AMAA Nominees and Winners 2008 | Africa Movie Academy Awards

Category	Film	Winner
Indigenous	Iranse Aje (Nigeria) Ipa (Nigeria) Hafsah (Nigeria) Onitemi (Nigeria) Tabou (Cameroun)	Iranse Aje
Child Actor	Evelyn (Nina) – Run Baby Run Fidelis Adulrahman (Little Melvin) – White Water	Run Baby Run
Best Male (Supporting Role)	Mike Ezuronye – Black Friday/Mirror of Reality Hoomsuk – White Water Emeka Ossai – Check Point Chinwetalu Agu – Across the Niger Sam Dede – Mission to Nowhere	Check Point
Best Female Supporting Actress	Joke Silva – White Water/30 Days Yhama Brew – Princess Tyra Patience Ozokwo – New Jerusalem Bimbo Akintola – Cash Money Rita Dominic – White Water	White Water/30 Days
Best Upcoming Actress	Uju Okeke – Mission to Nowhere Yvonne Nelson – Princess Tyra Portia Yamahan – Black Friday	Mission to Nowhere
Best Upcoming Actor	OC Ukeje – White Water Van Vicker – Princess Tyra Hoodsunk – White Water Kunle Fawole – Cash Money Mickey Rodstick – New Jerusalem	OC Ukeje – White Water
Best Effects	New Jerusalem Across the Niger Iranse Aje Ipa Bleeding Rose	Across the Niger
Best Music	White Water Cash Money Mirror of Beauty Run Baby Run Black Friday	Mirror of Beauty
Best Director	Emmanuel Apea – Run Baby Run Frank Rajah Arase – Princess Tyra Izu Ojukwu/Kingsley Ogoro – Across the Niger Bond Emeruwa – Check Point Teco Benson – Mission to Nowhere Ifeanyi Onyeabor – New Jerusalem Mildred Okwo – 30 Days	Emmanuel Apea – Run Baby Run
Best Costume	Princess Tyra Rivals Mirror of Beauty 30 Days New Jerusalem	Princess Tyra
Heart of Africa Awards	Check Point New Jerusalem White Water Across the Niger	Across the Niger
Best First Film by a Director	Daniel Adenimokan (Special Mention)
Best Comedy	Stronger than Pain
Best Feature Documentary	Do you believe in magic? – Moondog Films Dun-dun (the talking drum) – Ibikansale D. Kayode Bridging the Gap – Myanda Production A Rare Gem – Packnet Productions, Nigeria Families under Attack – Myandu Films	Do you believe in magic?
Best Documentary Short	Operation Smile (Nigeria) Not My Daughter (Ghana) Healthy Children, Wealthy Nation (Nigeria)	Not My Daughter
Most Outstanding Actress (Indigenous)	Doris Simeon – Onitemi Laide Bakare – Iranse Aje Fathia Balogun – Ipa Zainab Idris – Hafsah	Doris Simeon – Onitemi
Most Outstanding Actor (Indigenous)	Ayo Akinwale – Iranse Aje Muyiwa Ademola – Iranse Aje/Ipa Ali Nuhu – Hafsah Yinka Quadri – Ipa	Ayo Akinwale – Iranse Aje
Best Lead Actress	Jackie Apea – Princess Tyra Stella Aboderin – Widow Kate Henshaw Nuttal – Stronger Than Pain Rakiya Attah – Across the Niger Genevieve Nnaji – 30 Days/Keep My Will	Kate Henshaw Nuttal – Stronger Than Pain
Best Lead Actor	Van Vicker – Princess Tyra Kanayo O. Kanayo – Across the Niger Nkem Owoh – Stronger Than Pain Saint Obi – Check Point Kofi Bucknor – Run Baby Run	Nkem Owoh – Stronger Than Pain
Best Art Direction	Rival Across The Niger 30 Days Iranse Aje Princess Tyra	New Jerusalem
Best Picture	Across The Niger Princess Mission to Nowhere 30 Days Run Baby Run Check Point	Run Baby Run
Best Screenplay	Check Point White Water Across the Niger Mission to Nowhere Run Baby Run 30 Days	Run Baby Run
Best Editing	Run Baby Run Divizions or Division Across the Niger Black Friday Mission to Nowhere	Divizions or Division
Best Sound	White Water Mission to Nowhere Across the Niger Mirror of Beauty Black Friday	White Water
Best Cinematography	30 Days Across the Niger White Water Mission to Nowhere Run Baby Run Princess Tyra	White Water
Best Make-Up	Princess Tyra Across the Niger New Jerusalem Mirror of Beauty African Soldier	Princess Tyra
Best Film African Diaspora	Through the Fire Bleeding Rose
Best Drama (Short)	Kingswill – Sirrie Mange Entertainment Magical Blessings Sky line
Best Animation	The Lunatic – Ebele Okoye	The Lunatic