A. ccording to a post on the AMAA Facebook
Page, the following are the nominees for the
2015 awards, which will be holding on 26th
September, 2015. The nominees were
announced last night in Los Angeles, USA.
THE EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2015 AWARD
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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
ANIMATION
The Throne – Nigeria
Alternative to Corporal Punishment – Namibia
The Legacies of Rubbies – Nigeria
Akorkoli – Ghana
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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 2014
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
1. THE 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
1. AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIASPORA SHORT
Sound of Tears – Canada
Hand to the Sky – USA
Calm – UK
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
Jimmy Goes to Nollywood – USA/HAITI
The Black Panthees Vanguard of the
Revolution – USA
Bound: Africans VS African Americans – USA
Black Panther Woman – Australia
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
DIASPORA FEATURE
Under the Starry Sky – France
CRU – USA
Supremacy – USA
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
INumber Number – South Africa
October 1 – Nigeria
Le President – C ameroun
Run – Cote d’voire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
AMAA 2015 ACHIEVEMENT IN
COSTUME DESIGN
Dazzling Mirage – Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Voire
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
October 1 – Nigeria
INumber Number – South Africa
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN MAKE-UP
Run – Cote d’voire
Iyore – Nigeria
Silver Rain – Ghana
INumber Number – South Africa
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN SOUNDTRACK
A Place in the Stars – Nigeria
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
Iyore – Nigeria
Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola
Timbuktu – Mauritius
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN VISUAL EFFECT
Invasion 1897 – Nigeria
Kpians – Nigeria
Run – Cote d’Voire
INumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN SOUND
Lobraz Khan – South Africa
Le President – Cameroun
Run – Cote d’Voire
Timbuktu – Mauritius
INumber Number – South Africa
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
INumber Number – South Africa
Run – Cote d’voire
Lobraz Khan – Mauritius
Timbuktu – Mauritius
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN EDITING
October 1
INumber Number
Triangle Going to America
Run
Timbuktu
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN SCREENPLAY
Le President
While You Slept
Timbuktu
Love or Something like That
Run
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
COMEDY FILM
30 Days in Atlanta
Iya Alalake
Last Three Digits
AMAA 2015- BAYELSA STATE
GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR
BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Invasion 1897
Dazzling Mirage
October 1
Iyore
A Place in the Stars
AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST CHILD
ACTOR
Layla Walet Mohammed and Mehdi A.G Mohammed –
Timbuktu
Joshua Ibrahim and Daniel Ibrahim – A Place in the
Stars
–
Stigma
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hilda Dokubo – Stigma
Toulou Kiki – Timbuktu
Reina Salicoulibaly – Run
Prossy Rukundo – Boda Boda Thieves
Ama Amphofo – Devil in a Detail
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
IN A LEADING ROLE
Tony Kroroge – Cold Harbour
Sdumo Matshali – INumber Number
Abdoul Kareem Konate – Run
Sadiq Daba – October 1
Gerard Essomba – Le President
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2015 AWARD FOR 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
AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST
DIRECTOR
Theodros Teshome Kebede – Triangle Going to
America – Ethiopia
Theo Nel – INumber Number
Abderrahmane Sissako – Timbuktu
Phillipe Lacote – Run
Kunle Afolayan – October 1
28. AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Run – Cote d’Voire
Timbuktu – Mauritania
INumber Number – South Africa
Triangle Going to America – Ethiopia
October 1 – Nigeria