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Amaa 2016: Jury Statment & Awards
presented By Shaibu Husseini, President Of The Jury 2016: Saturday June 11, 2016. Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
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rédigé par Charles Burnett
publié le 17/06/2016
I wish to, on behalf of the Board of the African Film Academy and the Board of jurors of the AMAA, offer you a warm welcome to what we hope will be an exciting and a memorable 2016 AMAA for you.
Every year, in the last twelve years, hundreds of films from across the continent and its Diaspora arrive at the AMAA offices. This year, we received close to 485 movie entries from over 60 countries, mostly within Africa and also from around the world out of which we only considered about 65 in different genres for nomination in about 26 categories. We commend the work done by the Academy's College of Screeners and at the other levels of pre-selection. We salute their professionalism and thoroughness and note that the selection of films and nominations truly reflects the Pan-African vision for the future of the African film and media industry that AMAA promotes. Indeed, we are encouraged by the ever increasing number of entries being received from a larger geographic sphere and we look forward to the continuation of this trend.
Generally, we as AMAA jurors consider our task to be one of identifying and rewarding the best films in Africa and its Diasporas. Our aim from inception has always been to reward and encourage African originality and to seek out and bring to wider attention the continent's unique and distinctive filmmaking talents. These has been our guiding principles and it is the ambition that informed our deliberations this year.
At this juncture, i like to report that we have had a wonderful time as a jury. We saw films that were ambitious and ingenious and films that were completed with scope and verve. We were also entertained by films made at the guerilla end of our industry. Tonite we celebrate these films and very shortly we shall commend to you the most outstanding films of AMAA 2016.
However, this year, we noticed with great pleasure a growing diversity of genres amongst the films we saw. We also observed a visible development in exploring cinematographic styles especially in the field of storytelling/narration and art direction. We note also a strong presence of women in front of and behind the camera. A couple of the films we have in nomination were either made by women or produced by women. This sure-footed emergence of women filmmakers on the African continent is very promising, encouraging and refreshing for audiences and female professionals in the industry. However, we observed a decline in movies for children and about children. We have over the years handed out awards to child actors but we decided as a jury not to consider that category this year because of inadequate entries. Although we are not oblivious of the present lull in production activities in the film industries on the African continent and in the Diaspora, we urge our filmmakers to seek out and produce those stunning range of films that celebrates our young ones and stories that tell us that the cinema is alive and well in our continent.
Finnaly, we wish to thank all individuals and institutions who have contributed to the success of the AMAA's that is clearly a truly Pan-African event and a global brand. We also thank all those who send and suggest films to the academy and all those who have been charging us with the historic responsibility of seeking out those stunning range of films. We all look forward to the day when governments all over Africa and the AU can partner AMAA, which annually showcases and recognizes the diverse talents of African Filmmakers, to provide a boost and motivation that will collectively fashion a way out that will return the industries on the path of rebound.
Once again, we thank AMAA for this opportunity to serve and may I on behalf of the jury hand out the results for this edition of the award to the founder of AMAA, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, MON.
Have a wonderful evening
Thank You.
* Shaibu Husseini, Culture journalist and administrator
* Keith Shiri, London based programme advisor BFI London Film Festival, Artistic Director of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF)
* Ambassador Filippe Savadogo, Former Secretary General FESPACO Burkina Faso
* John Akomfrah, OBE, London based Ghanaian filmmaker
* Prof. Hyginus Ekwuazi, Professor of Broadcasting and Film, University of Ibadan and Former Managing director of the Nigerian Film Corporation, and until recently Head of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, Founding Director National Film Institute and former Director General Nigerian Film Corporation Jos, Nigeria.
* Steve Ayorinde, Journalist, former Editor of Punch, former MD of "National Mirror" newspaper, Nigeria and currently Honourable Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Lagos State
* Dorothee Wenner, filmmaker and curator at the Berlin International Film Festival
* Asantewa Olatunji, Programming Director of PAFF, Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles and Atlanta,
* June Givanni, International film curator based in UK, Artistic Director of the Colours of the Nile Film Festival, Addis Abeba; and director of the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive
* Berni Goldblat, filmmaker and producer based in Burkina Faso
* Ayuko Babu, Executive Director of PAFF, Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles and Atlanta
* Charles Burnett, filmmaker Los Angeles USA
AMAA 2016 NOMINATION LIST
ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT OF AMAA JURY 2016 MR. HUSSEINI SHAIBU ON MAY 14, 2016 AT PROTEA HOTEL IKEJA, LAGOS.
1. EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
1. Encounter - Nigeria
2. Le Chemin - Côte D'Ivoire
3. Blood Taxi - Nigeria
4. Meet The Parents - Nigeria/Canada
5. Nourah The Holy Light - Burkina Faso
6. Ireti - Nigeria
7. Life of Nigerian Couple - Nigeria
AND THE WINNER IS: MEET THE PARENTS (NIGERIA/CANADA)
2. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
1. The Pencil (Le crayon), directed by Adjaratou Ouédraogo - Burkina Faso
2. The Peculiar Life of a Spider - Ghana
3. Funsie Fast Fingers - Nigeria
4. Le Coût du mythe, directed by Lazare Sie Pale - Burkina Faso
AND THE WINNER IS: THE PENCIL directed by Adjaratou Ouédraogo (BURKINA FASO)
3. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. My Father's Funeral (Les funérailles de mon père), directed by Lorenzo Mbiahou Kemajou - Cameroon
2. Nollywood (Something from Nothing) - Nigeria/Jordan
3. Tchindas - Cape Verde
4. The Fruitless Tree (L'arbre sans fruit), directed by Aïcha Macky - Niger
5. Runs ‘I too Seek The Horizon' - Nigeria/UK
6. Camera/Woman - Morocco
AND THE WINNER IS: THE FRUITLESS TREE (NIGER)
4. 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
AND THE WINNER IS: MISSING GOD (NIGERIA)
5. MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD:
1. Lambadina - Ethiopia/USA
2. Skinned - Liberia/USA
3. LAPD African Cop - USA/Nigeria
4. Boxing Day - USA/Nigeria
5. MONA - Nigeria/UK
AND THE WINNER IS: LAMBADINA (ETHIOPIA/USA)
6. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
1. Lines - USA
2. Raptors - USA
3. Across The Track - USA
AND THE WINNER IS: ACROSS THE TRACK (USA)
7. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
1. Can You Dig This- USA
2. America's Blues - USA
3. Spirits of Rebellion - USA
4. Agent of Change - USA
IT IS A JOINT AWARD AND THE AWARD GOES TO: SPIRIT OF REBELLION (USA) AND AGENTS OF CHANGE (USA)
8. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
1. America Is Still the Place - USA
2. Ben & Ara - USA
3. Luv Don't Live Here - USA
AND THE WIINNER IS- BEN AND ARA (USA)
9. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. The Cursed Ones - Ghana
2. Soldiers Story - Nigeria
3. Ayanda - South Africa
4. Missing God - Nigeria
5. Out of Luck - Nigeria
AND THE WINNER IS: THE CURSED ONES (GHANA)
10. AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
1. Eye of the storm (L'Oeil du cyclone), directed by Sékou Traoré
2. Oshimiri, directed by Nonso Emeka Ekwue
3. The Cursed Ones
4. Ayanda
5. Soldiers Story
AND THE WINNER IS: EYE OF THE STORM / L'OEIL DU CYCLONE (BURKINA FASO), directed by Sékou Traoré
11. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
1. Oshimiri, directed by Nonso Emeka Ekwue
2. The Cursed Ones
3. Missing God
4. Soldiers Story
AND THE WINNER IS: SOLDIERS STORY (NIGERIA)
12. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
1. O-Town - Nigeria
2. Tell Me Sweet Something - South Africa
3. The Cursed Ones - Ghana
4. Hear me Move - South Africa
5. Le Pagne- Niger
AND THE WINNER IS: O-TOWN (NIGERIA)
13. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
1. Hear me Move - South Africa
2. Oshimiri - Nigeria
3. Stupid Movie - Nigeria
4. House Arrest - Uganda
5. Soldiers Story - Nigeria
AND THE WINNER IS: OSHIMIRI, directed by Nonso Emeka Ekwue (NIGERIA)
14. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
1. Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone) - Burkina Faso, directed by Sékou Traoré
2. Fifty - Nigeria
3. The Cursed Ones - Ghana
4. Behind Closed Doors (Derrière les portes fermées) - Morocco
5. Falling - Nigeria
6. Rebecca- Ghana
AND THE WINNER IS: FIFTY (NIGERIA)
15. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Cursed ones
2. Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
3. Ayanda
