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.
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