Complete list of AMAA 2020 nominees and winners
- The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) 2020 took place virtually on December 20
- Nigerian movie, The Milkmaid, was the biggest winner of the night
- Lesotho's This Is Not A Burial followed closely behind with four wins
- Nollywood stars, Ramsey Nouah and Maryam Booth also won awards
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The 16th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) saw Nigeria’s The Milkmaid directed by Desmond Ovbiagele score five awards, making it the biggest winner of the night.
The award show which had its first-ever virtual edition hosted by actor, Lorenzo Menakaya, took place on Sunday, December 20.
Akin Omotoso‘s The Ghost and The House of Truth won the award for achievement in editing, Maryam Booth won best actress in a supporting role. Ramsey Nouah also won the award for best actor in a supporting role in Living In Bondage: Breaking Free.
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Lesotho's This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection also shone brightly at the event with four wins.
Below is the complete list of winners:
EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Baxu & the Giant — Namibia
Songs About My Mother — South Africa
Idi Amin’s Boat — Uganda
Yahoo — Nigeria
SEMA (Speak Out) — DRC
The Letter Reader — South Africa
A Canvas for a Visa — Senegal
After the War — Egypt
WINNER: The Letter Reader (South Africa)
JUBRIL MALAFIA AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
From Here To Timbuktu — Kenya
Malaika (The Warrior Queen) — Nigeria/USA
A Special Gift — Mozambique
The Legend of Lwanda Magere — Kenya
FTFO — Nigeria
Sankofa — Cote D’Voire
I am leaving In Ghana Get Me Out of Here — Ghana
A Gugle Day — Nigeria
WINNER: I am leaving In Ghana Get Me Out of Here (Ghana)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
January 15, 1970: Untold memoir of the Biafran War (Nigeria)
Journey to Kenya (Sudan)
No Gold for Kalsaka (Burkina Faso)
Days of Cannibalism (South Africa)
Finding Sally (Ethiopia/Canada)
The Letter (Kenya)
Becoming Black (Togo/Germany)
Influence (South Africa)
WINNER: No Gold for Kalsaka (Burkina Faso)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
Boxed (USA)
June 14 (USA)
Egun (Brazil)
Brick By Brick (USA)
WINNER: Boxed (USA)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
Once In Hundred Years (USA)
Revolution From Afar (USA)
Meeting My Father (France)
Becoming Black (Germany)
If Objects Could Speak (Germany)
WINNER: Becoming Black (Germany)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA NARRATIVE FEATURE
Aiyai: Wrathful Soul (Australia)
Lola (USA)
A Day With Jerusa (Brazil)
Black and Blue (USA)
Joseph (Barbados)
WINNER: Joseph (Barbados)
MICHAEL ANYIAM-OSIGWE AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
Eagles’ Nest — Olivier Assoua
2 Weeks in Lagos — Kathryn Fasegha
Idemuza — Aloaye Omoake
Between — Daniel Adenimokan
No Shade — Clare Anyiam-Osigwe
WINNER: No Shade — Clare Anyiam-Osigwe
OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
This is Not A Burial…it’s a Resurrection (Lesotho)
Fiela’s Child (South Africa)
The White Line (Namibia)
WINNER — The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
AMAA 2020 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lesotho)
Heroes of Africa; Tette Quarshie (Ghana)
The White Line (Namibia)
Ibi (The Birth) (Nigeria)
Foreigner’s God (Nigeria)
WINNER: This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lesotho)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Knuckle City (South Africa)
Ratnik (Nigeria)
The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
1929 (Nigeria)
Heroes of Africa; Tette Quarshie (Ghana)
WINNER: The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
The Fisherman’s Diary (Cameroon)
Coming from Insanity (Nigeria)
Zulu Wedding (South Africa)
Gold Coast Lounge (Ghana)
For Maria: Ebun Pataki (Nigeria)
Walking with Shadows (Nigeria)
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free (Nigeria)
Mirage (Zimbabwe)
WINNER : Gold Coast Lounge (Ghana)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
Heroes of Africa; Tette Quarshie (Ghana)
Desrances (Burkina Faso)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free (Nigeria)
Badamasi (Nigeria)
Ratnik (Ratnik)
Foreigner’s God (Nigeria)
A Taste of Our Land (Rwanda)
WINNER: Knuckle City (South Africa)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Fiela’s Child (South Africa)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
Children of the Storm (South Africa)
The Ghost and House of Truth (Nigeria)
For Maria: Ebun Pataki (Nigeria)
