# 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards

The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on Saturday 11 June 2016 at the Obi Wali International Conference Center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The ceremony recognized and honored excellence among directors, actors, and writers in the film industry. The awards night was hosted by Chris Attoh, Mike Ezuruonye and Kgopedi Lilokoe. It aired live on NTA to over 100 million viewers worldwide.
As part of the pre-AMAA activities, Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism collaborated with the Africa Film Academy to host a sponsorship night to mobilize corporate sponsors for the awards. Other media partners included Africa Magic, OHTV, SABC and ONTV.

## Nominees and winners

The nominees for the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony were announced on 15 May 2016. The Cursed Ones led with 13 nominations while South African films Tell Me Sweet Something and Ayanda were tied with 9 nods each. Ghana had a total of 15 nominations with 5 films including The Cursed Ones, Rebecca, Cursed Treasure, Daggers of Life and The Peculiar Life of a Spider.
Winners were announced during the ceremony on 11 June 2016 at the Obi Wali International Conference Center. Eye of the Storm won in the categories Best Film, Achievement in Costume Design and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Drama-thriller The Cursed Ones took home three awards on that same night, including awards for Best Director (Nana Obiri Yeboah), Achievement in Production Design, as well as Cinematography (Nicholas K. Lory).

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Eye of the Storm (Burkina Faso) The Cursed Ones (Ghana) Fifty (Nigeria) Ayanda (South Africa) Le Pagne (Niger) Dry (Nigeria) Tell Me Sweet Something (South Africa) Behind Closed Doors (Morocco) | Nana Obiri-Yeboah & Maximilian Claussen – The Cursed Ones Biyi Bandele - Fifty Sékou Traoré – Eye of the Storm Sara Blecher – Ayanda Mousa Hamadou Djingarey – La Pagne Stephanie Linus – Dry Akin Omotoso –Tell Me Sweet Something Muhammed Bensouda – Behind Closed Doors |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Abidine Dioari – Eye of the Storm Joseph Otsiman – The Cursed Ones Uti Nwachukwu – Breathless Adeolu Adekola – Taxi Driver Kenneth Nkosi – Ayanda Thomas Gumede – Tell Me Sweet Something | Thishiwe Ziqubu – Tell Me Sweet Something Maureen Okpoko – Missing God Ijeoma Grace Agu – Jimi Bendel/Taxi Driver Bontte Modiselle – Hear Me Move Nthati Moshesh – Ayanda Linda Ejiofor – Out of Luck |
| Best Actor in a leading role | Best Actress in a leading role |
| Daniel K Daniel – A Soldier's Story Oris Erhuero – The Cursed Ones OC Ukeje – Ayanda Fragrass Assande – Eye of the Storm Masego Maps Maponyane – Tell Me Sweet Something Buiferi Yakoubi – La Pagne | Fulu Mugovhani – Ayanda Zined Odieb – Behind Closed Doors Adesua Etomi – Falling Maimouna N'Daiye – Eye of the Storm Nse Ikpe-Etim, Ireti Doyle, Omoni Oboli, Dakore Akande – Fifty Nomzamo Mbatha – Tell Me Sweet Something |
| Achievement in Costume Design | Achievement in Makeup |
| Eye of the Storm Oshimiri The Cursed Ones Ayanda A Soldier's Story | A Soldier's Story Oshimiri The Cursed Ones Missing God |
| Achievement in Cinematography | Achievement in Production Design |
| The Cursed Ones Fifty Ayanda Eye of the Storm Tell Me Sweet Something | The Cursed Ones Ayanda Missing God A Soldier's Story Out of Luck |
| Achievement in Editing | Achievement in Screenplay |
| Hear Me Move Behind Closed Doors Rebecca The Cursed Ones Eye of the Storm | Tell Me Sweet Something The Cursed Ones The Visit Eye of the Storm Beyond Blood |
| Best Film in An African Language | Best Nigerian Film |
| Missing God (Nigeria) Bala Bala Sese (Uganda) Brotherhood Eye (Mali) Cursed Treasure (Ghana) Wako (Uganda) Daggers of Life (Ghana) | Dry Beyond Blood Fifty Missing God Falling O-Town |
| Best Short Film | Best Animation |
| Meet The Parents (Nigeria/Canada) Encounter (Nigeria) Le Chemin (Côte d'Ivoire) Blood Taxi (Nigeria) Nourah The Holy Light (Burkina Faso) Ireti Life of Nigerian couple | The Pencil (Burkina Faso) The Peculiar Life of a Spider (Ghana) Funsie Fast Fingers (Nigeria) Lazare Sie Pale (Burkina Faso) |
| Best Documentary | Best Film by an African Living Abroad |
| The Fruitless Tree (Niger) My Fathers Funeral (Cameroon) Nollywood (Nigeria) Tchindas (Cape Verde) Runs ‘I too Seek The Horizon’ (Nigeria/UK) Camera/Woman (Morocco) | Lambadina (Ethiopia/USA) Skinned (Liberia/USA) LAPD African Cop (USA/Nigeria) Boxing Day (USA/Nigeria) MONA (Nigeria/UK) |
| Best Diaspora Short | Best Diaspora Documentary |
| Across The Track (USA) Raptors (USA) Lines (USA) | Spirits of Rebellion (USA) America's Blues (USA) Can You Dig This (USA) |
| Best Diaspora Feature | Best Soundtrack |
| Ben & Ara (USA) America Is Still the Place (USA) Luv Don’t Live Here (USA) | O-Town Tell Me Sweet Something The Cursed Ones Hear Me Move Le Pagne |
| Best Visual Effects | Best Sound |
| Oshimiri Hear Me Move Stupid Movie House Arrest (Uganda) A Soldier's Story | Fifty Eye of the Storm The Cursed Ones Behind Closed Doors (Morocco) Rebecca (Ghana) Falling |
| Most Promising Actor | Best First Feature Film by a Director |
| Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge - Dry Nyanso Dzedze - Hear Me Move Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu - The Cursed Ones Ifu Ennada - O-Town Eve Esin - Oshimiri | Beyond Blood by Greg Odutayo MONA by Anthony Abuah 8 Bars and a Clef by Chioma Onyenwe |

### Honorary awards
#### Lifetime Achievement

* Richard Mofe Damijo
* Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs
* Tony Akposhore

### Multiple nominations and awards
## Dignitaries

Dignitaries present during the occasion were Governor of Rivers State Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, first lady Eberechi Wike, former Senate President David Mark, Minister of Information Lai Mohammed and veteran actor Pete Edochie.