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Winners Of Africa Movie Academy Awards 2018

Winners Of Africa Movie Academy Awards 2018

1. EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2018 award for Best Short Film

• Dem Dem – Senegal/Belgium
• Zenith – Cameroun/USA
• It Rains on Ouga – Burkina Faso
• In Shadows – Kenya
• Coat of Harm – Nigeria
• Tikitat Soulima – Morocco (Winner)
• Nice, Very Nice – Algeria
• Visions (Shaitan, Buruja, Brood) – Nigeria
• Fallou – Senegal
• Still Water Runs Deep – Nigeria/USA

2. JUBRIL MAILAFIA AMAA 2018 Award for Best Animation

• Group Photo – Nigeria
• Belly Flop – South Africa (Winner)
• Untitled – Ghana
• Crush – Nigeria

3. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Documentary

• Bigger Than Africa – Nigeria/USA
• Winnie – South Africa
• Boxing Libreville – Gabon
• Silas – South Africa/Kenya
• When Babies Don’t Come – South Africa
• Uncertain Future – Burundi (Winner)
• We Came In Sprint Carts – South Africa

4. OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2018 Award for Best Film in an African Language

• Mansoor – Nigeria
• Five Fingers For Marseilles – South Africa (Winner)
• Icheke Oku – Nigeria
• Agwaetiti Obiuto – Nigeria
• Nyasaland – Malawi
• Tunu – Tanzania

5. MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2018 Award for Best Film by an African living abroad

• Minister – Nigeria/Italy
• Alexandra – Nigeria/USA (Winner)
• Low Lifes And High Hopes – Nigeria/Austria

6. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Diaspora Short

• Torments of Love (Guadeloupe) (Winner)
• Baby Steps (USA)
• Intercept (USA)

7. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Diaspora Documentary

• Evolutionary Blues (USA)
• Barrows: Freedom Fighter (Barbados) (Winner)
• Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Got To Be Me (USA)

8. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Diaspora Narrative Feature

• Angelica (Puerto Rico) (Winner)
• Love Jacked (Canada)
• Charlie: La Vie Magnifique Charlie (USA)

9. AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Production Design

• Kada River
• Five Fingers For Marseille (Winner)
• Tatu
• In My Country
• Cross Roads

10. AMAA 2018 Achievement in Costume Design

• Icheke Oku
• Cross Roads
• Esohe
• Five Fingers For Marseille
• Isoken (Winner)

11. AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Make-up

• Siembamba
• Icheke Oku (Winner)
• Five Fingers For Marseille
• Esohe
• The Road To Sunshine

12. AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Sound

• The Lost Café
• The Road To Sunshine
• Hotel Called Memory (Winner)
• Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
• Sidechic Gang

13. AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Visual Effect

• Siembamba
• Icheke Oku
• Lucky Specials (Winner)
• Esohe
• Kada River

14. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Young/Promising Actor

• Patrick Dibuah – Banana Island Ghost
• Austin Enabulele – In My Country
• Cindy Sanyu – Bella
• Anine Lansari – The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux) (Winner)
• Maurice Paige – Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
• Nichole Ozioma Banna – Icheke Oku
• Zainab Balogun – Sylva

15. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Seun Ajayi – Ojukokoro
• Lionel Newton – Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
• Akah Nani – Banana Island Ghost
• Richard Lukunku – Lucky Specials
• Gideon Okeke – Cross Roads (Winner)

16. AMAA 2018 – AYIAM OSIGWE FOUNDATION Award for Best Nigerian Film

• Cross Roads
• In My Country
• Isoken (Winner)
• Hotel Called Memory
• Ojukokoro
• Lost Café
• Icheke Oku

17. TONY ELUMELU AMAA 2018 Award for Best Comedy

• Sidechic Gang – Ghana
• Banana Island Ghost – Nigeria (Winner)
• The Adventures Of Supermama – South Africa
• Koko: The Box TV – Nigeria

18. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Kate Henshaw- Roti
• Reine Swart – Siembamba
• Okawa Shaznay –In My Country
• Dakore Egbuson – Isoken (Winner)
• Nana Ama McBrown, Lydia Forson and Sika Osei – Sidechic Gang
• Mariam Phiri – The Road To Sunrise
• Tunde Aladese – Lost Café
• Joselyn Dumas – Potato Potahto

19. AMAA 2018 Award for the Best First Feature Film by a Director

• My Mothers Story –Flora Suya- Malawi
• Ogwuetiti Obiuto – Onyeka Nwelue – Nigeria
• Five Fingers for Marseilles- Michael Mathews – South Africa (Winner)
• Isoken – Jadesola Osiberu- Nigeria
• 18 Hours – Njue Kevin – Kenya
• Banana Island Ghost – BB Sasore- Nigeria
• The Blessed Vost – Sefia Djama – Algeria

20. AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Cinematography

• The Road To Sunshine
• Five Fingers For Marseille (Winner)
• The Lost Café
• The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
• Siembamba

21. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Director

• Jade Osiberu – Isoken
• Michael Mathews- Five Fingers For Marseilles
• Frank Rajah Arase – In My Country (Winner)
• Safia Djama- The Blessed Vost
• Oluseyi Siwoku – Cross Roads
• Shemu Joyah- Road to Sunshine
• Darrell Roodt- Siembamba
• Akin Omotosho- Hotel Called Memory
• Peter Kofi Sedufia – Sidechic Gang
• The Lost Café – Kenneth Gyang

22. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Film

• Isoken – Nigeria
• Five Fingers For Marseilles – South Africa (Winner)
• In My Country – Nigeria
• The Blessed Vost- Algeria
• Cross Roads – Nigeria
• Road to Sunshine – Malawi
• Siembamba – South Africa
• Hotel Called Memory – Nigeria
• Sidechic Gang – Ghana
• Lost Café – Kenneth Gyang

23. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Sika Osei – In Line
• Sivenathi Mabuya – Lucky Specials
• Rahama Sadau – Hakkunde
• Toyin Abraham- Esohe
• Joke Silva – Potato Potahto (Winner)

24. AMAA 2018 Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Vuyo Dabula – Five Fingers For Marseille
• Richard Mofe Damijo – Cross Roads (Winner)
• Sam Dede – In My Country
• Sani Bouajla – The Blessed Vost
• OC Ukeje – Potato Potahto
• Chris Attoh – Esohe
• Oros Mampofu – Lucky Specials
• Frank Donga – Hakkunde

25. AMAA 2018 Award for Achievement in Soundtrack

• The Road To Sunshine
• Tatu
• Hotel Called Memory (Winner)
• Isoken
• Siembamba

26. Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2018 Award for Achievement in Editing

• Hotel Called Memory (Winner)
• Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
• Lucky Specials
• The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux)
• Siembamba

27. Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2018 Award for Achievement in Screenplay

• The Women
• Potato Potahto
• Ojukokoro
• Five Fingers For Marseille
• Hakkunde (Winner)
• The Lost Café