The nominees for the 2014 edition of the prestigious AMAA – Africa Movie Academy Awards were announced yesterday Wednesday 2nd April 2014 at the Emperor Place Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. Actors nominated include Desmond Elliot, Majid Michel, Yomi Fash-Lanso, Patience Ozokwor to mention a few. Of Good Report has the highest nominations this year, it scooped a total of 14. Potomanto has 8 nominations, Apaye 7, Forgotten Kingdom 7, Felix 7, Accident 7, Omo Elemosho 6 to mention a few.
LIST OF NOMINEES
(1) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film
A) Children of Troumaron – Mauritius
B) Potomanto – Ghana
C) The Forgotten Kingdom – South Africa
D) Of Good Report – South Africa
E) Accident – Nigeria
(2) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Director
A) Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden – Children of Troumaron (Mauritius)
B) Shirley Frimpong Manso – Potomanto (Ghana)
C) Andrew Mudge – The Forgotten Kingdom (South Africa)
D) Jamil X.T Quebeka – Of Good Report (South Africa)
E) Teco Benson – Accident (Nigeria)
(3) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
A) Zengo Ngqobe – Forgotten Kingdom
B) Kanayo O. Kanayo – Apaye
C) Mothusi Magano – Of Good Report
D) Joseph Benjamin – Murder At Prime Suites
E) Adjatey Annan – Potomanto
F) Majid Michel – Brothers Keeper
(4) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
A) Uche Nnadili – B for Boy
B) Linda Sokhulu – Felix
C) Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha – Accident
D) Clarion Chukwura – Apaye
E) Uche Jombo- Rodriquez, Monalisa Chinda and Daniella Okeke – Lagos Cougar
F) Joselyn Dumas – Northern Affair
(5) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
A) Desmond Elliot – Finding Mercy
B) Thapelo Mofekeng – Felix
C) Yomi Fash-Lanso – Omo Elemosho
D) Aniekan Iyoho – Potomanto
E) Tshamano Sebe – Of Good Report
6) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
A) Vinaya Sungkur – The Children of Troumaron
B) Patience Ozokwor – After the Proposal
C) Marie Humbert – Potomanto
D) Barbara Soky – Brothers Keeper
E) Lee-Ann van Rooi – Of Good Report
(7) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Young/Promising Actor
A) Evelyn Galle Ansah – Good Old Days: For the Love of AA
B) Petronella Tshuma – Of Good Report
C) Tope Tedela – A Mile From Home
D) Kitty Phillips – The Children of Troumatron
E) Shawn Faqua – Lagos Cougar
(8) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Child Actor
A) Tobe Oboli – Brothers Keeper
B) Lebohang Ntsane – Forgotten Kingdom
C) Hlayani Junior Mabasa – Felix
(9) AMAA 2014 Award for Best First Feature Film by a Director
A) Roberta Durrant – Felix
B) Chika Anadu – B for Boy
C) Andrew Mudge – Forgotten Kingdom
D) Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden – The Children of Troumaron
E) Dilman Dila – Felista’s Fable
F) Joyce Mhango Chavula – No More Tears
(10) AMAA 2014- Bayelsa State Government Endowed Award for Best Nigerian Film
A) Apaye
B) B For Boy
C) Accident
D) Murder at Prime Suites
E) Omo Elemosho
(11) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Feature Film
A) Tula The Revolt – Curacao
B) AZU – Venezuela
C) Kingston Paradise – Jamaica
D) Retrieval – USA
12) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Documentary
A) Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China – USA/CANADA
B) Freedom Summer – USA
C) No Bois Man, No Frad – Trinidad and Tobago
D) Through the Lens Darkly : Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People – USA
(13) Ousmane Sembene AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film in An African Language
A) The forgotten Kingdom – South Africa
B) B for Boy – Nigeria
C) Omo Elemosho – Nigeria
D) Onye Ozi – Nigeria
E) Ni Sisi – Kenya
(14) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Documentary
A) Hamu Beya- The Sand Fishers – Mali
B) Potraits of a Lone Farmer – Nigeria/Denmark
C) Kushaya Ingagasi – South Africa
D) Daughters of the Niger Delta – Nigeria
E) Sincerely Ethiopia – Ethiopia
(15) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Diaspora Short Film
A) Passage – Bahamas
B) Heaven – USA
C) Tickle Me Rich – Trinidad and Tobago
D) Red – USA
(16) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Short Film
A) Haunted Soul – Kenya
B) Siriya Mtungi – Tanzania
C) Dialemi – Gabon
D) New Horizon – Nigeria
E) Nandy l’orpheline – Mali
F) Living Funeral – Nigeria
G) Phindile’s Heart – South Africa
(17) AMAA 2014 Award for Best Animation
A) The Hare and the Lion – Burkina Faso
B) Thank God its Friday – Morocco
C) Leila – Nigeria
D) Khumba – South Africa
E) The Brats and Toy Thief – Mozambique
(18) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in a Screenplay
A) B For Boy
B) Of Good Report
C) Accident
D) Potomanto
E) Felix
(19) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Editing
A) Of Good Report
B) Accident
C) Once Upon A Road Trip
D) Potomanto
E) Felix
(20) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Cinematography
A) Once Upon A Road Trip
B) Good Old Days: Love of AA
C) Of Good Report
D) The Forgotten Kingdom
E) The Children of Troumaron
(21) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Sound
A) Felix
B) Northern Affair
C) Nothing For Mahala
D) Of Good Report
E) The Forgotten Kingdom
(22) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Visual Effect
A) A Mile From Home
B) Omo Elemosho- Nigeria
C) Secret Room –
D) Ni Sisi- Kenya
E) Of Good Report- South Africa
(23) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Soundtrack
A) Once Upon A Road Trip
B) Onye Ozi – Nigeria
C) Felix
D) Of Good Report- South Africa
E) Potomanto – Ghana
(24) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Make-up
A) A Mile From Home – Nigeria
B) Apaye – Nigeria
C) Once Upon A Road Trip – South Africa
D) Felista Fable – Uganda
E) Potomanto – Ghana
(25) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Costume Design
A) Good Old Days: Love of AA – Ghana
B) Apaye – Nigeria
C) Omo Elemosho – Nigeria
D) Ni Sisi – Kenya
E) The Forgotten Kingdom – South Africa
(26) AMAA 2014 Award for Achievement in Production Design
A) Northern Affair – Ghana
B) Of Good Report – South Africa
C) Ni Sisi – Kenya
D) Good Old Days: Love of AA – Ghana
E) Apaye – Nigeria
AMAA 2014 Award for Best Film by An African Living Abroad (Jury has decided that there will be no nominations this year for this category.)