‘The Delivery Boy’, a movie by Adekunle Adejuyigbe and ‘King of Boys’, Kemi Adetiba’s political thriller, have garnered the most nominatio...
‘The Delivery Boy’, a movie by Adekunle Adejuyigbe and ‘King
of Boys’, Kemi Adetiba’s political thriller, have garnered the most
nominations for the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).
The long-awaited nomination list, featuring films from across Africa, was broadcast live by the academy on Wednesday night.
Nigeria garnered the most nominations with ‘The Delivery Boy’ scoring 12 nominations while the Adetiba-directed ‘King of Boys’ got eight.
Actors in ‘The Delivery Boy’, a film that explores the backstory of terrorism, earned nominations for ‘Best Actress’ in a leading role (Jemima Osunde) and promising actor (Jammal Ibrahim).
The film, produced by Something Unusual Studios with technical work by The Elite Film Team (TEFT), also snagged several production nominations.
They include nominations for ‘Best Achievement in Visual Effects’, ‘Best Achievement in Sound’, ‘Best Achievement in Cinematography’, ‘Best Achievement in Editing’ and ‘Best Achievement in Screenplay’.
Other nominations are ‘Best Nigerian Film’, ‘Best Achievement in Production Design’, and ‘Best Film’ while Adejuyigbe got nominated for ‘Best Director’ alongside Kemi Adetiba for ‘King of Boys’.
Adetiba’s 2018 thriller also earned Adesua Etomi-Wellington a nomination for the category ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’, as Reminisce, Nigerian musician, landed the ‘Best Actor in a Supporting Role’.
Other Nigerian films nominated include are ‘Up north’; ‘Skin’, Beverly Naya’s anti-skin bleaching documentary; ‘Lara and the Beat’; ‘Hello Rain’; ‘Make Room’ and ‘Light in the Dark’.
See the full list below:
Efere Ozako Award For Best Short Film
AMAA is Africa’s oldest and biggest academy award for films presented
annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or
non-African professionals who have contributed to the African film
industry.
The long-awaited nomination list, featuring films from across Africa, was broadcast live by the academy on Wednesday night.
Nigeria garnered the most nominations with ‘The Delivery Boy’ scoring 12 nominations while the Adetiba-directed ‘King of Boys’ got eight.
Actors in ‘The Delivery Boy’, a film that explores the backstory of terrorism, earned nominations for ‘Best Actress’ in a leading role (Jemima Osunde) and promising actor (Jammal Ibrahim).
The film, produced by Something Unusual Studios with technical work by The Elite Film Team (TEFT), also snagged several production nominations.
They include nominations for ‘Best Achievement in Visual Effects’, ‘Best Achievement in Sound’, ‘Best Achievement in Cinematography’, ‘Best Achievement in Editing’ and ‘Best Achievement in Screenplay’.
Other nominations are ‘Best Nigerian Film’, ‘Best Achievement in Production Design’, and ‘Best Film’ while Adejuyigbe got nominated for ‘Best Director’ alongside Kemi Adetiba for ‘King of Boys’.
Adetiba’s 2018 thriller also earned Adesua Etomi-Wellington a nomination for the category ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’, as Reminisce, Nigerian musician, landed the ‘Best Actor in a Supporting Role’.
Other Nigerian films nominated include are ‘Up north’; ‘Skin’, Beverly Naya’s anti-skin bleaching documentary; ‘Lara and the Beat’; ‘Hello Rain’; ‘Make Room’ and ‘Light in the Dark’.
