Nominees from over 35 countries have been selected for this year’s African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) slated to take place in South Africa on September 26, 2015. Nigerian Nollywood movies are dominating other countries, this year Nollywood has about 10 movies among the over 50 major African movies nominated for the AMAA Awards.
Chigozie Atuanya’s Chetanna (Igbo language film), and Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 are among the nominees for the 2015 AMAA Awards. The Darling of the Nollywood films, Queen Nwokoye was nominated as the ‘best actress in a leading role’ in Chetanna.
Others nominee who are also in contention include Ini Edo (While You Slept), Jocelyn Dumas (Silver Rain), Lesliana Pereira (NJINGA: Queen of Angola) and Aida Wang (Juliet and Romeo).
Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 movie was nominated in several categories including ‘The Bayelsa State Government Endowment Award for Best Nigeria Film’ and Achievement in production Design and Costume Design category.
Here is the full list of Nollywood films nominated for 2015 AMAA Award:
The Throne – Nigeria
Aisha’s Story – Nigeria
The Legacies of Rubbies – Nigeria
The Supreme Price – Nigeria /USA
Chetanna – Nigeria
Affairs of the Heart – Nigeria /USA
Dazzling Mirage – Nigeria
October 1-Nigeria
Iyore – Nigeria
A Place in the Stars – Nigeria
The full list of all the Africa Movies nominated for 2015 AMAA in South Africa
THE EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2015 AWARDS FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Stories of Our Lives ‘Run’ – Kenya
Aisha’s Story – Nigeria
Gulped of the Blue Sea – Togo
Memoir of an Honest Voice – Sierra Leone
Twaaga – Burkina Faso
BEST ANIMATION
The Throne – Nigeria
Alternative to Corporal Punishment – Namibia
The Legacies of Rubbies – Nigeria
Akorkoli – Ghana
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Egypt Modern Pharaohs ‘Nasser’ -Egypt
The Dream of Shahrazad – South Africa
Nelson Mandela, The Myth and Me – South Africa
Beats of The Antonov – Sudan
The Supreme Price – Nigeria /USA
THE OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
Timbuktu – Mauritania
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Cheetanah – Nigeria
Juliet and Romeo – Burkina Faso
iNumber Number – South Africa
MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
Gone too Far – Nigeria / UK
Thorns of Roses (O Esphinho Da Rosa) – Guinea Bissau / Portugal
Fevers – France / Morocco
Affairs of the Heart – Nigeria /USA
BEST DIASPORA SHORT FILM
Sound of Tears – Canada
Hand to the Sky – USA
Calm – UK
BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
Jimmy goes to Nollywood – USA /Haiti
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution – USA
Bound: Africans VS African Americans – USA
Black Panther Women – Australia
BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
Under the Starry Sky – France
CRU – USA
Supremacy – USA
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
iNumber Number – South Africa
October 1 – Nigeria
Le President – Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Dazzling Mirage – Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Ivorie
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
October 1 – Nigeria
iNumber Number – South Africa
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Iyore – Nigeria
Silver Rain – Ghana
iNumber Number – South Africa
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
A Place in the Stars – Nigeria
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Iyore – Nigeria
Njinga|: Queen of Angola – Angola
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
Invasion 1897 – Nigeria
Kpians – Nigeria
Run – Cot d’ivoire
iNumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Lobraz Khan – Mauritus
Le President – Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
iNumber Number – South Africa
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Triangle going to America – Ethiopia
iNumber Number – South Africa
Run – Cote d’Ivoire
Lobraz Khan – Mauritania
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
October 1
iNumber Number
Triangle Going to America
Run
Timbuktu
AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Le President
While you Slept
Timbuktu
Love or Something like that
Run
AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY FILM
30 Days in Atlanta
Iya Alalake
Last Three Digits
BAYELSA STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Invasion 1897
Dazzling Mirage
October 1
Iyore
A Place in the Stars
BEST CHILD ACTOR
Layla Walet Mohammed and Mehdi A.G Mohammed – Timbuktu
Joshua Ibrahim and Daniel Ibrahim – A Place in the Stars
STIGMA
BEST YOUNG/PROMISING ACTOR
Demola Adedoyin – October 1
Vinjeru Kamanga – BELLA
Kemi Lala Akindoju – Dazzling Mirage
Hassan Spike Insingoma – Boda Boda Thieves
Chiedza Mhende – Love the one you Love
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Israel Makoe – iNumber Number
Paul Obazele – Iyore
Chumani Pan – Silver Rain
OC Ukeje – Love or Something Like That
Triangle Going to America
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hilda Dokubo – Stigma
Toulou Kiki – Timbuktu
Reina Salicoulibaly – Run
Prossy Rukundo – Boda Boda Thieves
Ama Amphofo – Devil in the Detail
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Tony Kroroge – Cold Harbour
Sdumo Matshall – iNumber Number
Abdoul Kareem Konate – Run
Sadiq Daba – October 1
Gerard Essomba – Le President
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Lesliana Pereira – NJINGA: Queen of Angola
Queen Nwokoye – Cheetenah
Aida Wang – Juliet and Romeo
Jocelyn Dumas – Silver Rain
Ini Edo – While you Slept
BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
Carey Mckenzie – Cold Harbour
Jenna Bass – Love the one you Love
Destiny Ekeragha – Gone too Far
Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera – Bella
BEST DIRECTOR
Theodros Teshome Kebede – Triangle Going to America
Theo Nel – iNumber Number
Abderrahmane Sissako -Timbuktu
Phillipe Lacote -Run
Kunle Afolayan – October 1
BEST FILM
Run -Cote d’Ivoire
Timbuktu -Mauritania
iNumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
