The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards event was held on Saturday June 11 at the Obi Wali International Conference Center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
With several many African celebrities around to receive their awards and cheer others on for their tremendous work over the past year in review, here is the list of Award winners for the night.
EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
1. Encounter Nigeria
2. Le Chemin Cote De Voire
3. Blood Taxi Nigeria
4. Meet The Parents Nigeria/Canada WINNER
5. Nourah The Holy Light Burkina Faso
6. Ireti Nigeria
7. Life of Nigerian Couple Nigeria
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
1. The Pencil Burkina Faso WINNER
2. The Peculiar Life of a Spider Ghana
3. Funsie Fast Fingers Nigeria
4. Lazare Sie Pale Burkina Faso
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. My Fathers Funeral Cameroon
2. Nollywood Nigeria
3. Tchindas- Cape Verde
4. The Fruitless Tree Niger WINNER
5. Runs I too Seek The Horizon Nigeria/UK
6. Camera/Woman Morocco
OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
1. Brotherhood Eye Mali
2. Bala Bala Sese Uganda
3. Missing God Nigeria
4. Cursed Treasure Ghana
5. Wako Uganda
6. Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) Ghana
MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
1. Lambadina Ethiopia/USA WINNER
2. Skinned Liberia/USA
3. LAPD African Cop USA/Nigeria
4. Boxing Day USA/Nigeria
5. MONA Nigeria/UK
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
1. Lines USA
2. Raptors USA
3. Across The Track USA WINNER
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
1. Can You Dig This- USA
2. Americas Blues USA
3. Spirits of Rebellion USA WINNER
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
1. America Is Still the Place USA
2. Ben & Ara USA WINNER
3. Luv Dont Live Here USA
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. The Cursed One Ghana WINNER
2. Soldiers Story Nigeria
3. Ayanda- South Africa
4. Missing God Nigeria
5. Out of Luck- Nigeria
AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
1. Eye of the storm (Burkina Faso) WINNER
2. Oshimiri
3. The Cursed One
4. Ayanda
5. Soldiers Story
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
1. Oshimiri
2. The Cursed One
3. Missing God
4. Soldiers Story WINNER
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
1. O-Town Nigeria WINNER
2. Tell Me Sweet Something South Africa
3. The Cursed One Ghana
4. Hear me Move South Africa
5. Le Pagne- Niger
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
1. Hear me Move South Africa
2. Oshimiri Nigeria WINNER
3. silly Movie Nigeria
4. House Arrest Uganda
5. Soldiers Story Nigeria
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
1. Eye of the Storm- Burkina Faso
2. Fifty Nigeria WINNER
3. The Cursed One Ghana
4. Behind Closed Doors Morocco
5. Falling Nigeria
6. Rebecca- Ghana
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Cursed one WINNER
2. Eye of the Storm
3. Ayanda
4. Tell me Sweet Something
5. Fifty
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
1. Behind Closed Doors
2. Rebecca
3. The Cursed One
4. Eye of the Storm
5. Hear me Move WINNER
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
1. The Cursed One
2. Tell me Sweet Something - WINNER
3. The Visit
4. Eye of the Storm
5. Beyond Blood
AMAA 2016- RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
1. Beyond Blood
2. Dry - WINNER
3. Fifty
4. Missing God
5. Falling
6. OTown
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
1. Nyanso Dzedze Hear Me Move
2. Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu The Cursed One
3. Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge Dry WINNER
4. Ifu Ennada OTown
5. Eve Esin Oshimiri
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Joseph Otsiman The Cursed One
2. Uti Nwachukwu Breathless
3. Abidine Dioari Eye of the Storm WINNER
4. Adeolu Adekola Taxi Driver
5. Kenneth Nkosi Ayanda
6. Thomas Gumede- Tell Me Sweet Something
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Thishiwe Ziqubu Tell me Sweet Something WINNER
2. Maureen Okpoko Missing God
3. Ijeoma Grace Agu Jimi Bendel/ Taxi Driver
4. Bontte Modiselle Hear Me Move
5. Nthati Moshesh Ayanda
6. Linda Ejiofor Out of Luck
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Oris Erhuero The Cursed One
2. OC Ukeje Ayanda
3. Fragass Assande Eye of the Storm
4. Masego Maps Maponyane Tell me Sweet Something
5. Daniel k. Daniel Soldiers Story WINNER
6. Biuferi Yakoubi La Pagne
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Zineb Odeib Behind Closed Doors
2. Adesua Etomi- Falling
3. Fulu Mugovhani Ayanda WINNER
4. Maimouna NDaiye Eye of the Storm
5. Iretiola Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe Etim, Omoni Oboli Fifty
6. Nomzamo Mbatha Tell me Sweet Something
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
1. MONA Anthony Abuah
2. Beyond Blood Greg Odutayo WINNER
3. 8 Bars and a Clef- Chioma Onyenwe
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
1. Nana Obiri-Yeboah The Cursed One WINNER
2. Biyi Bandele- Fifty
3. Sekou Toure- Eye of the Storm
4. Sara Blecher- Ayanda
5. Moussa Hamadou Djingarey- La Pagne
6. Stephanie Linus Dry
7. Akin Omotoso Tell me Sweet Something
8. Mohammed Ahed Bensouda Behind Closed Doors
AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
1. The Cursed One Ghana
2. Fifty Nigeria
3. Eye of the Storm Burkina Faso WINNER
4. Ayanda South Africa
5. La Pagne- Niger
6. Dry Nigeria
7. Tell me Sweet Something- South Africa
8. Behind Closed Doors- Morocco
AMAA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Olu Jacobs & Joke Silva WINNER
Richard Mofe Damijo WINNER
Tony Akposhore WINNER