See the full list below:
Efere Ozako Award For Best Short Film
- The Fisherman (Ghana)
- A Tune of Kora (Senegal)
- ICYASHA (Rwanda)
- NAMOW2018 (Kenya)
- Vagabond (Ghana)
- Measure of a Woman (S. Africa)
- Mma Moeketsi (S. Africa)
- Motswakwa (Botswana)
- Tonight’s Opening Act (Egypt)
- Hello Rain (Nigeria)
- Kitwana Journey (Kenya)
- Choices – Nigeria
- Isolated- Kenya
- Afrogames – Burkina Faso
- Djambar, Sembene the Unsubmissive (Cameroun)
- The State Against Mandela (South Africa)
- Golden Fish, African Fish (Senegal)
- Skin (Nigeria)
- Khartoum Offside (Sudan)
- Le loups d’or de Balole (Burkina Faso)
- Sur Les Traces de Mamani Abdoulaye (Niger)
- No Gold For Katsaka (Burkina Faso)
- Mother, I am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)
- Makeroom (Nigeria)
- Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- Bahasha -The Envelope (Tanzania)
- Azali (Ghana)
- Julius Amedume – Rattlesnakes
- Tosin Coker – Lara and the Beats
- Robert O. Peters – Makeroom
- Bail (UK)
- Oath Bound (UK)
- Fevah (USA)
- I Am Superman (Brazil)
- Wax Print 1 FABRIC, 4 continent (UK)
- The Guardian of No Return (Guadalope)
- Dare to Dream (USA/CUBA)
- Drugs as Weapons Against Us (USA)
- My Friend Fela (Brazil)
- Nine Nights (UK)
- Olympia (USA)
- Traffik (US)
- Hero (Trinidad and Tobago/Canada)
- Sprinter (Jamaica)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Stories (S. Africa)
- Urgent (Morroco)
- Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
- Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Light in the Dark (Nigeria)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- King of Boys (Nigeria
- Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
- Urgent (Morocco)
- Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
- Makeroom (Nigeria)
- Gold Statue (Nigeria)
- Veronica’s Wish (Uganda)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Before the Vows (GHANA)
- Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
- The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- Subira (Kenya)
- Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
- Farewell Ella Bella (S. AFRICA)
- Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
- The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- Makeroom (Nigeria)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Knockout Blessing (Nigeria)
- Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
- The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- The King of Boys (Nigeria)
- Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- The Last Victim (S. Africa)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Makeroom (Nigeria)
- The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- Urgent (Morocco)
- Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- Mabata Bata (Mozambique
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Mother, I am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- The Last Victim (S. Africa)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- The Gold Statute (Nigeria)
- Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)
- Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
- Sew The Winter To My Skin (S. Africa)
- The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- The Last Victim (S. Africa)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)
- Gold Statute (Morocco)
- Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- Up North (Nigeria)
- The Delivery Boy
- Lara and the Beats
- Makeroom
- King of Boys
- Gold Statut
- Up North
- Knockout Blessing
- Youssef Alaoui (Ayoub) URGENT
- Angel Onyinyechi Unigwe (Adaeze) LIGHT IN THE DARK
- Cynthia Dankwa (Esi) BURIAL OF KOJO
- Emilio Bilo (Azarias) Mabata Bata
- Jamma Ibrahim (Amir) The Delivery Boy
- Catherine Credo (Neema) Fatuma
- Remilekun “Reminisce” Sarafu (Makanaki) King of Boys
- Jarrid Geduld 9 (Abie) Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story
- Zolisa Xaluva (Wyatt Earp) Sew the Winter to my Skin
- Kanayo O. Kanyayo (Chief Otuekong) Up North
- Kobina Amissah-Sam (Kwabina) The Burial of Kojo
- Bucci Franklyn (Dagogo) Knockout Blessing
- Eniola Shobayo (Vivian) Knockout Blessing
- Linda Ejiofer (Oby) Knockout Blessing
- Kandyse McClure (Golden Eyes) Sew the Winter to My Skin
- Adesua Etomi (Kemi) The King of Boys
- Joke Silva (Mama Jumoke) Light in the Dar
- Arlete Bombe (Mia) Redemption
- Gabriel Afolayan Gold Statue
- Joseph Otsiman (Kojo) The Burial of Kojo
- Chinedu Ikedieze (Big Chi) Lara and the Beats
- Jimmy Jean Louis (Robert McQueen) Rattlesnakes
- Gil Alexandre (Bruno) Redemption
- Marc Zinga ( )Mercy of the Jungle)
- Ezra Mabengeza (Samson) Sew The Winter To My Skin
- Ayoub Bombwe ( Mwanyusi ) Fatuma
- Sheila Munyiva (Ziki) Rafik
- Rita Dominic (Jumoke Arinze) Light in the Dark
- Jill Levenberg (Ellen) The Ellen Parkies Story
- Beatrice Taisamo (Fatuma) Fatuma
- Seyi Shay (Lara) Lara and the Beats
- Sola Sobowale (Eniola) King of Boys
- Jemima Osunde (Nkem) The Delivery Boy
- Samantha Mugatsia (Kena) Rafiki
- Blitz Bazawule – The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
- Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe – The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- Sippy Chadha – Subira (Tanzania)
- Nicole Amarteifo – Before the Vows (Ghana)
- Wanuri Kahui – Rafiki (Kenya)
- Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe – The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- Daryne Joshua -Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story (S. Africa)
- Jahmil X. Qubeka – Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Kemi Adetiba – King of Boys (Nigeria)
- Mohcine Besri – Urgent (Morocco)
- Mickey Fonseca – Redemption (Mozambique)
- Joël Karekezi- Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
- Rafiki (Kenya)
- Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
- The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
- Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story (S. Africa)
- Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)
- Redemption (Mozambique)
- King of Boys (Nigeria)
- Urgent (Morocco)
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