All-Africa Movie Awards Call for Entries

By Iminza Keboge
Published January 3, 2018

Vero Tshanda won the best actress for her lead role in the Senegalese movie FELICITEThe deadline for submitting films to the 14th annual Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is January 30, 2018.

Africa Film Academy (AFA), the organisers of AMAA, say eligible works for their nearly 30 categories of the awards are feature, short, animation and documentary movies produced and released between June 2016 and January 2018 that can be submitted via Film Freeway and/or in any of the AMAA offices across Africa.

Moviemakers are urged to ensure that each completed entry form is accompanied by all the supporting materials listed on the submission forms, including the synopsis of the film, the list of credits, marketing stills of the film, filmographies of the directors and producers, copies of the film in three DVDS or a hard drive plus a compulsory online submission via vimeo or we transfer and proof of the right to submit. All films must indicate the year of copyright.

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Akin Omotoso won the best director award at AMAA in 2017,AFA says it will not accept any film that exceeds the 120-minute run as a feature or a short film that is longer than 40 minutes.

While Nominations will be announced in April 2018 the 14th AMAA Gala Night, that will be televised globally, will be held on June 2, 2018.

Evolving from a televised one day event in 2005 to an annually chronicled African event, the AMA Awards is now an established engagement platform for filmmakers, industry professionals and all creative industry stakeholders.

AFA says the primary aim of the AMA Awards is to facilitate the development and the showcasing of the social relevance of African film and cinema. The awards, therefore, are presented to recognise and honour excellence in professional filmmaking in the African film industry and the African Diaspora.

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Medina Molanga of Disney’s QUEEN OF KATWE won the award for Achievement in Costume Design and the Best Young/Promising Actor awardThe 2017 African Movie Academy Awards took place on July 15, 2017 at the Eko Hotels Convention Center in Lagos State, Nigeria.

The award for best African actor of the year went to Jahwar Soudani for his lead role in the Tunisian movie LAST OF US while the Congolese born actress Vero Tshanda won the best actress for her lead role in the Senegalese movie FELICITE by Allan Gomis.
FELICITE emerged the biggest winner of the night and won the AMAA 2017 Best Film and lots more.

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The deadline for submitting films to the 14th annual Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is January 30, 2018.Other winners include Akin Omotoso, who won the best director award, Nkem Owoh who received the Lifetime Achievement Award and 76 which won the Lagos State Best Nigerian film award.

The Best Diaspora Short Film was a joint award and the award was presented to the short films titled ’90 DAYS’ (USA) and ‘KBELA’ (Brazil).

Disney’s QUEEN OF KATWE won the award for Achievement in Costume Design and the Best Young/Promising Actor award, which went to Medina Molanga.

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