AMAA AWARDS 2015 WINNNERS

Omotola and co

The 2015 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) happened last Saturday at the Broad Walk Centre in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It was a night of the best of African cinema. At the end of the event, Ghana won no award at the 11th edition of the AMAAs, as the country’s only hope, Joselyn Dumas lost her award.

But winners include The Legacies of Rubies – Nigeria (Best Animation), Layla Walet and Mehdi A. G. Mohammed – Timbuktu (Best Child Actor), October 1 (Best Nigerian Film), Egypt Modern Pharaohs (Best Documentary), Supremacy – USA (Best Diaspora), Twaga – Burkina Faso (Best Short Film), Fevers – Morocco (Best Film By An African Living Abroad), INumber Number (Best Visual Effect) and Njinga: Queen of Angola – Angola (Winner for Achievement in Make-up).

Others include Lobraz Kaan – Mauritius (Achievement in sound)), Triangle – Ethiopia (Best Achievement in soundtrack), Timbuktu (Achievement in editing), 30 Days in Atlanta – Nigeria (Best Comedy Film), Le President – Cameroun (Achievement in Screenplay), Samson Tadese, Traingle – Ethiopia (Best actor in a Supporting Role), Joint award to Kemi Lala Akindoju (Dazzling Mirage) and Hassan Spike (Boda Boda Thieves), Hilda Dokubo – Nigeria (Best Actress in a Supporting Role), Sadiq Daba (Best Actor in a Leading Role) and Destiny (Best First Feature Film by a Director).