{"id":393,"date":"2016-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/china.chinaacheru.com\/wp\/2016\/12\/06\/full-list-2016-african-movie-academy-awards-amaa-nominees\/"},"modified":"2016-12-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T00:00:00","slug":"full-list-2016-african-movie-academy-awards-amaa-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaacheru.com\/staging\/full-list-2016-african-movie-academy-awards-amaa-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"FULL LIST: 2016 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The full 2016 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominees list has been revealed.
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Movies from around Africa and the diaspora will slug it out in different categories.
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The AMAA nomination list was announced yesterday evening at the Protea Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, by the AMAA Jury President Husseini Shaibu.
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The awards ceremony holds on 11th of June 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
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Find the complete list of nominees below:
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EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
1. Encounter \u2013 Nigeria
2. Le Chemin \u2013 Cote De Voire
3. Blood Taxi \u2013 Nigeria
4. Meet The Parents \u2013 Nigeria\/Canada
5. Nourah The Holy Light \u2013 Burkina Faso
6. Ireti \u2013 Nigeria
7. Life of Nigerian Couple \u2013 Nigeria
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
1. The Pencil \u2013 Burkina Faso
2. The Peculiar Life of a Spider \u2013 Ghana
3. Funsie Fast Fingers \u2013 Nigeria
4. Lazare Sie Pale \u2013 Burkina Faso
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
1, My Fathers Funeral \u2013 Cameroon
2. Nollywood \u2013 Nigeria
3. Tchindas- Cape Verde
4. The Fruitless Tree \u2013 Niger
5. Runs \u2018I too Seek The Horizon\u2019 \u2013 Nigeria\/UK
6. Camera\/Woman \u2013 Morocco
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OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
1. Brotherhood Eye \u2013 Mali
2. Bala Bala Sese \u2013 Uganda
3. Missing God \u2013 Nigeria
4. Cursed Treasure \u2013 Ghana
5. Wako \u2013 Uganda
6. Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) \u2013 Ghana
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MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
1. Lambadina \u2013 Ethiopia\/USA
2. Skinned \u2013 Liberia\/USA
3. LAPD African Cop \u2013 USA\/Nigeria
4. Boxing Day \u2013 USA\/Nigeria
5. MONA \u2013 Nigeria\/UK
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
1. Lines \u2013 USA
2. Raptors \u2013 USA
3. Across The Track \u2013 USA
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
1. Can You Dig This- USA
2. America\u2019s Blues \u2013 USA
3. Spirits of Rebellion \u2013 USA
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
1. America Is Still the Place \u2013 USA
2. Ben & Ara \u2013 USA
3. Luv Don\u2019t Live Here \u2013 USA
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. The Cursed One \u2013 Ghana
2. Soldiers Story \u2013 Nigeria
3. Ayanda- South Africa
4. Missing God \u2013 Nigeria
5. Out of Luck- Nigeria
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AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
1. Eye of the storm
2. Oshimiri
3. The Cursed One
4. Ayanda
5. Soldiers Story
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
1. Oshimiri
2. The Cursed One
3. Missing God
4. Soldiers Story
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
1. O-Town \u2013 Nigeria
2. Tell Me Sweet Something \u2013 South Africa
3. The Cursed One \u2013 Ghana
4. Hear me Move \u2013 South Africa
5. Le Pagne- Niger
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
1. Hear me Move \u2013 South Africa
2. Oshimiri \u2013 Nigeria
3. Stupid Movie \u2013 Nigeria
4. House Arrest \u2013 Uganda
5. Soldiers Story \u2013 Nigeria
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
1. Eye of the Storm- Burkina Faso
2. Fifty \u2013 Nigeria
3. The Cursed One \u2013 Ghana
4. Behind Closed Doors \u2013 Morocco
5. Falling \u2013 Nigeria
6. Rebecca- Ghana
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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
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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
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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
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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\u2019Town
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG\/ PROMISING ACTOR
1. Nyanso Dzedze \u2013 Hear Me Move
2. Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu \u2013 The Cursed One
3. Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge \u2013 Dry
4. Ifu Ennada \u2013 O\u2019Town
5. Eve Esin \u2013 Oshimiri
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Joseph Otsiman \u2013 The Cursed One
2. Uti Nwachukwu \u2013 Breathless
3. Abidine Dioari \u2013 Eye of the Storm
4. Adeolu Adekola \u2013 Taxi Driver
5. Kenneth Nkosi \u2013 Ayanda
6. Thomas Gumede- Tell Me Sweet Something
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Thishiwe Ziqubu \u2013 Tell me Sweet Something
2. Maureen Okpoko \u2013 Missing God
3. Ijeoma Grace Agu \u2013 Jimi Bendel\/ Taxi Driver
4. Bontte Modiselle \u2013 Hear Me Move
5. Nthati Moshesh \u2013 Ayanda
6. Linda Ejiofor\u2013 Out of Luck
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Oris Erhuero \u2013 The Cursed One
2. OC Ukeje \u2013 Ayanda
3. Fragass Assande \u2013 Eye of the Storm
4. Masego \u2018Maps\u2019 Maponyane \u2013 Tell me Sweet Something
5. Daniel k. Daniel \u2013 Soldiers Story
6. Biuferi Yakoubi \u2013 La Pagne
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Zineb Odeib \u2013 Behind Closed Doors
2. Adesua Etomi- Falling
3. Fulu Mugovhani \u2013 Ayanda
4. Maimouna N\u2019Daiye \u2013 Eye of the Storm
5. Iretiola Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe Etim, Omoni Oboli \u2013 Fifty
6. Nomzamo Mbatha \u2013 Tell me Sweet Something
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
1. MONA \u2013 Anthony Abuah
2. Beyond Blood \u2013 Greg Odutayo
3. 8 Bars and a Clef- Chioma Onyenwe
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
1. Nana Obiri-Yeboah \u2013 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 \u2013 Dry
7. Akin Omotoso \u2013 Tell me Sweet Something
8. Mohammed Ahed Bensouda \u2013 Behind Closed Doors
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AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
1. The Cursed One \u2013 Ghana
2. Fifty \u2013 Nigeria
3. Eye of the Storm \u2013 Burkina Faso
4. Ayanda \u2013 South Africa
5. La Pagne- Niger
6. Dry \u2013 Nigeria
7. Tell me Sweet Something- South Africa
8. Behind Closed Doors- Morocco
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Culled from www.africanspotlight.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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