BEVERLY HILLS, June 13, (THEWILL) – The prestigious pan-African reward system for the motion picture practitioners, African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA 2016) held in the garden city, Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State on Saturday, June 11, saw Nigeria cart way 10 out of the 24 awards given.
Though we missed out in the Best Movie of the year and Best Director award, Nollywood still showed its might as the biggest film industry in the continent. The likes of Richard Mofe-Damijo, Daniel K. Daniel, Olu Jacobs & Joke Silva, Stephanie Linus’ ‘Dry’ were part of the winners of the night.
Check out the full list of winners below:
AMAA 2016 Award For Best Short Film
Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada
Best Animation
The Pencil – Burkina Faso
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
Eye Of The Storm
Achievement In Production Design
The Cursed One – Ghana
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
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
strong>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
Eye Of The Storm – Burkina Faso
Best Director
Nana Obiri-Yaboah, Maximilian Clausse – The Cursed One
Best Young / Promising Actor
Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge – Dry
Written by Olufunke Edidi
