African Movie Academy Awards
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Film Africa Language
Best Film by an African Living Abroad
Best Diaspora Short
Best Diaspora Documentary
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2025 NOMINATION
EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
2. Vandals – Mozambique
3. Echoes from The Past- Nigeria/UK
4. Abu Judy -Egypt
5. Chikha-Queen – Morrocco
6. MIA – Burkina Faso
7. Stigma – Tunisia
8. LEES WAXUL – Senegal
9. The last Harvest – Cape Verde
JUBRIL MALAFIA AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
2. My Brother, My Brother- Egypt/France/Germany
3. The Travails of Ajadi – Nigeria
4. Nkizzi’s First Day – Uganda
5. Amara and the Spirit of Nyamagunda – Uganda
6. Monologue – Nigeria/UK
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
2. Double Minority – Nigeria
3. The Empty Grave – Tanzania/UK
4. Khartoum – Sudan/UK
5. Ancestral Visions of the Future -Lesotho/France/Germany
OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:
2. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions - Dany Kouyate (B/Faso)
3. Khartoum – Ibrahim Snoopy - Sudan
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
2. Superman doesn’t steal – USA
3. Harvest – USA
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
2. Carnival: ‘They can’t steal our joy – Canada
3. Missing Rio Doce – Brazil/France
4. Rediscovering Fenon – USA/Algeria/Martinique
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA NARRATIVE FEATURE
2. Romeo N Juliet 4EVA – Jamaica
3. The Model, The Mannequin and Me - USA
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
2. The Heart is a Muscle
3. 3 Cold Dishes
4. Last Stop
5. Red Circle
AMAA 2025 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
2. The Lost Days
3. The Masked King
4. The Serpent Gift
5. Hunting Jessica Brok
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
2. Lisabi: The Uprising
3. Amanayanbo
4. The Masked King
5. The Heart is a Muscle
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
2. Freedom Way
3. Old Righteous Blues
4. Kites
5. Le Point- The Bridge
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
2. Lisabi
3. Spelonk
4. Hunting Jessica Brok
5. Amanayanbo: The Eagle King
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
2. Old Righteous Blues
3. Le Point – The Bridge
4. Hunting Jessica Brok
5. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
2. Old righteous blues
3. Spelonk
4. Small gods
5. For love, for land, for power
6. The Heart is a Muscle
7. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
2. Spelonk
3. The Heart is a Muscle
4. 3 Cold Dishes
5. Algiers
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
2. Le Point – The Bridge
3. For Love, For Land, For Power
4. Small Gods
5. Red circle
6. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
AMAA 2025- NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD (NFVCB) AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
2. Recall
3. Freedom Way
4. The Serpent Gift
5. Amanayanbo
6. 3 Cold Dishes
7. Red Circle
8. The Masked King
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
2. Turinayo Jatham - Small gods
3. Tiwalola Adebola-Walter – Freedom Way
4. Kisi Ogborueche – Kill Boro
5. Ruby Akubueze – 3 Cold Dishes
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
2. Femi Jacobs – Freedom Way
3. Clemento Ashietey – Last Stop
4. Abdulai Saidu Kamara – Code of Honor
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
2. Tina Mba – The Serpent Gift
3. Fadela Brown – Old Righteous Blues
4. Bukky Wright – Red Circle
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
2. KalkidanTessema - For love, for land, for power
3. Adjetey Anang – Last Stop
4. Lateef Adedimeji – Lisabi: The Uprising
5. Ayden Croy- Old Righteous Blues
6. Bizimana Hussain – Small Gods
7. Mahamadi Nana - Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso 8. Nabil Asli – Algiers
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
2. Analisa Munyana – Mucoma: The Battle of the Couple
3. Shaffy Bello - The Masked King
4. Danica De La Ray Jones- Hunting Jessica Brok
5. Tsigereda Bekele - For Love, For Land, For Power
6. Florence Mariserena - Small gods
7. Meriem Medjkane - Algiers
8. Osas Ighodaro, Fat Toure and Maud Guerard – 3 Cold Dishes
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
2. Small Gods- Asher Rosen
3. Algiers- Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
4. Kill Boro- Obayuwana Courage
5. The Heart is a Muscle – Imran Hamdulay
6. Freedom Way – Afolabi Olalekan
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
2. The Heart is a Muscle – Imran Hamdulay (South Africa)
3. Asurf Oluseyi – 3 Cold Dishes (Nigeria)
4. Asher Rosen- Small Gods – (Uganda)
5. Theodros Teshome -For Love, For Land, For Power (Ethiopia)
6. Dany Kouyate - Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
7. Kwabena Gwansah - Last Stop (Ghana)
8. Chakib Taleb-Bendiab - Algiers (Algeria)
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
2. 3 Cold Dishes – Nigeria
3. The Heart is a Muscle – South Africa
4. Small Gods - Uganda
5. For Love, For Land, For Power -Ethiopia
6. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
7. Last Stop – Ghana
8. Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria)
African Movie Academy Awards
Best Short Film
Best Animation
Best Documentary
Best Film Africa Language
Best Film by an African Living Abroad
Best Diaspora Short
Best Diaspora Documentary
Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2025
Founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe in 2005, the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) promotes African filmmaking excellence under the Africa Film Academy. It annually celebrates industry professionals, renowned as the premier accolade in African cinema, evolving from a televised event into a year-round platform. The inaugural 2005 ceremony in Yenagoa, Nigeria, set the stage for subsequent editions predominantly hosted there until the first international event in 2015.
About AMAA
”AMA Awards Are Presented Annually To Recognize Excellence Of Professionals In The Film Industry. It Was Founded By Peace Anyiam – Osigwe And Runs Through The Africa Film Academy”
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The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is a subsidiary of the Africa Film Academy. The Academy, founded on the best film tradition is geared towards research, training, and propagating filmmaking in Africa.
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2025 NOMINATION
EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Vandals – Mozambique
Echoes from The Past- Nigeria/UK
Abu Judy -Egypt
Chikha-Queen – Morrocco
MIA – Burkina Faso
Stigma – Tunisia
LEES WAXUL – Senegal
The last Harvest – Cape Verde
JUBRIL MALAFIA AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
My Brother, My Brother- Egypt/France/Germany
The Travails of Ajadi – Nigeria
Nkizzi’s First Day – Uganda
Amara and the Spirit of Nyamagunda – Uganda
Monologue – Nigeria/UK
AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
2. Double Minority – Nigeria
3. The Empty Grave – Tanzania/UK
4. Khartoum – Sudan/UK
5. Ancestral Visions of the Future -Lesotho/France/Germany
OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
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