The role of Eniola in the
Nigerian movie titled “King of Boys” ensured Sola Sobowale emerges as the Best
Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA)2019.
Adesua Etomi who also acted as
Kemi in King of Boys won the award of Best Actress in a Supporting Role, while
“King of Boys” emerged as Best Nigerian film.
AMAA 2019 kicked off with a red
carpet at about 5 PM at the Landmark Event Centre on Sunday, October 27, 2019.
Actress and producer, Kemi Lala
Akindoju, Lorenzo Menakaya and comedian, Funnybone were the hosts of the 15th
edition of the AMAAs.
Here are the winners of the 15th
edition of the AMAAs.
Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award For Best Film by an African-born Director
Living Abroad
1. Julius Amedume – Rattlesnakes
(WINNER)
2. Tosin Coker – Lara and the
Beats
3. Robert O. Peters – Makeroom
Best Diaspora Short Film
1. Bail (UK) (WINNER)
2. Oath Bound (UK)
3. Fevah (USA)
4. I Am Superman (Brazil)
Best Diaspora Documentary
1. Wax Print 1 FABRIC, 4
continent (UK)
2. The Guardian of No Return
(Guadalope)
3. Dare to Dream (USA/CUBA)
4. Drugs as Weapons Against Us
(USA)
5. My Friend Fela (Brazil)
(WINNER)
Best Diaspora Narrative Feature
1. Nine Nights (UK)
2. Olympia (USA)
3. Traffik (US)
4. Hero (Trinidad and
Tobago/Canada) (WINNER)
5. Sprinter (Jamaica)
Best Achievement in Production Design
1. Redemption (Mozambique)
(WINNER)
2. Rafiki (Kenya)
3. Ellen, The Ellen Parkies
Stories (S. Africa)
4. Urgent (Morroco)
5. Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
6. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
7. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
8. Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
Best Achievement in Costume Design
1. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
2. Light in the Dark (Nigeria)
3. Rafiki (Kenya)
4. King of Boys (Nigeria)
5. Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
6. Urgent (Morocco)
Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
(WINNER)
Best Achievement in Make-Up
1. Makeroom (Nigeria)
2. Gold Statue (Nigeria)
3. Veronica’s Wish (Uganda)
4. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
5. Before the Vows (GHANA)
6. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
(WINNER)
7. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
Best Achievement in Soundtrack
1. Subira (Kenya)
2. Mabata Bata (Mozambique) (WINNER)
3. Farewell Ella Bella (S.
AFRICA)
4. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
5. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
6. Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
7. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
8. Redemption (Mozambique)
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1. Makeroom (Nigeria)
2. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
3. Knockout Blessing (Nigeria)
(WINNER)
4. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
5. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
6. The King of Boys (Nigeria)
7. Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
NFVCB Award For Best Nigerian Film
1. The Delivery Boy
2. Lara and the Beats
3. Makeroom
4. King of Boys (WINNER)
5. Gold Statute
6. Up North
7. Knockout Blessing
Best Documentary
1. Djambar, Sembene the
Unsubmissive (Cameroun)
2. The State Against Mandela
(South Africa)
3. Golden Fish, African Fish
(Senegal)
4. Skin (Nigeria)
5. Khartoum Offside (Sudan)
(WINNER)
6. Le loups d’or de Balole
(Burkina Faso)
7. Sur Les Traces de Mamani
Abdoulaye (Niger)
8. No Gold For Katsaka (Burkina
Faso)
9. Mother, I am Suffocating, This
Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)
Ousmane Sembene Award For Best Film in an African Language
1. Makeroom (Nigeria)
2. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
3. Rafiki (Kenya) (WINNER)
4. Bahasha -The Envelope
(Tanzania)
5. Azali (Ghana)
Efere Ozako Award For Best Short Film
1. The Fisherman (Ghana)
2. A Tune of Kora (SENEGAL)
(WINNER)
3. ICYASHA (Rwanda)
4. NAMOW2018 (KENYA)
5. Vagabond (GHANA)
6. Measure of a Woman (SA)
7. Mma Moeketsi (SA)
8. Motswakwa (BOTSWANA)
9. Tonight’s Opening Act (EGYPT)
10. Hello Rain (NIGERIA)
Best Achievement in Sound
1. The Last Victim (S. Africa)
2. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
3. Makeroom (Nigeria)
4. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
5. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
6. Urgent (Morocco)
7. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
(WINNER)
8. Redemption (Mozambique)
Best Achievement in Cinematography
1. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
2. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa) (WINNER)
3. Mother, I am Suffocating, This
Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)
4. Redemption (Mozambique)
5. Rafiki (Kenya)
6. Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
7. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
8. Redemption (Mozambique)
Best Achievement in Editing
1. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
2. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
3. The Last Victim (S. Africa)
4. Rafiki (Kenya) (WINNER)
5. The Gold Statute (Nigeria)
6. Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)
7. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
8. Sew The Winter To My Skin (S.
Africa)
Best Achievement in Screenplay
1. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
2. The Last Victim (S. Africa)
3. Rafiki (Kenya)
4. Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)
5. Gold Statute (Morocco)
6 Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
7. Redemption (Mozambique)
(WINNER)
8. Up North (Nigeria)
Best Animation
1. Kitwana Journey – Kenya
2. Choices – Nigeria (WINNER)
3. Isolated- Kenya
4. Afrogames – Burkina Faso
Best Young/Promising Actor
1. Youssef Alaoui (Ayoub) URGENT
2. Angel Onyinyechi Unigwe
(Adaeze) LIGHT IN THE DARK
3. Cynthia Dankwa (Esi) BURIAL OF
KOJO (WINNER)
4. Emilio Bilo (Azarias) Mabata
Bata
5. Jamma Ibrahim (Amir) The
Delivery Boy
6. Catherine Credo (Neema) Fatuma
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Remilekun “Reminisce” Sarafu
(Makanaki) King of Boys
2. Jarrid Geduld 9 (Abie) Ellen,
The Ellen Parkies Story (WINNER)
3. Zolisa Xaluva (Wyatt Earp) Sew
the Winter to my Skin
4. Kanayo O. Kanyayo (Chief
Otuekong) Up North
5. Kobina Amissah-Sam (Kwabina)
The Burial of Kojo
6. Bucci Franklyn (Dagogo)
Knockout Blessing
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Eniola Shobayo (Vivian)
Knockout Blessing
2. Linda Ejiofer (Oby) Knockout
Blessing
3. Kandyse McClure (Golden Eyes)
Sew the Winter to My Skin
4. Adesua Etomi (Kemi) The King
of Boys (WINNER)
5. Joke Silva (Mama Jumoke) Light
in the Dark
6. Arlete Bombe (Mia) Redemption
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1. Gabriel Afolayan Gold Statue
2. Joseph Otsiman (Kojo) The
Burial of Kojo
3. Chinedu Ikedieze (Big Chi)
Lara and the Beats
4. Jimmy Jean Louis (Robert
McQueen) Rattlesnakes
5. Gil Alexandre (Bruno)
Redemption
6. Marc Zinga ( )Mercy of the
Jungle) (WINNER)
7. Ezra Mabengeza (Samson) Sew
The Winter To My Skin
8. Ayoub Bombwe ( Mwanyusi )
Fatuma
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1. Sheila Munyiva (Ziki) Rafik
2. Rita Dominic (Jumoke Arinze)
Light in the Dark
3. Jill Levenberg (Ellen) The
Ellen Parkies Story
4. Beatrice Taisamo (Fatuma)
Fatuma
5. Seyi Shay (Lara) Lara and the
Beats
6. Sola Sobowale (Eniola) King of
Boys (WINNER)
7. Jemima Osunde (Nkem) The
Delivery Boy
8. Samantha Mugatsia (Kena)
Rafiki
Best Director-First Feature Film
1. Blitz Bazawule – The Burial of
Kojo (Ghana) (WINNER)
2. Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe –
The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
3. Sippy Chadha – Subira
(Tanzania)
4. Nicole Amarteifo – Before the
Vows (Ghana)
Best Director
1. Wanuri Kahui – Rafiki (Kenya)
2. Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe –
The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
3. Daryne Joshua -Ellen, The
Ellen Parkies Story (S. Africa)
4. Jahmil X. Qubeka – Sew the
Winter to My Skin (S. Africa) (WINNER)
5. Kemi Adetiba – King of Boys
(Nigeria)
6. Mohcine Besri – Urgent
(Morocco)
7. Mickey Fonseca – Redemption
(Mozambique)
8. Joël Karekezi- Mercy of the
Jungle (Rwanda)
Best Film
1. Rafiki (Kenya)
2. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
(WINNER)
3. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
4. Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story
(S. Africa)
5. Sew the Winter to My Skin (S.
Africa)
6. Redemption (Mozambique)
7. King of Boys (Nigeria)
8. Urgent (Morocco)
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