4. Tell me Sweet Something
5. Fifty
AND THE WINNER IS: THE CURSED ONES (GHANA)
16. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
1. Behind Closed Doors (Derrière les portes fermées)
2. Rebecca
3. The Cursed Ones
4. Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
5. Hear me Move
AND THE WINNER IS: HEAR ME MOVE (SOUTH AFRICA)
17. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
1. The Cursed Ones
2. Tell me Sweet Something
3. The Visit
4. Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
5. Beyond Blood
AND THE WINNER IS: TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING (SOUTH AFRICA)
18. AMAA 2016- RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
1. Beyond Blood
2. Dry
3. Fifty
4. Missing God
5. Falling
6. O'Town
AND THE WINNER IS: DRY (NIGERIA)
19. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR (Actress)
1. Nyanso Dzedze - Hear Me Move
2. Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu - The Cursed Ones
3. Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge - Dry
4. Ifu Ennada - O'Town
5. Eve Esin - Oshimiri, directed by Nonso Emeka Ekwue
AND THE WINNER IS: ZUBAIDAT IBRAHIM FAGGE - DRY (NIGERIA)
20. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Joseph Otsiman - The Cursed Ones
2. Uti Nwachukwu - Breathless
3. Abidine Dioari - Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
4. Odunlade Adekola - Taxi Driver
5. Kenneth Nkosi - Ayanda
6. Thomas Gumede- Tell Me Sweet Something
AND THE WINNER IS: ABIDINE DIOARI - EYE OF THE STORM / L'OEIL DU CYCLONE (BURKINA FASO)
21. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. Thishiwe Ziqubu - Tell me Sweet Something
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
AND THE WINNER IS: THISHIWE ZIQUBU (TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING)
22. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Oris Erhuero - The Cursed Ones
2. OC Ukeje - Ayanda
3. Fargass Assande - Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
4. Masego ‘Maps' Maponyane - Tell me Sweet Something
5. Daniel k. Daniel - Soldiers Story
6. Yacoubi Baidari - Le Pagne
AND THE WINNER IS: DANIEL K. DANIEL - SOLDIER STORY (NIGERIA)
23. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
1. Zineb Odeib - Behind Closed Doors (Derrière les portes fermées)
2. Adesua Etomi- Falling
3. Fulu Mugovhani - Ayanda
4. Maïmouna N'Diaye - Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
5. Iretiola Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Nse Ikpe Etim, Omoni Oboli - Fifty
6. Nomzamo Mbatha - Tell me Sweet Something
AND THE WINNER IS: FULU MUGOVHANI (AYANDA)
24. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
1. MONA - Anthony Abuah
2. Beyond Blood - Greg Odutayo
3. 8 Bars and A Clef- Chioma Onyenwe
AND THE WINNER IS: BEYOND BLOOD (GREG ODUTAYO)
25. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
1. Nana Obiri-Yeboah - The Cursed Ones
2. Biyi Bandele - Fifty
3. Sékou Traoré - Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone)
4. Sara Blecher - Ayanda
5. Moussa Hamadou Djingarey - Le Pagne
6. Stephanie Linus - Dry
7. Akin Omotoso - Tell me Sweet Something
8. Mohammed Ahed Bensouda - Behind Closed Doors (Derrière les portes fermées)
AND THE WINNER IS: NANA OBIIRI-YEBOAH - THE CURSED ONES (GHANA)
26. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
1. The Cursed Ones- Ghana
2. Fifty - Nigeria
3. Eye of the Storm (L'Oeil du cyclone) - Burkina Faso
4. Ayanda - South Africa
5. Le Pagne- Niger
6. Dry - Nigeria
7. Tell me Sweet Something- South Africa
8. Behind Closed Doors (Derrière les portes fermées) - Morocco
AND THE WINNER IS: EYE OF THE STORM / L'OEIL DU CYCLONE, directed by Sékou Traoré (BURKINA FASO)
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