Winners have emerged at the 2022 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held at the Jewel Aeida Hall in Lekki, Lagos state, on October 30, 2022.
The award celebrates excellence in the African movie industry.
Winners Of 2022 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)
- Efere Ozako AMAA 2022 Award for Best Short film
Enroute -Burkina Faso
Al-Sit -Sudan Astel -Senegal (WINNER)
A Lisbon Affair- Angola
Mamadou – Equatorial Guinea
Houminvi – Benin
Men-tally- Nigeria
Tender Threads – Morocco
- Jubril Malafia AMAA 2022 Award for Best Animation
On the Surface – Iceland
Opal – Martinique
Kenda – Cote D’Ivoire
No Way Out – Uganda (WINNER)
Skin Like Mine – USA
PTD – Nigeria
- Best Documentary
Taamaden – Mali
No Simple Way Home -Sudan
The Last Shelter – Mali
No U Turn – Nigeria (WINNER)
Transaction – Zimbabwe
Lobola, a Bride’s True Price?- South Africa
Africa Moot – South Africa
When a Farm Goes Aflame — Nigeria/Germany
- AMAA 2022 Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language
Borga – Ghana
Tug of War – Tanzania (WINNER)
Tembele – Uganda
Surviving Gaza – South Africa
Alaise – Nigeria
Medicine Man – Kenya
- AMAA 2022 National Film & Video Censors Board (NFVCB) Award for Best Nigerian Film
Man of God — (WINNER)
Alaise
Swallow
Jolly Roger
Almajiri
Money Miss Road
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Young/Promising Actor
Emmanuel Afffadzi – Borga
Kebirungi Agnes Knight – Tinka’s Story
Amina Mohammed – Ayaanle (WINNER)
Maryam Waziri Salihu – Almajiri
Samke Makhaba – Surviving Gaza
Emmanuel Kuye – Ba Ni (Mud Clan)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Aphiwe Mkefe – Surviving Gaza
Wale Ojo – A Song from the Dark
Adjetey Annag – Borga (WINNER)
Tshamano Sebe – Angeliene
Toyin Osinaike – Jolly Roger
Segun Arinze – Almajiri
Josh2Funny – Money Miss Road
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lydia Forson – Borga
Samke Makhoba Surviving Gaza
Ijeoma Grace Agu – Swallow (WINNER)
Siti Amina -Tug of War
Maryam S Wazari – Ba Ni (Mud Clan)
Dorcas Shola Fapson – Man of God
Nse Ikpe Etim – A Song From The Dark
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
Patrick Nkakalukanyi – Tembele
Daniel Etim Effiong – Jolly Roger
Gudrun Colombus Mwanyika – Tug of War
Botlhale Mahlangu – Surviving Gaza
- Eugene Boateng – Borga (WINNER)
Deyemi Okanlanwo – Swallow
Akah Nnani- Man of God
Aaron Adatsi – Road to My Father’s compound
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Euodia Samson – Angeliena
Bless Fortune – Road to My Fathers Compound
Osas Ighodaro – Man of God
Ronah Ninsiima – Tembele
Ikhlas Gafur Vora – Tug of War (WINNER)
Vanessa Vanderpuye – A song from the Dark
Nanfuna Sharon – The Wave
Eniola Akinbo – Swallow
- AMAA 2022 Award for First Feature by a Director
Uga Carlini – Angeliena
York Fabian Raabe – Borga
Ogo Okpue – A Song from The Dark (WINNER)
Benedict Yeboah – Road to My Father’s Compound
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Director
Amil Sivji –Tug of War
York-Fabian Raabe – Borga
Bolanle Austen- Peters – Man of God
Vusi’Africa Sindane – Surviving Gaza (WINNER)
Uga Carlini – Angeliena
Walter Banger – Jolly Roger
Ahmed Farah – Ayaanle
Morris Mugisha – Tembele
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Film
Ayaanle – Somalia
Jolly Roger – Nigeria
Borga – Ghana
Angeliena – South Africa
Tug of War – Tanzania (WINNER)
Man of God – Nigeria
Surviving Gaza – South Africa
Tembele – Uganda
- AMAA 2022 Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best Film by an African-born Director Living Abroad
Tope Oshin – Here Love Lies (WINNER)
Obi Emelonye – Money Miss Road
York Fabian Raabe- Borga
Ogo Okpue – A song From the Dark
Robert Peters – The Scar
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Diaspora Short Film
Contraband – USA (WINNER)
Slow Pulse – USA
Skin Like Mine – USA
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Diaspora Documentary
The Rumba King – Peru (WINNER)
Wade in the Water – USA
The Sun Rises in the East – USA
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Diaspora Narrative Feature
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story – USA
The Sleeping Negro – USA (WINNER)
Not To Forget – USA
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Achievement in Production Design
Tug Of War
Underbelly — (WINNER)
Surviving Gaza
Borga
Swallow
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design
Swallow
Underbelly
Tug of War
Tembele
Man of God — (WINNER)
- AMAA 2022 Award for Best Achievement in Make-up
Jolly Roger
A Song from The Dark
Surviving Gaza
Underbelly
Angeliena — (WINNER)
- AMAA 2022 Best Achievement in Soundtrack
Tembele
Ayaanle
Man of God
Surviving Gaza
Tug of War — (WINNER)
Almajiri
- AMAA 2022 Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Koi-Koi: the Myth
Tug of War
Borga
Tinka’s Story
Surviving Gaza — (WINNER)
Alaise
- AMAA 2022 Best Achievement in Sound
The Wave
Surviving Gaza — (WINNER)
Swallow
Tug of War
Borga
Tembele
- AMAA 2022 Best Achievement in Cinematography
Tug of War
Tembele — (WINNER)
Ayaanle
Surviving Gaza
Borga
Road To My Father’s Compound
- AMAA 2022 Award for Achievement in Editing
Jolly Roger — (WINNER)
Angeliena
Tug of War
Borga
Almajiri
Man of God
- AMAA 2022 Award for Achievement in Screenplay
Road to My Father’s Compound
Surviving Gaza
Jolly Roger
Tug of War
Borga (WINNER)
Tembele
