AMAA 2023 Winners List

AMAA 2023 WINNERS LIST

1. Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film
   • Lions – Ethiopia
2. Jubril Malaifia Award for Best Animation

• Jabari – Ghana

3. Best Documentary
   • Le Spectre de Boko Haram – Cameroon
4. Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language
   • Anikulapo – Nigeria
5. Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best Film by an
   African-Born Director Living Abroad

• KOFA – Nigeria/Canada

6. Best Diaspora Short Film

   • Raw Materials – Jamaica

7. Best Diaspora Documentary
   • Sound of the Police – United States
8. Best Diaspora Narrative Feature
   • Our Father, The Devil – United States
9. Best Achievement in Production Design
   • Anikulapo – Nigeria
10. Best Achievement in Costume Design
    • Xalé – Senegal
11. Best Achievement in Make-Up
    • Mami Wata – Nigeria
12. Best Achievement in Soundtrack
    • Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda
13. Best Achievement in Visual Effects
    • Gangs of Lagos – Nigeria
14. Best Achievement in Sound
    • Sira – Burkina Faso
15. Best Achievement in Cinematography
    • Mami Wata – Nigeria
16. Best Achievement in Editing
    • Omen – DRC
17. Best Achievement in Screenplay
    • Xalé – Senegal
18. National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) Award
    for Best Nigerian Film
    • Mami Wata
19. Best Young/Promising Actor
    • Maleek Sanni – Gangs of Lagos
20. Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Jimmy Jean-Louis -Rise – United States
21. Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Rokhaya Niang – Xalé – Senegal
22. Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Tobi Bakre – Brotherhood – Nigeria
23. Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Nse Ikpe-Etim – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria
24. Debut Feature by a Director
    • Baloji – Omen – DRC
25. Best Director
    • Apolline Traore – Sira
26. Best Film
    • Xalé- Senegal