9th Africa Movie Academy Awards

9th Africa Movie Academy Awards
9th Africa Movie Academy Awards
	Official poster
Date	20 April 2013
Site	Gloryland Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria
Hosted by	Ama Abebrese ; Dakore Akande ; Ayo Makun
Produced by	Dayo Ogunyemi ; Kingsley Ogoro
Organized by	Africa Film Academy
Highlights
Best Film	Confusion Na Wa
Most awards	Confusion Na Wa; Nairobi Half Life and; Elelwani; (2)
Most nominations	Elelwani (11)
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The 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony honouring movies of 2012 was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on 20 April 2013. The event was hosted by actress and former AMAA winner Ama K. Abebrese and Ayo Makun with many celebrities in attendance. The awards' nomination party was held in Lilongwe, Malawi; it was hosted by Her Excellency, President Joyce Banda. A total of 671 films were submitted for consideration across Africa, America, Canada, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Italy, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom. Confusion Na Wa won the best picture award. The late Justus Esiri was awarded the Best Actor in a leading role posthumously.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominees

A total of 29 award categories were given out. Below is a full list of all the winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:^[6]

Awards

Best Short Film	Best Documentary
Kwaku Ananse : Ghana Dead River : Namibia Elegy For A Revolutionary : South Africa Yellow Fever : Kenya Nhamo : Zimbabwe Big Daddy : Nigeria Release : South Africa Burnt Forest : Kenya	Fuelling Poverty : Nigeria Gun to Tape : Kenya Swimming The Zambezi : South Africa Give Me Back My Home : Kenya The African Cypher Fly On The Wall: South Africa
Best Diaspora Feature	Best Diaspora Documentary
Stones In The Sun : Haiti / United States Against The Grain' : United States Between Friends: Trinidad / Tobago	Fan Do Brasil : Guadeloupe / Brasil My Thiero Boys : United States Red, White, Black And Blue : United States
Best Animation	Best Film by an African Abroad
Adventures Of Zambezia : South Africa Tageni’s Dol : Namibia Mission Impossible : Nigeria Oba : Nigeria Lion Of Judah : South Africa	Last Flight to Abuja: United Kingdom / Nigeria Turning Point : United States / Nigeria The Assassin's Practice : United Kingdom / Nigeria Bianca : United States / Nigeria Woolwich Boys : United Kingdom / Nigeria
Achievement in Production Design	Achievement in Costume Design
Elelwani Virgin Magarida The Twin Sword Contract Blood and Henna Okoro The Prince	Blood and Henna The Twin Sword Elelwani Virgin Magarida The Meeting Cobweb
Achievement in Makeup	Achievement in Soundtrack
The Meeting The Twin Sword Elelwani Ninah’s Dowry Okoro The Prince Uhlanga, The Mark	The Last Fishing Boat Journey to Self Okoro The Prince Hoodrush Nairobi Half Life The Twin Sword
Achievement in Visual Effects	Achievement in Sound
The Twin Sword Okoro The Prince Elelwani Last Flight to Abuja Uhlanga, The Mark Awakening	Nairobi Half Life Last Flight to Abuja Streets Of Calabar Heroes and Zeros Zama Zama Virgin Magarida
Achievement in Cinematography	Achievement in Editing
Uhlanga the Mark Virgin Magarida Nairobi Half Life Swirl In Bamako The Twin Sword Elelwani	Heroes and Zeros Last Flight to Abuja Contract Elelwani Nairobi Half Life Uhlanga the Mark
Achievement in Lighting	Achievement in Screenplay
Moi Zaphira Zama Zama Flower Girl Elelwani Uhlanga The Mark	Heroes and Zeros Contract Ninah’s Dowry Alan Poza Blood and Henna Zama Zama
Best Nigerian film	Best film in an African Language
Confusion Na Wa Blood and Henna Heroes and Zeros The Meeting The Twin Sword Kokomma Okoro The Prince	Moi Zaphira : Burkina Faso Elelwani : South Africa The Last Fishing Boat : Malawi Nairobi Half Life : Kenya Blood and Henna : Nigeria Sherifa : Togo Kokomma: Nigeria
Best Child Actor	Most Promising Actor
The Ugandan Cobweb Imbabazi, The Pardon Ninah’s Dowry Swirl In Bamako Salimatu Traore (moi Zaphira)	Joseph Wairimu : Nairobi Half Life (co-winner) Belinda Effah : Kokomma (co-winner) Sumela Maculuva : Virgin Magarida Shonelo Mbutho : Ulanga The Mark Karoumwi Olakunle : The Twin Sword
Best Actor In A Supporting Role	Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Gabriel Afolayan : Hoodrush Ali Nuhu : Blood and Henna Olwenya Maina : Nairobi Half Life Alfred Atungu : The Twin Sword Ikponmwosa Gold : Confusion Na Wa	Hermelinda Cimela : Virgin Magarida Patience Ozokwor: Turning Point Linda Ejiofor : The Meeting Crista Eka : Ninah’s Dowry Foluke Daramola : Cobweb
Best Actor In A Leading Role	Best Actress In A Leading Role
Justus Esiri : The Assassin's Practice OC Ukeje : Alan Poza Bimbo Manuel : Heroes and Zeros Lindani Nkosi : Zama Zama Hlomla Dandala : Contract Femi Jacobs : The Meeting Amurin Wumnembom : Ninah’s Dowry	Florence Masebe : Elelwani Yvonne Okoro : Contract Mariam Ouedraogo : Moi Zaphira Rita Dominic : The Meeting Mbutung Seikeh : Ninah's Diary Flora Suya : Last Fishing Boat
Best Director	Best film
Niji Akanni : Hereos And Zeroes Kenneth Gyang : Confusion Na Wa Shemu Joyah : The Last Fishing Boat Shirley Frimpong-Manso: Contract David 'Tosh' Gitonga : Nairobi Half Life Ntshavheni Wa Luruli : Elelwani	Confusion Na Wa : Nigeria Nairobi Half Life : Kenya Ninah’s Dowry : Cameroon The Last Fishing Boat : Malawi Virgin Margarida : Mozambique Elelwani : South Africa Last Flight to Abuja : Nigeria

Honorary awards

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Tunde Kelani
Chief Eddi Ugbomah
Sir Ositadinma Okeke Oguno (Ossy Affason)
Ayuko Badu
Chief Pete Edochie

Special Recognition of Pillars of Nollywood

Emem Isong
Kanayo O. Kanayo
Kenneth Okonkwo
Film/Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN)

Special Jury Award

Ninah’s Dairy (Cameroon)

References

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[1] Agbedeh, Terh (19 December 2013). "Will Nigeria host 2014 AMAA?". National Mirror Newspaper. National Mirror Online. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.

[2] "Nominees for the 2013 Edition of the African Movie Academy Awards | Africa Movie Academy Awards". Ama-awards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

[3] "AMAA Nominees and Winners 2013 | Africa Movie Academy Awards". Ama-awards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

[4] "Nollywood Domination! View the Full List of Winners at the African Movie Academy Awards 2013". Bella Naija. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

[5] "The Meeting by Rita Dominic gets six nominations at AMAA 2013 - Vanguard News". Vanguardngr.com. 2013-03-18. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

[6] "In Pictures: All The Stars At The African Movie Academy Awards 2013". Jaguda. 2013-04-25. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

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