AMAA 2016 announces nominations
Nominations
have been announced for the 12th edition of the Africa Movie Academy
Awards (AMAA) scheduled to hold on June 11, in Port-Harcourt, Rivers
State.
The president of this year’s AMAA jury, Shaibu Husseini, announced the nominations in 26 categories at a media event yesterday.
According to Husseini, AMAA received
over 420 films from filmmakers across 25 African countries of which 250
feature films and eight short films were nominated by the jury.
However, competing for the best film slot are Dry (Nigeria), Ayanda (South Africa), Tell Me Sweet Something (South Africa), The Cursed One (Ghana), Fifty (Nigeria), Eye of the Storm (Burkina Faso), La Pagne (Niger) and Behind Closed Doors (Morocco).
Husseini disclosed that AMAA received nominations from Cape
Verde, Gambia, Morocco, Uganda, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroun,
Mali, Ethiopia, Niger, Kenya, Algeria and Egypt, including Nigeria and
expressed satisfaction about the quality of the films.
“We are very happy about the quality
of works that came into the competition this year and it gladdens our
heart that every year the objectives of the awards are being achieved
with film makers in Africa and beyond upping their game,” said Husseini.
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