Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary
The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best short and feature documentaries for the year. It has been merged and renamed severally since it was first awarded in 2006 as Best Documentary.[1]
| Best Documentary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name of Category | Documentary | Recipient | Result |
| 2006 | Best Documentary | Tasuma | Won | |
| Ending a Cane | Nominated | |||
| House of Love | Nominated | |||
| Nollywood the Young side of Film | Nominated | |||
| Salma Yoba | Nominated | |||
| 2007 | Best Documentary Feature | Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon | Won | |
| Covenant Church | Nominated | |||
| Bitter Water Mara | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Best Feature Documentary | Do You Believe in Magic | Moondog Films | Won |
| Dun-dun (the talking drum) | Ibikansale D. Kayode | Nominated | ||
| Bridging the Gap | Myanda Production | Nominated | ||
| A Rare Gem | Packnet Productions | Nominated | ||
| Families under Attack | Myandu Films | Nominated | ||
| Best Short Documentary | Not My Daughter | Won | ||
| Operation Smile | Nominated | |||
| Healthy Children, Wealthy Nation | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | Best Feature Documentary | For the Best and for the Onion and Malcolm’s Echo | Won | |
| Private Files | Nominated | |||
| Shit on the Rock | Nominated | |||
| Grandma’s not Home | Nominated | |||
| Best Short Documentary | Coming of Age | Won | ||
| Per Second Killer | Nominated | |||
| Santos the Survivor | Nominated | |||
| Lost in the South | Nominated | |||
| Congo my Foot | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Best Documentary | Bariga Boys | Won | |
| Mwamba Ngoma | Jordan Riber | Nominated | ||
| Peace Wanted Alive | Nominated | |||
| En quête d’identité | Nominated | |||
| Innovating for Africa | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Best Documentary (Feature) | Kondi Et Le Jeudi National | Ariana Astrid Atodji | Won |
| Headlines In History | Zobby Bresson | Nominated | ||
| Co-Exist | Adam Mazo | Nominated | ||
| State Of Mind | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Nominated | ||
| Naija Diamonds | Nfrom Leonard | Nominated | ||
| Best Short Documentary | After The Mine | Diendo Hamadi & Dinta Wa Lusula | Won | |
| Symphony Kinsasha | Diendo Hamadi & Dinta Wa Lusula | Nominated | ||
| Naija Diamond (Feature On Dr. Rahmat Mohammed) | Nform Leonard | Nominated | ||
| Stepping Into The Unknown | Rowena Aldous & Jill Hanas-Hancock | Nominated | ||
| Yeabu’s Homecoming | Jenny Chu | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Best Documentary | An African Election | Won | |
| Beyond The Deadly Pit | Nominated | |||
| Awa Ogbe: An African Adventure | Nominated | |||
| Dear Mandela | Nominated | |||
| White & Black; Crime And Colour | Nominated | |||
| The Niger Delta Struggle | Nominated | |||
| There Is Nothing Wrong With My Uncle | Nominated | |||
| How Much Is Too Much | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Best Documentary | Fuelling Poverty | Won | |
| Gun To Tape | Nominated | |||
| Swimming The Zambezi | Nominated | |||
| Give Me Back My Home | Nominated | |||
| The African Cypher Fly On The Wall | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Best Documentary | Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers and Portrait of a Lone Farmer | Won | |
| Kushaya Ingagasi | Nominated | |||
| Daughters of the Niger Delta | Nominated | |||
| Sincerely Ethiopia | Nominated | |||
References
- ^ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
