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AFRICA MOVIE ACADEMY AWARDS (AMAA)

2025 NOMINATION

EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

1. The Missing Piece – Kenya
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

1. Dawn – Cameroun
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

1. The Journey East – DRC
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

1. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso 2. Small Gods – Uganda/UK 3. Lukas – Namibia 4. Lobola Man – South Africa 5. Lisabi: The Uprising 6. The Heart is a Muscle – South Africa






MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:

1. Ancestral Visions of the Future - Lemohang Jeremiah - Lesotho/France/Germany
2. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions - Dany Kouyate (B/Faso)
3. Khartoum – Ibrahim Snoopy - Sudan





AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT

1. Cartes – USA
2. Superman doesn’t steal – USA
3. Harvest – USA








AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY

1. The Billy Preston Story – USA
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

1. Sisters Maid – Brazil
2. Romeo N Juliet 4EVA – Jamaica
3. The Model, The Mannequin and Me - USA








AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions
2. The Heart is a Muscle
3. 3 Cold Dishes
4. Last Stop
5. Red Circle





AMAA 2025 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

1. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions
2. The Lost Days
3. The Masked King
4. The Serpent Gift
5. Hunting Jessica Brok






AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

1. Spelonk
2. Lisabi: The Uprising
3. Amanayanbo
4. The Masked King
5. The Heart is a Muscle






AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

1. Recall
2. Freedom Way
3. Old Righteous Blues
4. Kites
5. Le Point- The Bridge






AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT

1. For Land, For Love, For Power
2. Lisabi
3. Spelonk
4. Hunting Jessica Brok
5. Amanayanbo: The Eagle King






AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

1. Algiers
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

1. 3 cold dishes
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

1. For Love, For Land, For power
2. Spelonk
3. The Heart is a Muscle
4. 3 Cold Dishes
5. Algiers






AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY

1. Old Righteous Blues
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

1. Lisabi: The Uprising
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

1. Alejandro Cooper- Lukas
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

1. Kojo Boakye – Two of a Kind
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

1. Zohra Chetioui – Le Point- The Bridge
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

1. Keenan Arrison - The Heart is a Muscle
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

1. Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman – The Serpent Gift
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

1. The Lost Days - Wingonia Ikpi
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

1. Niyi Akinmolayan- Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria)
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

1. Algiers – Algeria
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)



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Best Film by an African Living Abroad

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EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

The Missing Piece – Kenya
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

Dawn – Cameroun
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

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1. The Journey East – DRC
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

1. Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso 2. Small Gods – Uganda/UK 3. Lukas – Namibia 4. Lobola Man – South Africa 5. Lisabi: The Uprising 6. The Heart is a Muscle – South Africa

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