Africa Movie Academy Awards

AMAA 2025 Nominees

 

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

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

  • The Journey East – DRC
  • Double Minority – Nigeria
  • The Empty Grave – Tanzania/UK
  • Khartoum – Sudan/UK
  • Ancestral Visions of the Future -Lesotho/France/Germany

 

OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR
BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE

  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
  • Small Gods – Uganda/UK
  • Lukas: Namibia
  • Lobola Man – South Africa
  • Lisabi: The Uprising
  • The Heart is a Muscle: South Africa

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

  • Lemohang Jeremiah – Ancestral Visions of the
  • Future – Lesotho/France/Germany
  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions – Dany Kouyate (B/Faso)
  • Khartoum – Ibrahim Snoopy – Sudan
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AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT

  • Cartes – USA
  • Superman Doesn’t steal – USA
  • Harvest – USA

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA
DOCUMENTARY

  • The Billy Preston Story – USA
  • Carnival: ‘They Cant Steal Our Joy – Canada
  • Missing Rio Doce – Brazil/France
  • Rediscovering Fenon – USA/Algeria/Martinique

 

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA
NARRATIVE FEATURE

  • Sisters Maid – Brazil
  • Romeo N Juliet 4EVA – Jamaica
  • The Model, The Mannequin and Me – USA

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN
PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions
  • The Heart is a Muscle
  • 3 Cold Dishes
  • Last Stop
  • Red Circle
 

AMAA 2025 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions
  • The Lost Days
  • The Masked King
  • The Serpent Gift
  • Hunting Jessica Brok

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

  • Spelonk
  • Lisabi: The Uprising
  • Amanayanbo
  • The Masked King
    The Heart is a Muscle
 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN
SOUNDTRACK

  • Recall
  • Freedom Way
  • Old Righteous Blues
  • Kites
  • Le Point- The Bridge

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN
VISUAL EFFECT

  • For Land, For Love, For Power
  • Lisabi
  • Spelonk
  • Hunting Jessica Brok
  • Amanayanbo: The Eagle King

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

  • Algiers
  • Old Righteous Blues
  • Le Point – The Bridge
  • Hunting Jessica Brok
  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN
CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • 3 cold dishes
  • Old Righteous Blues
  • Spelonk
  • Small gods
  • For love, for land, for power
  • The Heart is a muscle
  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN
EDITING

  • For Love, For Land, For power
  • Spelonk
  • The Heart is a Muscle
  • 3 Cold Dishes
  • Algiers
 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN
SCREEN PLAY

  • Old Righteous Blues
  • Le Point – The Bridge
  • For Love, For Land, For Power
  • Small Gods
  • Red circle
  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
 

AMAA 2025 – NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD (NFVCB) AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

  • Lisabi: The Uprising
  • Recall
  • Freedom Way
  • The Serpent Gift
  • Amanayanbo
  • 3 Cold Dishes
  • Red Circle
  • The Masked King

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR

  • Alejandro Cooper- Lukas
  • Turinayo Jatham – Small gods
  • Tiwalola Adebola-Walter – Freedom Way
  • Kisi Ogborueche – Kill Boro
  • Ruby Akubueze – 3 Cold Dishes

 

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Kojo Boakye – Two of a Kind
  • Femi Jacobs – Freedom Way
  • Clemento Ashietey – Last Stop
  • Abdulai Saidu Kamara – Code of Honor

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Zohra Chetioui – Le Point- The Bridge
  • Tina Mba – The Serpent Gift
  • Fadela Brown – Old Righteous Blues
  • Bukky Wright – Red Circle
 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Keenan Arrison – The Heart is a Muscle
  • KalkidanTessema – For love, for land, for power
  • Adjetey Anang – Last Stop
  • Lateef Adedimeji – Lisabi: The Uprising
  • Ayden Croy- Old Righteous Blues
  • Bizimana Hussain – Small Gods
  • Mahamadi Nana – Katanga: Dance of The
  • Scorpions -B/Faso
  • Nabil Asli – Algiers

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman – The Serpent Gift
  • Analisa Munyana – Mucoma: The Battle of the Couple
  • Shaffy Bello – The Masked King
  • Danica De La Ray Jones- Hunting Jessica Brok
  • Tsigereda Bekele – For Love, For Land, For Power
  • Florence Mariserena – Small gods
  • Meriem Medjkane – Algiers
  • Osas Ighodaro, Fat Toure and Maud Guerard – 3 Cold Dishes

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

  • The Lost Days – Wingonia Ikpi
  • Small Gods- Asher Rosen
  • Algiers- Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
  • Kill Boro- Obayuwana Courage
  • The Heart is a Muscle – Imran Hamdulay
  • Freedom Way – Afolabi Olalekan

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

  • Niyi Akinmolayan- Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria)
  • The Heart is a Muscle – Imran Hamdulay (South Africa)
  • Asurf Oluseyi – 3 Cold Dishes (Nigeria)
  • Asher Rosen- Small Gods – (Uganda)
  • Theodros Teshome -For Love, For Land, For Power (Ethiopia)
  • Dany Kouyate – Katanga:
  • Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
  • Kwabena Gwansah – Last Stop (Ghana)
  • Chakib Taleb-Bendiab – Algiers (Algeria)

 

AMAA 2025 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

  • Algiers – Algeria
  • 3 Cold Dishes – Nigeria
  • The Heart is a Muscle – South Africa
  • Small Gods – Uganda
  • For Love, For Land, For Power -Ethiopia
  • Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
  • Last Stop – Ghana
  • Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria)
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