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African Movie Academy Awards winners --
Fri, 30 May 2014 14:02
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The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) took place in Bayelsa, Nigeria on 26 May, honouring a number of filmmakers for excellence in African filmmaking and cinema.
Winners are highlighted in bold amongst the nominees in the following categories:
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film
Children of Troumaron: Mauritius
Potomanto: Ghana
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
Of Good Report: South Africa
Accident: Nigeria
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Director
Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden: Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
Shirley Frimpong Manso: Potomanto (Ghana)
Andrew Mudge: The Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Jamil X.T Quebeka: Of Good Report (South Africa)
Teco Benson: Accident (Nigeria)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Zengo Ngqobe: Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Kanayo O. Kanayo: Apaye (Nigeria)
Mothusi Magano: Of Good Report (South Africa)
Joseph Benjamin: Murder at Prime Suites (Nigeria)
Adjatey Annan: Potomanto (Ghana)
Majid Michel: Brother s Keeper (Nigeria)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Uche Nnadili: B for Boy (Nigeria)
Linda Sokhulu: Felix (South Africa)
Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha: Accident (Nigeria)
Clarion Chukwura: Apaye (Nigeria)
Uche Jombo, Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda and Daniella Okeke: Lagos Cougar (Nigeria)
Joselyn Dumas: Northern Affair (Ghana)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Desmond Elliot: Finding Mercy (Nigeria)
Thapelo Mofekeng: Felix (South Africa)
Yomi Fash-Lanso: Omo Elemosho (Nigeria)
Aniekan Iyoho: Potomanto (Ghana)
Tshamano Sebe: Of Good Report (South Africa)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Vinaya Sungkur: The Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
Patience Ozokwor: After the Proposal (Nigeria)
Marie Humbert: Potomanto (Ghana)
Barbara Soky: Brother s Keeper (Nigeria)
Lee-Ann van Rooi: Of Good Report (South Africa)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Young/Promising Actor
Evelyn Galle Ansah: Good Old Days: For the Love of AA (Ghana)
Petronella Tshuma: Of Good Report (South Africa)
Tope Tedela: A Mile from Home (Nigeria)
Kitty Phillips: The Children of Troumatron (Mauritius)
Shawn Faqua: Lagos Cougar (Nigeria)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Child Actor
Tobe Oboli: Brother s Keeper (Nigeria)
Lebohang Ntsane: Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Hlayani Junior Mabas: Felix (South Africa)
AMAA 2014 Award for Best First Feature Film by a Director
Roberta Durrant: Felix (South Africa)
Chika Anadu: B for Boy (Nigeria)
Andrew Mudge: Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden: The Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
Dilman Dila: Felista s Fable (Uganda)
Joyce Mhango Chavula: No More Tears (Malawi)
AMAA 2014 Bayelsa State Government Endowed Award for Best Nigerian Film
Apaye
B For Boy
Accident
Murder at Prime Suites
Omo Elemosho
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Feature Film
Tula the Revolt: Curacao
AZU: Venezuela
Kingston Paradise: Jamaica
Retrieval: USA
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Documentary
Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China: USA/Canada
Freedom Summer: USA
No Bois Man, No Frad: Trinidad and Tobago
Through the Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People: USA
Ousmane Sembene AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film in an African Language
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
B for Boy: Nigeria
Omo Elemosho: Nigeria
Onye Ozi: Nigeria
Ni Sisi: Kenya
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Documentary
Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers: Mali
Portrait of a Lone Farmer: Nigeria/Denmark
Kushaya Ingagasi: South Africa
Daughters of the Niger Delta: Nigeria
Sincerely Ethiopia: Ethiopia
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Short Film
Passage: Bahamas
Heaven: USA
Tickle Me Rich: Trinidad and Tobago
Red: USA
Efere Ozako AMAA 2014 Award for Best Short Film
Haunted Soul: Kenya
Siriya Mtungi: Tanzania
Dialemi: Gabon
New Horizon: Nigeria
Nandy l orpheline: Mali
Living Funeral: Nigeria
Phindile s Heart: South Africa
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Animation
The Hare and the Lion: Burkina Faso
Thank God it s Friday: Morocco
Leila: Nigeria
Khumba: South Africa
The Brats and Toy Thief: Mozambique
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in a Screenplay
B For Boy: Nigeria
Of Good Report: South Africa
Accident: Nigeria
Potomanto: Ghana
Felix: South Africa
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Editing
Of Good Report: South Africa
Accident: Nigeria
Once Upon A Road Trip: South Africa
Potomanto: Ghana
Felix: South Africa
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Cinematography
Once Upon A Road Trip: South Africa
Good Old Days: Love of AA: Ghana
Of Good Report: South Africa
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
The Children of Troumaron: Mauritius
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Sound
Felix: South Africa
Northern Affair: Ghana
Nothing for Mahala: South Africa
Of Good Report: South Africa
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Visual Effect
A Mile from Home: Nigeria
Omo Elemosho: Nigeria
Secret Room: Nigeria
Ni Sisi: Kenya
Of Good Report: South Africa
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Soundtrack
Once Upon a Road Trip: South Africa
Onye Ozi: Nigeria
Felix: South Africa
Of Good Report: South Africa
Potomanto: Ghana
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Make-up
A Mile from Home: Nigeria
Apaye: Nigeria
Once Upon A Road Trip: South Africa
Felista Fable: Uganda
Potomanto: Ghana
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Costume Design
Good Old Days: Love of AA: Ghana
Apaye: Nigeria
Omo Elemosho: Nigeria
Ni Sisi: Kenya
The Forgotten Kingdom: South Africa
AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Production Design
Northern Affair: Ghana
Of Good Report: South Africa
Ni Sisi: Kenya
Good Old Days: Love of AA: Ghana
Apaye: Nigeria
AMAA 2014 Special Jury Prize for Short Film
New Horizon: Nigeria
AMAA 2014 Joyce Banda Award for Film on Wom
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