The 14th edition of the award which was held in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday, saw Nollywood with the highest win, with 12 awards in the 27 categories.
The highest single winner of the evening was Michael Mattew’s Five Fingers for Marseilles from South Africa. The movie won 5 awards including the biggest award of the night, Award for Best Film.
Check out the full list below:
1. Efere Ozaka award for best short film
Dem Dem – Senegal/Belgium
Zenith – Cameroun/USA
It Rains on Ouga – Burkina Faso
In Shadows – Kenya ?Coat of Harm – Nigeria
Tikitat Soulima – Morocco (Winner)
Nice, Very Nice – Algeria
Visions (Shaitan, Buruja, Brood) – Nigeria
Fallou – Senegal
Still Water Runs Deep – Nigeria/USA
2. Jubrill Mailafia award for best animation
Group Photo – Nigeria
Belly Flop – South Africa (Winner)
Untitled – Ghana
Crush – Nigeria
3. AMAA 2018 award for best documentary
Bigger Than Africa – Nigeria/USA
Winnie – South Africa
Boxing Libreville – Gabon
Silas – South Africa/Kenya
When Babies Don’t Come – South Africa
Uncertain Future – Burundi (Winner)
We Came In Sprint Carts – South Africa.
4. Ousmane Sembene award for best film in an African Language
Mansoor – Nigeria
Five Fingers For Marseilles – South Africa (Winner)
Icheke Oku – Nigeria
Agwaetiti Obiuto – Nigeria
Nyasaland – Malawi
Tunu – Tanzania
5. Michael Anyiam Osigwe award for best film by an African living abroad.
Minister – Nigeria/Italy
Alexandra – Nigeria/USA (Winner)
Low Lifes And High Hopes – Nigeria/Austria
6. AMAA 2018 award for best diaspora short
Torments of Love (Guadeloupe) (Winner)
Baby Steps (USA)
Intercept (USA)
7. AMAA 2018 award for best diaspora documentary
Evolutionary Blues (USA)
Barrows: Freedom Fighter (Barbados) (Winner)
Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Got To Be Me (USA)
8. AMAA 2018 award for best diaspora narrative feature
Angelica (Puerto Rico) (Winner)
Love Jacked (Canada)
Charlie: La Vie Magnifique Charlie (USA)
9. AMAA 2018 award for achievement in production design
Kada River
Five Fingers For Marseille (Winner)
Tatu
In My Country
Cross Roads
10. AMAA 2018 achievement in costume design
Icheke Oku
Cross Roads
Esohe
Five Fingers For Marseille
Isoken (Winner)
11. AMAA 2018 award for achievement in make-up
Siembamba
Icheke Oku (Winner)
Five Fingers For Marseille
Esohe
The Road To Sunshine
12. AMAA 2018 award for achievement in sound
The Lost Café
The Road To Sunshine
Hotel Called Memory (Winner)
Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
Sidechic Gang
13. AMAA 2018 award for achievement in visual effect
Siembamba
Icheke Oku
Lucky Specials (Winner)
Esohe
Kada River
14. AMAA 2018 award for best young/promising actor
Patrick Dibuah – Banana Island Ghost
Austin Enabulele – In My Country
Cindy Sanyu – Bella
Anine Lansari – The Blessed Vost (Les Bienheureux) (Winner)
Maurice Paige – Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
Nichole Ozioma Banna – Icheke Oku
Zainab Balogun – Sylva
15. AMAA 2018 award for best actor in a supporting role
Seun Ajayi – Ojukokoro
Lionel Newton – Pop Lock ‘N’ Roll
Akah Nani – Banana Island Ghost
Richard Lukunku – Lucky Specials
Gideon Okeke – Cross Roads (Winner)
16. Ayiam Osigwe Foundation award for best Nigerian film
Cross Roads
In My Country
