In a statement by AMAA, entries sent in this year were quite impressive and as a matter of fact are improvement of last year's. This year's edition of the event will be held at Bayelsa State on April 25.
Rita Dominic's The Meeting movie has safely secured the highest number of nominations, namely; AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role, AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role, AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Supporting Role, AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Achievement in Costume Design,
AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Achievement in Make Up, AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Nigerian film.
Heroes and Zeroes is also leading with 6 nominations, Last Flight To Abuja and Hoodrush have 4 nominations each.
FULL LIST:
1) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Short Film
A Dead River – Namibia
Elegy For A Revolutionary- SA
Yellow Fever – Kenya
Kwaku Ananse– Ghana
Nhamo– Zimbabwe
Big Daddy – Nigeria
Release- South Africa
Burnt Forest- Kenya
2) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Documentary
Fuelling Poverty – Nigeria
Gun To Tape- South Africa
Swimming The Zambezi – South Africa
Give Me Back My Home – Kenya
The African Cypher Fly On The Wall- South Africa
33) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Feature
Against The Grain -USA
Between Friends- Trinidad Tobago
Stones In The Sun- Haiti/USA
4) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora Documentary
Fan Do Brasil (Brazil/Guatamela)
My Thiero Boys (USA)
Red, White, Black And Blue (US)
5) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Animation
Tageni's Dol- (Namibia)
Adventure Of Zambezia– (South Africa)
Mission Impossible – (Nigeria)
Oba – (Nigeria)
Lion Of Judah (South Africa)
6) AMAA 2013 Prize for Best Film by an African abroad
Turning Point – USA/Nigeria
Assasins Practice – UK/Nigeria
Last Flight To Abuja– UK/Nigeria
Bianca – USA/Nigeria
Wolwich Boys – UK/Nigeria
7). AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Production Design
Virgin Magarida
Elelwani
The Twin Sword
The Contract
Blood And Henna
Okoro The Prince
8) AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Costume Design
Twin Sword
Elelwani
Virgin Magarida
Blood And Henna
The Meeting
Cobweb
9). AMAA 2013 Prize for Achievement in Make-Up
The Meeting
Twin Sword
Elelwani
Ninah's Dowry
Okoro The Prince
Uhlanga, The Mark
10). AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Soundtrack
Journey To Self
Okoro The Prince
The Last Fishing Boat
Hoodrush
Nairobi Half Life
The Twin Sword
11). AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Visual Effects
Okoro The Prince
The Twin Sword
Elelwani
Last Flight To Abuja
Uhlanga, The Mark
Awakening
12). AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Sound
Last Flight To Abuja
Streets Of Calabar
Hereos And Zereos
Zama Zama
Virgin Magarida
Nairobi Half Life
13) . AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Cinematography
Virgin Magarida
Nairobi Half Life
Uhlanga, The Mark
Swirl In Bamako
The Twin Sword
Elelwani
14). AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Editing
Last Flight To Abuja
The Contract
Elelwani
Nairobi Half Life
Uhlanga The Mark
Hereos And Zereos
15). AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Lightning
Zama Zama
The Flower Girl
Moi Zaphira
Elelwani
Uhlanga The Mark
16). AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Screenplay
The Contract
Ninah's Dowry
Hereos And Zereos
Alan Poza
Blood And Henna
Zama Zama
17). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Nigerian Film
Blood And Henna
Hereos And Zereos
The Meeting
Confusion Na Wa
The Twin Sword
Kokomma
Okoro The Prince
18). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film In An African Language
Moi Zaphira – Burkina Faso
Elelwani (South Africa)
The Last Fishing Boat (Malawi)
Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
Blood And Henna – Nigeria
Sherifa – Togo
Kokomma- Nigeria
19). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Child Actor
The AMAA admin will provide the names of the specific child actors that have been nominated in this category and that can be looked up on the website. But the films that produced the Best Child Actors are-
Cobweb
The Ugandan
Imbabazi, The Pardon
Ninah's Dowry
Swirl In Bamako
Salimatu Traore (Moi Zaphira)
20). AMMA 2013 Prize For Best Promising Actor
Belinda Effah – Kokomma
Sumela Maculuva – Virgin Magarida
Joseph Wairimu – Nairobi Half Life
Shonelo Mbutho – Ulanga The Mark
Karoumwi Olakunle – The Twin Sword
21). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Gabriel Afolayan - Hoodrush
Ali Nuhu – Blood And Henna
Olwenya Maina – Nairobi Half Life
Alfred Atungu – Twin Sword
Ikponmwosa Gold – Confusion Na Wa
22). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Hermelinda Cimela – Virgin Magarida
Patience Ozokwo – Turning Point
Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting
Crista Eka – Ninah's Dowry
Foluke Daramola – Cobweb
23) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Leading Role
OC Ukeje – Alan Poza
Bimbo Manuel – Hereos And Zereos
Lindani Nkosi – Zama Zama
Justus Esiri – Assasins Practice
Hlomla Dandala – The Contract
Femi Jacobs – The Meeting
Amurin Wumnembom – Ninah's Dowry
24). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actress In A Leading Role
Yvonne Okoro – The Contract
Florence Masebe - Elelwani
Mariam Ouedraogo – Moi Zaphira
Rita Dominic – The Meeting
Mbutung Seikeh – Ninah's Diary
Flora Suya – Last Fishing Boat
25). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Director
Kenneth Gyang – Confusion Na Wah
Shemu Joyah – Last Fishing Boat
Shirley Frimpong Manso- Contract
Niji Akanni – Hereos And Zeroes
David Kitounga – Nairobi Half Life
Ntshavheni Wa Luruli - Elelwani
26). AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film
Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)
Ninah's Dowry (Cameroun)
Last Fishing Boat – (Malawi)
Virgin Margarida (Mozambique)
Elelwani (South Africa)
Last Flight To Abuja (Nigeria)
Confusion Na Wa (Nigeria)
27) AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Diaspora (Short Film)
No nominations in this category because the AMAA jury does not feel the entries were representative of the genre.
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