Check out the AMAA 2016 awards nomination list

The African Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and the AMA Awards, fondly dubbed ‘The African Oscars’, are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry. 

Founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and run through the Africa Film Academy, the awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous media executives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA awards are widely considered to be Africa’s most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa.

The 2016 AMAA awards is set to hold on June 11 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Details and updates on the event can be followed online on www.ama-awards.com.

Here is the complete list of the AMAA 2016 nominees:

– EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

1. Encounter – Nigeria

2. Le Chemin – Cote De Voire

3. Blood Taxi – Nigeria

4. Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada

5. Nourah The Holy Light – Burkina Faso

6. Ireti – Nigeria

7. Life of Nigerian Couple – Nigeria

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

1. The Pencil – Burkina Faso

2. The Peculiar Life of a Spider – Ghana

3. Funsie Fast Fingers – Nigeria

4. Lazare Sie Pale – Burkina Faso

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. My Fathers Funeral – Cameroon

2. Nollywood – Nigeria

3. Tchindas- Cape Verde

4. The Fruitless Tree – Niger

5. Runs ‘I too Seek The Horizon’ – Nigeria/UK

6. Camera/Woman – Morocco

– OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE

1. Brotherhood Eye – Mali

2. Bala Bala Sese – Uganda

3. Missing God – Nigeria

4. Cursed Treasure – Ghana

5. Wako – Uganda

6. Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) – Ghana

– MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD

1. Lambadina – Ethiopia/USA

2. Skinned – Liberia/USA

3. LAPD African Cop – USA/Nigeria

4. Boxing Day – USA/Nigeria

5. MONA – Nigeria/UK

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT

1. Lines – USA

2. Raptors – USA

3. Across The Track – USA

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY

1. Can You Dig This- USA

2. America’s Blues – USA

3. Spirits of Rebellion – USA

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE

1. America Is Still the Place – USA

2. Ben & Ara – USA

3. Luv Don’t Live Here – USA

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Cursed One – Ghana

2. Soldiers Story – Nigeria

3. Ayanda- South Africa

4. Missing God – Nigeria

5. Out of Luck- Nigeria

– AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

1. Eye of the storm

2. Oshimiri

3. The Cursed One

4. Ayanda

5. Soldiers Story

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP

1. Oshimiri

2. The Cursed One

3. Missing God

4. Soldiers Story

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

1. O-Town – Nigeria

2. Tell Me Sweet Something – South Africa

3. The Cursed One – Ghana

4. Hear me Move – South Africa

5. Le Pagne- Niger

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT

1. Hear me Move – South Africa

2. Oshimiri – Nigeria

3. Stupid Movie – Nigeria

4. House Arrest – Uganda

5. Soldiers Story – Nigeria

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

1. Eye of the Storm- Burkina Faso

2. Fifty – Nigeria

3. The Cursed One – Ghana

4. Behind Closed Doors – Morocco

5. Falling – Nigeria

6. Rebecca- Ghana

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. The Cursed one

2. Eye of the Storm

3. Ayanda

4. Tell me Sweet Something

5. Fifty

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

1. Behind Closed Doors

2. Rebecca

3. The Cursed One

4. Eye of the Storm

5. Hear me Move

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY

1. The Cursed One

2. Tell me Sweet Something

3. The Visit

4. Eye of the Storm

5. Beyond Blood

– AMAA 2016- RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

1. Beyond Blood

2. Dry

3. Fifty

4. Missing God

5. Falling

6. O’Town

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR

1. Nyanso Dzedze – Hear Me Move

2. Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu – The Cursed One

3. Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge – Dry

4. Ifu Ennada – O’Town

5. Eve Esin – Oshimiri

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Joseph Otsiman – The Cursed One

2. Uti Nwachukwu – Breathless

3. Abidine Dioari – Eye of the Storm

4. Adeolu Adekola – Taxi Driver

5. Kenneth Nkosi – Ayanda

6. Thomas Gumede- Tell Me Sweet Something

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

1. Thishiwe Ziqubu – Tell me Sweet Something

2. Maureen Okpoko – Missing God

3. Ijeoma Grace Agu – Jimi Bendel/ Taxi Driver

4. Bontte Modiselle – Hear Me Move

5. Nthati Moshesh – Ayanda

6. Linda Ejiofor– Out of Luck

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Oris Erhuero – The Cursed One

