AMAA 2016

The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards which took place yesterday, Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Dr. Obi Wali Event Centre, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

Winners include Daniel K Daniel, Thishiwe Ziqubu, "Meet the Parents," "Dry," "Soldier Story," "Tell Me Something New," among others.


AMAA 2016 Award for Best Short Film

• Meet The Parents - Nigeria/Canada

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

• The Fruitless Tree - Niger

BEST DIASPORA SHORT

• Across The Track - USA

MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD 

• Lambadina - Ethiopia/USA

BEST DIASPORA FEATURE

•  Ben & Ara - USA

BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY

•  Agents of Change

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN-ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN 

• The Cursed One - Ghanaplay

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP 

• Soldiers Story

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK 

• O-Town - Nigeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL ARTS 

• Oshimiri - Nigeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY 

• The Cursed One

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING 

• Hear me Move Eye of the Storm

ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY 

• Tell me Something Sweet

RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM 

• Dry

OUSMANE SEMBENE AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE

•  Missing God - Nigeria

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 

• Abidine Dioari - Eye of the Storm

BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE 

• Thishiwe Ziqubu 

•  Tell Me Something Sweet

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE 

• Daniel K Daniel 

•  Soldiers Story

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE 

• Fulu Mugovhani - Ayanda

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR 

• Beyond Blood - Greg Odutayo

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

• Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva

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

BEST DIRECTOR

•     Nana Obiri-Yaboah, Maximilian Clausse - 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 Something Sweet
•     Mohammed Ahed Bensouda - Behind Closed Doors

BEST YOUNG / PROMISING ACTOR

•     Nyanso Dzedze - Hear Me Move
•     Ophelia Xlenan Dzidzornu - The Cursed One
•     Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge - Dry
•     Ifu Ennada - O'Town
•     Eve Esin - Oshimiri

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