Movie Trends-AMAA 2013 See Full Nomination List

The organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), has unveiled the list of nominees for this year’s ceremony, which is scheduled for April 25 in Bayelsa.

The screening committees for the awards, has been working since the last edition to pick out the best movies and actors on the continent and in a statement noted that, “various African film-makers have re-defined their works and have tried to produce exceptional movies that could compete on the biggest movie platforms in the world.”

Here is the full list of nominations:

1. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Short Film

Dead River – Namibia

Elegy For A Revolutionary- SA

Yellow Fever – Kenya

Kwaku Ananse– Ghana

Nhamo– Zimbabwe

Big Daddy – Nigeria

Release- South Africa

Burnt Forest- Kenya

2. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Documentary

Fuelling Poverty – Nigeria

Gun To Tape- South Africa

Swimming The Zambezi – South Africa

Give Me Back My Home – Kenya

The African Cypher Fly On The Wall- South Africa

3. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Feature

Against The Grain -USA

Between Friends- Trinidad Tobago

Stones In The Sun- Haiti/USA

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4. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Documentary

Fan Do Brasil (Brazil/Guatamela)

My Thiero Boys (USA)

Red, White, Black And Blue (US)

5. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora (Short Film)

We are not considering nominations in this category because the AMAA jury does not feel the entries were representative of the genre.

6. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Animation

Tageni’s Dol- (Namibia)

Adventure Of Zambezia– (South Africa)

Mission Impossible – (Nigeria)

Oba – (Nigeria)

Lion Of Judah (South Africa)

7. AMAA 2013 Prize for Best Film by an African abroad

Turning Point – USA/Nigeria

Assasins Practice – UK/Nigeria

Last Flight To Abuja– UK/Nigeria

Bianca – USA/Nigeria

Wolwich Boys – UK/Nigeria

8. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Production Design

Virgin Magarida

Elelwani

The Twin Sword

The Contract

Blood And Henna

Okoro The Prince

9. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Costume Design

Twin Sword

Elelwani

Virgin Magarida

Blood And Henna

The Meeting

Cobweb

10. AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Make-Up

The Meeting

Twin Sword

Elelwani

Ninah’s Dowry

Okoro The Prince

Uhlanga, The Mark

11. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Soundtrack

Journey To Self

Okoro The Prince

The Last Fishing Boat

Hoodrush

Nairobi Half Life

The Twin Sword

12. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Visual Effects

Okoro The Prince

The Twin Sword

Elelwani

Last Flight To Abuja

Uhlanga, The Mark

Awakening

13. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Sound

Last Flight To Abuja

Streets Of Calabar

Hereos And Zereos

Zama Zama

Virgin Magarida

Nairobi Half Life

14. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Cinematography

1. Virgin Magarida

2. Nairobi Half Life

3. Uhlanga, The Mark

4. Swirl In Bamako

5. The Twin Sword

6. Elelwani

15. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Editing

1. Last Flight To Abuja

2. The Contract

3. Elelwani

4. Nairobi Half Life

5. Uhlanga The Mark

6. Hereos And Zereos

16. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Lightning

1. Zama Zama

2. The Flower Girl

3. Moi Zaphira

4. Elelwani

5. Uhlanga The Mark

17. AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Screenplay

1. The Contract

2. Ninah’s Dowry

3. Hereos And Zereos

4. Alan Poza

5. Blood And Henna

6. Zama Zama

18. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Nigerian Film

1. Blood And Henna

2. Hereos And Zereos

3. The Meeting

4.Confusion Na Wa

5. The Twin Sword

6. Kokomma

7. Okoro The Prince

19. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film In An African Language

1. Moi Zaphira – Burkina Faso

2. Elelwani (South Africa)

3. The Last Fishing Boat (Malawi)

4. Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)

5. Blood And Henna – Nigeria

6. Sherifa – Togo

7. Kokomma- Nigeria

20. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Child Actor

The AMAA admin will provide the names of the specific child actors that have been nominated in this category and that can be looked up on the website. But the films that produced the Best Child Actors are-

Cobweb

The Ugandan

Imbabazi, The Pardon

Ninah’s Dowry

Swirl In Bamako

Salimatu Traore (Moi Zaphira)

21. AMMA 2013 Prize For Best Promising Actor

1. Belinda Effah – Kokomma

2. Sumela Maculuva – Virgin Magarida

3. Joseph Wairimu – Nairobi Half Life

4. Shonelo Mbutho – Ulanga The Mark

5. Karoumwi Olakunle – The Twin Sword

22. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role

1. Gabriel Afolayan - Hoodrush

2. Ali Nuhu – Blood And Henna

3. Olwenya Maina – Nairobi Half Life

4. Alfred Atungu – Twin Sword

5. Ikponmwosa Gold – Confusion Na Wa

23. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Supporting Role

1. Hermelinda Cimela – Virgin Magarida

2. Patience Ozokwo – Turning Point

3. Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting

4. Crista Eka – Ninah’s Dowry

5. Foluke Daramola – Cobweb

24. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role

1. OC Ukeje – Alan Poza

2. Bimbo Manuel – Hereos And Zereos

3. Lindani Nkosi – Zama Zama

4. Justus Esiri – Assasins Practice

5. Hlomla Dandala – The Contract

6. Femi Jacobs – The Meeting

7. Amurin Wumnembom – Ninah’s Dowry

25. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Leading Role

1. Yvonne Okoro – The Contract

2. Florence Masebe - Elelwani

3. Mariam Ouedraogo – Moi Zaphira

4. Rita Dominic – The Meeting

5. Mbutung Seikeh – Ninah’s Diary

6. Flora Suya – Last Fishing Boat

26. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Director

1. Kenneth Gyang – Confusion Na Wah

2. Shemu Joyah – Last Fishing Boat

3. Shirley Frimpong Manso- Contract

4. Niji Akanni – Hereos And Zeroes

5. David Kitounga – Nairobi Half Life

6. Ntshavheni Wa Luruli - Elelwani

27. AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film

1. Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)

2. Ninah’s Dowry (Cameroun)

3. Last Fishing Boat – (Malawi)

4. Virgin Margarida (Mozambique)

5. Elelwani (South Africa)

6. Last Flight To Abuja (Nigeria)

7. Confusion Na Wa (Nigeria)