2. OC Ukeje – Ayanda

3. Fragass Assande – Eye of the Storm

4. Masego ‘Maps’ Maponyane – Tell me Sweet Something

5. Daniel k. Daniel – Soldiers Story

6. Biuferi Yakoubi – La Pagne

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

1. Zineb Odeib – Behind Closed Doors

2. Adesua Etomi- Falling

3. Fulu Mugovhani – Ayanda

4. Maimouna N’Daiye – Eye of the Storm

5. Iretiola Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe Etim, Omoni Oboli – Fifty

6. Nomzamo Mbatha – Tell me Sweet Something

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR

1. MONA – Anthony Abuah

2. Beyond Blood – Greg Odutayo

3. 8 Bars and a Clef- Chioma Onyenwe

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

1. Nana Obiri-Yeboah – The Cursed One

2. Biyi Bandele- Fifty

3. Sekou Toure- Eye of the Storm

4. Sara Blecher- Ayanda

5. Moussa Hamadou Djingarey- La Pagne

6. Stephanie Linus – Dry

7. Akin Omotoso – Tell me Sweet Something

8. Mohammed Ahed Bensouda – Behind Closed Doors

– AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

1. The Cursed One – Ghana

2. Fifty – Nigeria

3. Eye of the Storm – Burkina Faso

4. Ayanda – South Africa

5. La Pagne- Niger

6. Dry – Nigeria

7. Tell me Sweet Something- South Africa

8. Behind Closed Doors- Morocco

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When Sir Victor Uwaifo ‘Stole’ Silverbird Man Of The Year Award

Words hardly suffice when the subject of discussion is the revered Prof. (Sir) Victor Uwaifo. What usually reverberates in the mind of millions of his fans all over the world is ‘music’. But there is more to this ageless septuagenarian who still practice 100 press-up body building exercise every morning, other than music.

Sir, Victor Uwaifo, a quintessential Professor of Sculpture, Maestro, Inventor, Engineer, Architect, Instrumentalist, Author, just to mention but a few, share the same trajectory with Italian Leonardo Da-Vinci, unarguably regarded as the most gifted human ever recorded in history in the Renaissance period.

Recently, the multi-gifted award winner (Uwaifo), added another feather to his ever growing fame at the 2015 Man of the Year Award organized by Silverbird Communications. The event held on a brilliant Sunday night at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos was a gathering of the crème de la crème across socio-cultural and political landscape in Nigeria. It was an atmosphere of conviviality, colourful, and had the trappings of a celebration of culture, especially within the arrays of traditional attires, including music and dance performances.

After reading his citation by the organizers in a wide televised electronic big screen hung conspicuously at the podium for all eyes to see, he mounted the podium accompanied by his children and friends to receive the prestigious award. The atmosphere reverberated with his popular and evergreen songs:

“Guitar boy’’ and ‘‘Jeromi” Commenting on his award with his golden voice which sounds like the charm of mystic magnetism, Uwaifo said:        “I feel great to have been singled out for this award, out of over 170 million Nigerians. I think, it is the crowning glory of my career. Even the Nigerian National award I received 33 years ago alongside Late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, where about 1000 people were recognised,is not as significant as this. This time just 17 out of 170 million Nigerians and i made the list. This is the greatest thing that has ever happened in entertainment, and the greatest achievement spanning over fifty years”.

Prof Victor Uwaifo indeed was the cynosure of all eyes at the event as everyone wanted to see him, from the beginning of the event to the end.

The event was indeed a great outing where about 20 distinguished Nigerians clinched the coveted award individually at different spheres in recognition of their contributions to the development of the nation and indeed service to humanity. The musical legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo, Aka Guitar Boy; Juju Maestro, King Sunny Ade aka KSA; and movie maker, Eddie Ugboma were the 3 entertainment personalities.

It was indeed a night of glamour and inspiration, as many awards were echoed loud and clear and the citation of each awardee was being read, but non reverberated in the atmosphere like that of Professor (Sir) Victor Uwaifo. Right from the entrance of the building where he alighted from his beautiful vehicle with this two children, you will easily notice how different personalities want to have his glimpse, or take some snapshots with the maestro who was the pioneer Commissioner of Arts,  culture &  Tourism  and Professor at the University of Benin, Benin City. At the gate of the event hall, where Silverbird Man of the Year 2015, was conspicuously written in a giant city size poster, one could easily see how personalities of all kinds were competing to have photographs with the legend for legacy. There were warm embrace between him and Chief Bola Tinubu, King Sunny Ade, Ben Bruce family, Chief Peter Obi, Chief Tony Okoroji etc. While that between him and the musical icon Tu Face at the event, was a synergy between the youth and the elderly.