11th Africa Movie Academy Awards

2015 film awards ceremony June 2026 July 2017 11 Africa Movie Academy Awards September 2015 Port Elizabeth, South Africa Omotola Jalade Camille Winbush Africa Film Academy Timbuktu Timbuktu (5) iNumber Number and Run (12) 10th 12th The 2015 Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony honouring films of 2014 was scheduled to take place in June 2015 but held on 26 September 2015. The gala night was moved to June as opposed to the regular March–May season in honour of Michael Anyiam-Osigwe, a longtime entertainment patron and brother to the founder and former C.E.O. of the award ceremony, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. This years' award will be the first in the post-Osigwe's era of the ceremony, after her formal resignation in March.http://www.punchng.com/entertainment/arts-life/amaa-2015-organisers-call-for-entries/ AMAA 2015: Organisers call for entries 8 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073045/http://www.punchng.com/entertainment/arts-life/amaa-2015-organisers-call-for-entries/ 18 May 2015 dead dmy-all The Punchhttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/amaa-2015-to-hold-in-june-receives-800-films/ Lagos, Nigeria AMAA 2015 To Hold In June, Receives 800 Films 8 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085439/http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/amaa-2015-to-hold-in-june-receives-800-films/ 18 May 2015 live dmy-all The Guardian Ceremony information Entries to the ceremony were originally opened from 1 September 2014 to 1 December 2014. However, the closing date was extended to 31 January 2015 to enable more entries. Films and documentaries that were produced from December 2013 to December 2014 were eligible for selection. A total of 800 films were submitted to the Film Academy. The nomination ceremony was held in May before the Nigerian presidential inauguration date on the 29th.http://pulse.ng/events/africa-movie-academy-awards-2015-edition-to-hold-in-june-id3446810.html Africa Movie Academy Awards: 2015 edition to hold in June Chinedu Adiele 30 January 2015 pulse.ng 8 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518071249/http://pulse.ng/events/africa-movie-academy-awards-2015-edition-to-hold-in-june-id3446810.html 18 May 2015 live dmy-allhttp://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/amaa-holds-in-june-entries-closes-january-31/200477/ AMAA Holds in June, Entries Closes January 31, Articles - THISDAY LIVE 8 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084245/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/amaa-holds-in-june-entries-closes-january-31/200477/ 18 May 2015 dead dmy-all This Day Winners Best Film Best Director Timbuktu (Mauritania) October 1 (Nigeria) Triangle: Going to America (Ethiopia) iNumber Number (South Africa) Run (CIV) | valign="top" | Abderrahmane Sissako – Timbuktu (Mauritania) Theodros Teshome Kebede - Triangle Going to America (Ethiopia) Theo Nel – iNumber Number Philippe Lacôte – Run Kunle Afolayan – October 1 (Nigeria) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Actor in a leading role ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Actress in a leading role |- | valign="top" | Sadiq Daba (October 1) Tony Kroroge (Cold Harbour) Sdumo Matshali (iNumber Number) Abdoul Kareem Konate (Run) Gerard Essomba (Le President) | valign="top" | Lesliana Pereira (Njinga: Queen Of Angola) Queen Nwokoye (Chetanna) Aida Wang (Juliet and Romeo) Joselyn Dumas (Silver rain) Ini Edo (While You Slept) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Actor in a supporting role ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Actress in a supporting role |- | valign="top" | Samson Tadese (Triangle Going to America) Israel Makoe (iNumber Number) Paul Obazele (Iyore) Chumani Pan (Silver Rain) OC Ukeje (Love or Something Like That) | valign="top" | Hilda Dokubo (Stigma) Ama Ampofo (Devil in the Detail) Toulou Kiki (Timbuktu) Reina Salicoulibaly (Run) Prossy Rukundo (Boda Boda