Story – Nigeria
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Eye of the Storm- Burkina Faso
Fifty – Nigeria
The Cursed One – Ghana
Behind Closed Doors – Morocco
Falling – Nigeria
Rebecca- Ghana
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Cursed one
Eye of the Storm
Ayanda
Tell me Sweet Something
Fifty
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Behind Closed Doors
Rebecca
The Cursed One
Eye of the Storm
Hear me Move
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
The Cursed One
Tell me Sweet Something
The Visit
Eye of the Storm
Beyond Blood
RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Beyond Blood
Dry
Fifty
Missing God
Falling
O’Town
AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
Nyanso Dzedze – Hear Me Move
Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu – The Cursed One
Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge – Dry
Ifu Ennada – O’Town
Eve Esin – Oshimiri
AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Joseph Otsiman – The Cursed One
Uti Nwachukwu – Breathless
Abidine Dioari – Eye of the Storm
Adeolu Adekola – Taxi Driver
Kenneth Nkosi – Ayanda
Thomas Gumede- Tell Me Sweet Something
AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Thishiwe Ziqubu – Tell me Sweet Something
Maureen Okpoko – Missing God
Ijeoma Grace Agu – Jimi Bendel/ Taxi Driver
Bontte Modiselle – Hear Me Move
Nthati Moshesh – Ayanda
Linda Ejiofor– Out of Luck
AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Oris Erhuero – The Cursed One
OC Ukeje – Ayanda
Fragass Assande – Eye of the Storm
Masego ‘Maps’ Maponyane – Tell me Sweet Something
Daniel k. Daniel – Soldiers Story
Biuferi Yakoubi – La Pagne
AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Zineb Odeib – Behind Closed Doors
Adesua Etomi- Falling
Fulu Mugovhani – Ayanda
Maimouna N’Daiye – Eye of the Storm
Iretiola Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe Etim, Omoni Oboli – Fifty
Nomzamo Mbatha – Tell me Sweet Something
AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
MONA – Anthony Abuah
Beyond Blood – Greg Odutayo
8 Bars and a Clef- Chioma Onyenwe
AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Nana Obiri-Yeboah – The Cursed One
Biyi Bandele- Fifty
Sekou Toure- Eye of the Storm
Sara Blecher- Ayanda
Moussa Hamadou Djingarey- La Pagne
Stephanie Linus – Dry
Akin Omotoso – Tell me Sweet Something
Mohammed Ahed Bensouda – Behind Closed Doors
AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Cursed One – Ghana
Fifty – Nigeria
Eye of the Storm – Burkina Faso
Ayanda – South Africa
La Pagne- Niger
Dry – Nigeria
Tell me Sweet Something- South Africa
Behind Closed Doors- Morocco.
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