19th Africa Movie Academy Awards

Na dem hold de 2023 African Movie Academy Awards ceremony on 29 October 2023 for de Balmoral Center wey dey Ikeja, Lagos. de host of de ceremony be Nancy Isime, Rahama Sadau, plus Richard Ato Turkson.

Dem announce de nominees for 26 categories for de ceremony wey dem  hold for Saffron Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos on 21 September 2023 by the head of the jury, Keith Shiri.

## Winners den nominations
**Efere Ozaka Award For Best Short Film**

***Lions (Ethiopia) – Winner***

Riel (Namibia)

Enmity Djin (Mauritania)

**Jubril Malaifia Award For Best Animation**

Lost (Uganda)

Azania Rises (South Africa)

***Jabari (Ghana) –  Winner***

Bashorum Gaa (Nigeria)

**Best Documentary**

Africa Cradle of Humanity and Modern Civilization (Senegal/Canada)

Nightlife in Lasgidi (Nigeria)

Maayo Wonaa Keerol – The River is not a Border (Senegal)

Ifine (Beauty) (Sierra Leone)

***Le Spectre de Boko Haram (Cameroon) – Winner***

**Ousmane Sembene Award For Best Film In An African Language**

Pusha Pressa Phanda (South Africa)

***Anikulapo (Nigeria) – Winner***

The Kitera Chronicle (Uganda)

Four Walls (South Africa)

Mami Wata (Nigeria)

**Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award For Best Film By An African-Born Director Living Abroad**

Talia’s Journey (Senegal/Belgium) – Christophe Rolin

Golden Stripes (Nigeria/UK) – Peace Osigbe

***KOFA (Nigeria/Canada) – Jude Idada – Winner***

**Best Diaspora Short Film**

We Were Meant To (United States) – directed by Tari Wariebi

The Ballad of Olive Morris (United Kingdom) – directed by Alex Kayode-Kay

Fifty-Four Days (United Kingdom) – directed by Cat White and Phoebe Torrance

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***Raw Materials (Jamaica) – Directed by Sosiessia Nixon – Winner***

**Best Diaspora Documentary**

***Sound of the Police (United States) – Directed by Stanley Nelson – Winner***

Fantastico Negrito – Have You Lost Your Mind Yet (United States) – directed by Yvan Iturriaga and Francisco Nuñez

Black Rio (Brazil) – directed by Fernando Sousa and Gabriel Barbosa

**Best Diaspora Narrative Feature**

Cheese (Trinidad & Tobago) – directed by Damian Marcano

***Our Father, The Devil (United States) – Directed by Ellie Foumbi – Winner***

The Pastor and the Revolutionary (Brazil) – directed by José Eduardo Belmonte

**Best Achievement in Production Design**

***Pat Nebo – Anikulapo – Nigeria – Winner***

Eve Martin – Omen – DRC

Sira – Burkina Faso

Antoine Nshimiyimana – Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

Chantel Carter – Gereza – South Africa

**Best Achievement in Costume Design**

Bunmi Demilola Fashina – Mami Wata – Nigeria

Toyin Bifarin Ogundeji – Anikulapo – Nigeria

Millicent Jack – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria

***Djibril Drame – Xalé – Senegal – Winner***

Elkehoste and Baloji Omen – DRC

Sidi Ouedraogo Sira – Burkina Faso

**Best Achievement in Make-Up**

***Campell Precious Arebamen – Mami Wata – Nigeria – Winner***

Hakeem Effect and Toyin Bifarin Ogundeji – Anikulapo – Nigeria

Lila Vander Elst – Omen – DRC

Our Lady of the Chinese Shop – Angola

Omowunmi Okungbure – Gangs of Lagos – Nigeria

**Best Achievement in Soundtrack**

***Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda – Winner***

L’Axe Lourd (The Highway) – Cameroon

Gereza – South Africa

Omen – DRC

Obinna Arua – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria

**Best Achievement in Visual Effects**

Andrej Gregori, Voranc Kumar, Ziga Radulji -Omen – DRC

Alexandre Dachkevitch – Mami Wata – Nigeria

Josh Borrill – The Trade – Nigeria

***Emmanuel Bassey – Gangs of Lagos – Nigeria – Winner***

**Best Achievement in Sound**

Juliana Oswald – Our Lady of the Chinese Shop – Angola

***Vianney Aube – Sira – Burkina Faso – Winner***

Erik Griekspoor – Omen – DRC

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Samy Bardet – Mami Wata – Nigeria