Thieves) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Young/Promising Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Child Actor |- | valign="top" | Kemi Lala Akindoju & Hassan Spike Insingoma (Dazzling Mirage & Boda Boda Thieves) Demola Adedoyin (October 1) Vinjeru Kamanga (Bella) Chiedza Mhende (Love The One You Love) | valign="top" | Layla Walet Mohammed & Mehdi A.G Mohammed (Timbuktu) Joshua Ibrahim & Daniel Ibrahim (A Place in the Stars) Any Bobmanuel & Akonte Bobmanuel (Stigma) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best First Feature Film by a Director ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Bayelsa State Government Endowed Award for Best Nigerian Film |- | valign="top" | Destiny Ekeragha (Gone too far) Jenna Bass (Love the One You Love) Tawonga Taddja Nkhonjera (Bella) Carey Mckenzie (Cold Harbour) | valign="top" | October 1 Invasion 1897 Dazzling Mirage Iyore A Place in the Stars Best Diaspora Feature Film Best Diaspora Documentary Supremacy (USA) Cru (USA) Under the Starry Sky (France) | valign="top" | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (USA) Jimmy Goes to Nollywood – (USA/Haiti) Bound: Africans vs African Americans (USA) Black Panther Woman (Australia) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in An African Language ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Documentary |- | valign="top" | Timbuktu – Mauritania Triangle Going To America – Ethiopia Chetanna (Nigeria) Juliet And Romeo (Burkina Faso) iNumber Number (South Africa) | valign="top" | Egypt Modern Pharaohs (Egypt) The Dream Of Shahrazad (South Africa) Nelson Mandela, the Myth and Me (South Africa) Beats of the Antonov (Sudan) The Supreme Price (Nigeria/USA) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Diaspora Short film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Efere Ozako Award for Best Short film |- | valign="top" | Sound Of Tears (Canada) Hand to the Sky (USA) Calm (UK) | valign="top" | Twaaga (Burkina Faso) Stories of Our Lives (Kenya) Aisha’s Story (Nigeria) Gulped of the Blue Sea (Togo) Memoir of a Honest Voice (Sierra Leone) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Animation ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Achievement in Screenplay |- | valign="top" | The Legacies Of Rubbies (Nigeria) The Throne (Nigeria) Alternative to Corporal Punishment (Namibia) Akorkoli (Ghana) | valign="top" | Le President (Cameroon) While You Slept Timbuktu Love or Something Like That Run Achievement in Editing Achievement in Cinematography Timbuktu iNumber Number Triangle Going to America Run October 1 Lonbraz Kann (Mauritius) Triangle Going to America (Ethiopia) iNumber Number (South Africa) Run - Côte d'Ivoire Timbuktu - Mauritius |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Achievement in Sound ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Achievement in Visual Effects |- | valign="top" | Lonbraz Kann Le President Timbuktu Run iNumber Number iNumber Number Invasion 1897 Kpians Run Triangle Going To America Achievement in Soundtrack Achievement in Makeup Triangle Going To America A Place in the Stars Iyore Njinga: Queen Of Angola Timbuktu Njinga: Queen Of Angola Run Iyore Silver Rain iNumber Number Achievement In Costume Design Achievement In Production Design October 1 Run iNumber Number Njinga: Queen Of Angola Dazzling Mirage iNumber Number October 1 Le President Run Timbuktu Best Film by an African Living Abroad Best Comedy Film Fevers - France/Morocco Gone Too Far - Nigeria/UK Thorns of Roses (O Esphinho Da Rosa) - Guinea Bissau/Portugal Affairs of the Heart - Nigeria/USA | valign="top" | 30 Days in Atlanta Iya Alalake Last Three Digits Lifetime Achievement Award Special Jury Prize Tony Vander Heyden Le President' Triangle Going To America Special Recognition Posthumous award Africa Magic Kingsley Ogoro Oronto Douglas Honorary Advisor: Tony Elumelu References Category:2015 film awards Category:2015 in Nigerian cinema Category:Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies Awar