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The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards is happening today, Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Dr. Obi Wali Event Centre, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The awards night will be hosted by Mike Ezuruonye, Chris Attoh, and Kgopedia Lioane. Iretiola Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Akande and Nse Ikpe-Etim have been jointly nominated for the Best Female Lead Act. Also nominated in the above mentioned category are Zina Ojei, Adesua Etomi and Fulu Mogoveni. Other nominees include Eve Esin, "Encounter," "Meet the Parents," "Dry," Daniel K Daniel, OC Ukeje among others. Check out full list of nominees below. AMAA 2016 Award for Best Short Film Encounter - Nigeria Le Chemin - Cote De Voire Blood Taxi - Nigeria Meet The Parents - Nigeria/Canada Norah The Holy Light - Burkina Faso 8 Bars and Clef - Nigeria Ireti - Nigeria Life of Nigerian Couple - Nigeria BEST ANIMATION The Pencil - Burkina Faso The Peculiar Life of a Spider - Ghana Funsie Fase Fingers - Nigeria Lazare Sie Pale - Burkina Faso BEST DOCUMENTARY My Fathers Funeral - Cameroon Nollywood - Nigeria Tchindas - Cape Verde The Fruitless Tree - Niger Runs 'l too The Horizon' - Nigeria/UK Camera/Woman - Morocco ALSO READ: 5 THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT 2016 AMAA 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 BEST DIASPORA SHORT Lines - USA Raptors - USA Across The Track - USA BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY Can You Dig This - USA America's Blues - USA Spirits of Rebellion - USA BEST DIASPORA FEATURE America is Still the Place - USA Ben & Ara - USA Luv Don't Live Here - USA ALSO READ: WHAT NIGERIAN ACTORS CAN LEARN FROM LEONARDO DICAPRIO [OPINION] 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 FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR MONA - Anthony Abuah Beyond Blood - Greg Odutayo 8 Bars and A Clef - Chioma Onyenwe 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 Something Sweet Daniel K Daniel - Soldiers Story Biuferi Yakoubi - La Pagne 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 Something Sweet BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE Thishiwe Ziqubu - Tell Me Something Sweet Maureen Okpoko - Missing God Ijeoma Grace Agu - Jimi Bendel / Taxi Driver Bontte Modisella - Hear Me Move Nthati Moshesh - Ayanda Linda Ejiofor - Out of Luck 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 Something Sweet 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 RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM Beyond Blood Dry Fifty Missing God Falling O'Town 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 ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL ARTS Hear Me move - South Africa Oshimiri - Nigeria Stupid Movie - Nigeria House Arrest - Uganda Soldiers Story - Nigeria ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP Oshimiri The Cursed One Missing God Soldiers Story ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK O-Town - Nigeria Tell Me Something Sweet - South Africa The Cursed One - Ghana Hear Me Move - South Africa Le Pagne - Niger ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING Behind Closed Doors Rebecca The Cursed One Eye of the Storm Hear me Move ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY The Cursed One Eye of the Storm Ayanda Tell Me Something Sweet Fifty ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN The Cursed One - Ghana Soldiers Story - Nigeria Ayanda - South Africa Missing God - Nigeria Out of Luck - Nigeria ACHIEVEMENT IN CUSTUME DESIGN Eye of the Storm Oshimiri The Cursed One Ayanda Soldiers Story ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY The Cursed One Tell me Something Sweet The Visit Eye of the Storm Beyond Blood

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