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The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. The awards are aimed at ...
Best Film; Title Director Nation 1st: Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 30 May 2005 Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Segun Arinze: The Mayors [14] [15] [16] Dickson Iroegbu: Nigeria: 2nd: Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 29 April 2006 Frank Edoh, Chinyelu Anyiam-Osigwe Rising Moon [17] Andy Nwakalor: 3rd: Gloryland Cultural Center ...
The 2020 Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday 20 December 2020 online at the AMAA website due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] The award night was hosted by Lorenzo Menakaya. After the film entries were submitted, the date for the announcement of nominees was shifted from 20 November to 30 November. [3]
Awards have been divided into four major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of critics; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival; industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry; and audience awards, which are voted ...
The Producers Guild Visionary Award celebrates producers in television, film, or emerging media whose unique storytelling or performances uplift and inspire our culture. Stanley Kramer Award Presented to outstanding contributions in film, television, or related fields, this award recognizes individuals or entities whose work sheds light on ...
Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director, best known for her film From a Whisper, which was awarded Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009. Nearly 10 years after the release of From a Whisper , Kahiu's film Rafiki , a coming-of-age romantic drama about two teenage girls in the present-day Kenya.
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Ugandan film director, screenwriter, and producer Usama Mukwaya.His major nominations include the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language for the film Bala Bala Sese and three nominations at the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards, two for the 2023 film, The Passenger and best short film for the 2021 film ...
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry. [1] [2] They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [3]