The 2016
Winners include Daniel K Daniel, Thishiwe Ziqubu, "Meet the Parents," "Dry," "Soldier Story," "Tell Me Something New," among others.
Check out full list of winners below.
AMAA 2016 Award for Best Short Film
- Meet The Parents - Nigeria/Canada
BEST ANIMATION
- The Pencil - Burkina Faso
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- The Fruitless Tree - Niger
BEST DIASPORA SHORT
- Across The Track - USA
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- Lambadina - Ethiopia/USA
BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
- Ben & Ara - USA
BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
- Agents of Change
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
- Eye of the Storm
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- The Cursed One - Ghana
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
- Soldiers Story
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
- O-Town - Nigeria
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL ARTS
- Oshimiri - Nigeria
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Cursed One
ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
- Hear me Move
ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
- Tell me Something Sweet
RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
- Dry
OUSMANE SEMBENE AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
- Missing God - Nigeria
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Abidine Dioari - Eye of the Storm
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
- Thishiwe Ziqubu - Tell Me Something Sweet
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- Daniel K Daniel - Soldiers Story
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- Fulu Mugovhani - Ayanda
BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
- Beyond Blood - Greg Odutayo
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva
BEST FILM
- Eye of the Storm - Burkina Faso
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- Nana Obiri-Yaboah, Maximilian Clausse - The Cursed One
BEST YOUNG / PROMISING ACTOR
- Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge - Dry
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