Michel Tsagli – Xalé – Senegal

**Best Achievement in Cinematography**

***Lilis Soares – Mami Wata – Nigeria – Winner***

Joachim Philippe – Omen – DRC

Richard Henkels – Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

Thomas Wilski – Talia’s Journey – Senegal/Belgium

Eduardo Kropotkine – Our Lady of the Chinese Shop – Angola

**Best Achievement in Editing**

Nathan Delannoy – Mami Wata – Nigeria

***Bertrand Conard – Omen – DRC – Winner***

Sylvie Gadner – Sira – Burkina Faso

Layla Swart – Gereza

Madhew Leutwyler – Fight Like a Girl

**Best Achievement in Screenplay**

C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi – Mami Wata – Nigeria

Ufuoma MeHHri – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria

***Moussa Sene Absa, Pierre Magny, Ben Diogay Beye – Xalé – Senegal – Winner***

Madhew Leutwyler – Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

**National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVB) Award for Best Nigerian Film**

***Mami Wata – Winner***

Anikulapo

4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four)

Gangs of Lagos

The Trade

L.I.F.E.

Brotherhood

**Best Young/Promising Actor**

***Maleek Sanni – Gangs of Lagos – Winner***

Ewube -L’axe Lourd (The Highway

Darisimi Nadi – Obara’m

Sanou Titiama – Le chant des fusils (The Song of the Rifle

Eyiyemi Afolyan – Anikulapo

**Best Actor in a Supporting Role**

Francis Onwuchei – The Trade – Nigeria

Jeff Jackson – Four Walls – South Africa

Hakeem Kae-Kazim – Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

***Jimmy-Jean Louis – Rise – Winner***

**Best Actress in a Supporting Role**

Uzoamaka Aniunoh – Mami Wata – Nigeria

***Rokhaya Niang – Xalé – Senegal – Winner***

Clarck Natmbwe – Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

**Best Actor in a Leading Role**

Richard Mofe Demalo – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria

Marc Zunga – Omen – DRC

Fenando Kamugisha – The Fallen Advocate –Uganda

***Tobi Bakre – Brotherhood – Nigeria – Winner***

Justine Murichii – Shimoni – Kenya

Mike Danon – Sira – Burkina Faso

**Best Actress in a Leading Role**

Lucie Debay – Omen – DRC

Ehle Mbali Mlotshwa – 4 Walls – South Africa

Nafissatou Sisse – Sira – Burkina Faso

Adesua Etomi – Guns of Lagos – Nigeria

***Nse Ikpe Etim – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria – Winner***

Bimbo Ademoye – Anikulapo – Nigeria

Ama Qamata – Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

**First Debut Feature by a Director**

***Baloji – Omen – DRC – Winner***

Ery Claver – Our Lady of the Chinese Shop – Angola

Jean Elliot Ilboudo (le Chant des fusils)The Song of the Riffle – Cameron

**Best Director**

Moussa Sene Absa – Xalé

C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi – Mami Wata

Baloji – Omen

***Apolline Traore – Sira – Winner***

Izu Ojukwu – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four)

Kunle Afolayan – Anikulapo

Kgosana Monchusi, Menzi Mzimela, Juvaiś Dunn – 4 Walls

**Best Film**

***Xalé- Senegal – Winner***

Mami Wata – Nigeria

4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) Nigeria

Omen – DRC

4 Walls – South Africa

Sira – Burkina Faso

Anikulapo – Nigeria

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