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The Complete AMAA 2021 Nomination List

by The Culture Newspaper October 30, 2021
by The Culture Newspaper October 30, 2021
  1. EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
    1) Meat – Uganda
    2) Enroute – Bourkina Fasso
    3) A Better Friend – Ghana
    4) Find Me By The River – South Africa
    5) In Extremis – DRC
    6) Portrait of Princess Tutu – Cote d’Ivoire
    7) The Long Night In Abuja – Nigeria
     
  2. JUBRIL MALAFIA AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
    1) Room 5 – Ghana
    2) Shaka-Inklosi Yamakhosi – South Africa
    3) The Pyramid – Egypt
    4) Mofiala – Togo
    5) Lady Buckit & the Motley Mopster – Nigeria
    6) A Thousand Fate – Uganda
    7) White Nights – Algeria
     
  3. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
    1) Softie – Kenya
    2) The Sacred Woods – Tunisia
    3) Postcard – Morocco
    4) Unmasked: Leadership, Trust & the Pandemic – Nigeria
    5) Linda Under Lockdown – South Africa
    6) Bulembu: History of a Culture – DRC
    7) Noboth – Uganda
    8) Zindet – Niger
     
  4. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT FILM
    1) Three Leaves (Haiti)
    2) In Other News (Canada)
    3) Blue (US)
    4) The Berne Identity (Switzerland)
    5) No Comprendo (UK)
     
  5. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
    1) Akwaaba – The Awakening (US)
  6. African Redemption: the Life of Marcus Garvey (US)
  7. Race Today Documentary (UK)
     
  8. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA NARRATIVE FEATURE
    1) Ride Share (US)
    2) Hal King (US)
    3) Residue (US)
     
  9. MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
    1) Blackmail – Obi Emelonye (Nigeria/UK)
    2) First Call – Angela Onuora (Nigeria/Canada)
    3) K.I.A.B – Eric Zoa & Oleksii Osyka (Cameroon/USA)
    4) Gone – Daniel Ademinokan (Nigeria/US)
     
  10. OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
    1) Bangarang – Robin Odongo (Kenya)
    2) Ayinla – Tunde Kelani (Nigeria)
    3) The Golddigger’s Wife – Khadar Ahmed (Somalia)
    4) Hotel on the Koppies – Charlie Vundler (South Africa)
    5) Nyara/The Kidnapping – Ram Ally Kasongo (Tanzania)
    6) Stain – Morris Mugisha (Uganda)
     
  11. AMAA 2021 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
    1) African American
    2) Buried
    3) Oba Bi Olorun
    4) Tecora
    5)  Eagles Wing
     
  12. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
    1) Fried Barry
    2) Tecora
    3) The Gravedigger’s Wife
    4) The Takers
    5) Mission To Rescue
     
  13. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
    1) Nneka The Pretty Serpent
    2) Stain
    3) Fried Barry
    4) The Takers
    5) Mission to Rescue
     
  14. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
    1) The Citation
    2) Nyara (The Kidnapper)
    3) The Gravedigger’s Wife
    4) This Lady Called Life
    5) Hotel on the Koppies
     
  15. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
    1) Hairareb
    2) African American
    3) The Gravedigger’s Wife
    4) Eyimofe
    5) La Femme Anjola
     
  16. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
    1) Tecora
    2) The Takers
    3) Nyara (The Kidnapping)
    4) The Gravedigger’s Wife
    5) Shadow Parties
     
  17. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
    1) Ayinla
    2) Black Medusa
    3) Stain
    4) Nyara (The Kidnapping)
    5) The Gravedigger’s Wife
     
  18. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
    1) Mission to Rescue
    2) Omo Ghetto: The Saga
    3) Nyala (The Kidnapping)
    4) Fried Barry
    5) Eyimofe
     
  19. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
    1) Chasing Lullaby
    2) Where I Come From
    3) Stain
    4) Collision Course
    5) Hairareb
     
  20. AMAA 2021- NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD (NFVCB) AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
    1) Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
    2) Ayinla
    3) Eyimofe
    4) The Citation
    5) Omo Ghetto: The Saga
    6) La Femme Anjola
    7) Collision Course
    8) Shadow Parties
     
  21. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
    1) Wilmah Muremera – Shaina
    2) Oluwabamike Olawunmi-Adenibuyan – Collision Course
    3) Faith Fidel – Where I Come From
    4) David Weda – Bangarang
    5) Bertha Abdallah – Nyara (The Kidnapping)
    6) Hannah Sukali – Fatsani: A Tale Of Survival
     
     
  22. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    1) Mulshid Mugabire – Monica
    2) Kelechi Udegbe – Collision Course
    3) Mehdi Hajri – Black Medusa
    4) Cameron Scott – Hotel on the Koppies
    5) Bimbo Manuel – Gone
     
  23. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    1) Gloria Anozie-Young  – Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
    2) Naana Hayford – Chasing Lullaby
    3) Tumi Morake – Seriously Single
    4) Hazel Hinda – Hairareb
    5) Ini Edo – The Citation
     
  24. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
    1) Gary Green – Fried Barry
    2) Lateef Adedimeji – Ayinla
    3) Melvin Alusa – Mission To Rescue
    4) Jude Akuwudike – Eyimofe
    5) Omar Abdi – The Gravedigger’s Wife
    6) David Njavera – Hairareb
    7) Nonso Bassey – La Femme Anjola
     
  25. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
    1) Lucie Memba Bois – Buried
    2) Funke Akindele – Omo Ghetto: The Saga
    3) Sarah Alina Grosz – Black Medusa
    4) Joan Agaba – Stain
    5) Phumi Mthembu – African American
    6) Rita Dominic – La Femme Anjola
    7) Claudine de Groot – Hairareb
     
  26. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
    1) Shaina – Beatrice Masvaure Alf (Zimbabwe)
    2) African American – Muzi Mthembu (South Africa)
    3) Eyimofe – Chuko & Ayie Esiri (Nigeria)
    4) The Gravedigger’s Wife – Khadar Ahmed (Somalia) * Black Medusa – Youssef Chebbi & Ismael (Tunisia)
    5) Fried Barry – Ryan Kruger (South Africa)
     
  27. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
    1) Gilbert Lukalia – (Mission To Rescue)
    2) Ryan Kruger – (Fried Barry)
    3) Khadar Ahmed – (The Gravedigger’s Wife)
    4) Morris Mugisha – (Stain)
    5) Chuko & Ayie Esiri – (Eyimofe)
    6) Oshoveli Shipoh – (Hairareb)
    7) Ram Ally Kasongo – (Nyara/The Kidnapping)
    8) Youssef Chebbi & Ismael – (Black Medusa)
  28. AMAA 2021 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
    1) Mission To Rescue (Kenya)
    2) Fried Barry (South Africa)
    3) The Gravedigger’s Wife (Somalia)
    4) Stain (Uganda)
    5) Eyimofe (Nigeria)
    6) Hairareb (Namibia)
    7) Nyara:The Kidnapping (Tanzania)
    8) Black Medusa (Tunisia)
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