The 2023 nominees for the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) have been made public. AMAA was founded in 2005 as a division of the Africa Film Academy and has since grown to become the most prestigious and sought-after forum for filmmakers across the African continent to get recognition.
The nominees for the 2023 Africa Movie Academy Awards represent a wide range of categories, each showcasing the extraordinary talent blossoming in the African cinema industry.
The jury, chaired by Zimbabwean curator Keith Shiri, and the organizers revealed the 19th AMAA nominations. On September 21, the much-awaited announcement was made at The Saffron Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.
Reputable Nigerian movies like "Gangs of Lagos," "Anikulapo," "The Trade," "Mami Wata," "Obara'm," and "Bashoru Gaa" have received honorable nominations.
AMAA 2023 Nomination List
1.Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film
•Lions (Ethiopia),
•Riel (Namibia),
•Enmity Djinn (Mauritania)
2. Jubril Malaifia Award for Best Animation.
•Lost - Uganda
•Azania Rises - South Africa
•Jabari - Ghana
•Bashorun Gaa - Nigeria
3. Best Documentary:
•Senegal/Canada's "Africa, Cradle of Humankind and Modern Civilization"
• Maayo Wonaa Keerol - The River is not a Border - Senegal;
•Nightlife in Lasgidi - Nigeria;
•Le Spectre de Boko Haram -Cameroon,
•Ifine (Beauty) - Sierra Leone
4.Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language.
•Pusha Pressa Phanda -(South Africa),
•Anikulapo -(Nigeria),
•The Kitara Chronicle -(Uganda),
•Four Walls -(South Africa),
•Mami Wata -(Nigeria)
5. Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best Movie Directed by an African-American Living Abroad
• Golden Stripes -(Nigeria/UK)
• Talia's Journey -(Senegal/Belgium)
• KOFA -Nigeria/Canada
6 Best Diaspora Short Film:
•We Were Meant To -(USA),
•The Ballad of Olive Morris -(UK),
•Fifty-Four Days -(UK)
•Raw Materials -(Jamaica).
7 Best Diaspora Documentary.
•Sound of the Police -United States
•Fantastico Negrito: Have you yet lost completely insane? the United States
• Black Rio -Brazil
8 Best Diaspora Narrative Feature
•The Pastor and the Revolutionary-Brazil
•Chee$e -Trinidad and Tobago
•Our Father, The Devil- United States
9. Best Production Design Achievements:
•Anikulapo (Nigeria)
•Omen (DRC)
•Sira (Burkina Faso)
•Fight Like a Girl (Rwanda)
•Gereza (South Africa).
10.Best Achievement In Costume Design.
•Mami Wata- Nigeria
•Anikulapo - Nigeria
•4-4-44 (Four Four Forty Four)- Nigeria
• Sira - Burkina Faso
•Omen - DRC
•Xalé - Senegal
11. Best Achievement in Make-Up: •Gangs of Lagos -(Nigeria)
•Mami Wata -(Nigeria)
•Anikulapo -(Nigeria)
•Omen -(DRC)
•Our Lady of the Chinese Shop -(Angola)
12. Best Achievement in Soundtrack •Fight Like a Girl -Rwanda
•L'Axe Lourd (The Highway)-Cameroon
•Gereza -South Africa
•Omen -DRC
•4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four)-Nigeria.
13. Best Visual Effects Achievement: •Omen -(DRC)
•Mami Wata -(Nigeria)
•The Trade -(Nigeria)
•Gangs of Lagos -(Nigeria).
14. Best Achievement in Sound:
•Mami Wata- (Nigeria)
•Our Lady of the Chinese Shop -(Angola)
•Sira -(Burkina Faso)
•Omen -(DRC)
•Xalé -(Senegal)
15. Best Achievement in Cinematography.
•Mami Wata-(Nigeria)
•Omen-(DRC)
•Fight Like a Girl -(Rwanda)
•Talia Journey -(Senegal /Belgium)
•Our Lady of the Chinese Shop-(Angola).