40 Sticks (Kenya)
Desrances (Burkina Faso)
Gold Coast Lounge (Ghana)
WINNER: Fiela’s Child (South Africa)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Ratnik (Nigeria)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
Zulu Wedding (South Africa)
Perfect Picture: Ten Years Later (Ghana)
This is Not A Burial, It’s a resurrection (Lesotho)
Foreigner’s God (Nigeria)
Gold Coast Lounge (Ghana)
The Ghost and the House of Truth (Nigeria)
WINNER: Knuckle City (South Africa)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Ghost and House of Truth (Nigeria)
The Fisherman’s Diary (Cameroon)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
40 Sticks (Kenya)
Desrances (Burkina Faso)
This is Not A Burial, It’s a resurrection (Lesotho)
Gold Coast Lounge (Ghana)
WINNER : This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lesotho)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Perfect Picture: Ten Years Later (Ghana)
The Ghost and House of Truth (Nigeria)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
40 Sticks (Kenya)
Desrances (Burkina Faso)
WINNER: The Ghost and the House of Truth (Nigeria)
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
For Maria: Ebun Pataki (Nigeria)
The White Line (Namibia)
4th Republic (Nigeria)
The Fisherman’s Diary (Cameroon)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
40 Sticks (Kenya)
Perfect Picture: Ten Years Later (Ghana)
3 Days To Go (South Africa)
WINNER: The Fisherman’s Diary (Cameroon)
AMAA 2020- NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD (NFVCB) AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
Cold Feet
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
4th Republic
For Maria: Ebun Pataki
The Bling Lagosians
Coming From Insanity
The Ghost and The House of Truth
The Milkmaid
WINNER : The Milkmaid
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/PROMISING ACTOR
Faith Fidel — The Fisherman’s Diary
Naomi Nemlin — Desrances
Chimezie Imo — Nimbe
Swanky JKA — Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
Wayne Smith — Fiela’s Child
Cina Soul — Gold Coast Lounge
Anthonieta Kalunta — The Milkmaid
WINNER: Faith Fidel — The Fisherman’s Diary
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Arabrun Nyyeneque — 40 Sticks
Adjatey Annang- Gold Ghost Lounge
Narcissus Afeli — Desrances
Cosson Chinepoh — Fisherman’s Diary
Ramsey Nouah Jnr — Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
WINNER: Ramsey Nouah Jnr — Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Maryam Booth — The Milkmaid
Chairmaine Mujeri — Mirage
Linda Ejiofor — 4th Republic
Ndano Tramanse — Fisherman’s Diary
Tina Mba — The Set Up
Faniswa Yisa — Knuckle City
Evelyne Juhen — Desrances
WINNER: Maryam Booth — The Milkmaid
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jimmy Jean-Louis — Desrances
Gabriel Afolayan — Coming From Insanity
Kang Quintus — Fisherman’s Diary
Bongile Mantsai — Knuckle City
Alphonse Menyo — Gold Coast Lounge
Eyinna Nwigwe — Badamasi
Robert Agengo/Mwaura Bilal/Andreo Kamau/ Xavier Ywawa — 40 Sticks
Darrin Dewitt Henson — Zulu Wedding
WINNER: Jimmy Jean-Louis — Desrances
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Joselyn Dumas — Cold Feet
Mary Twala Mhlongo — This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Stella Damasus — Between
Meg Otanwa — For Maria: Ebun Pataki
Zenobia Kloppers — Fiela’s Child
Elvina Ibru — The Bling Lagosians
Girley Jazama — The White Line
Kelly Khumalo — Zulu Wedding
WINNER: Mary Twala Mhlongo — This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR
Coming From Insanity — Akinyemi Sebastine Akinropo
Living in Bondage — Ramsey Nouah Jnr.
The Bling Lagosians — Bolanle Austen- Peters
For Maria: Ebun Pataki — Damilola E. Orimogunje
The Zulu Wedding — Lineo Sekeleoana
A Taste of Our Land - — Yuhi Amuli
Mirage — Malaika Mushandu
The White Line — Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret
WINNER: A Taste of Our Land — Yuhi Amuli
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Akin Omotoso — The Ghost and House of Truth
Enah Johnscott — A Fisherman’s Diary
Jahmil X.T Quebeka- Knuckle City
Desmond Ovbiagele- Milk Maid
Victor Gatonye- 40 Sticks
Appoline Traore — Desrances
Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese — This is Not A Burial, It’s a resurrection
Pascal Aka — Gold Coast Lounge
WINNER: Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese — This is Not a Burial, It’s a resurrection
AMAA 2020 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Ghost and the House of Truth (Nigeria)
The Fisherman’s Diary (Cameroon)
Knuckle City (South Africa)
The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
40 Sticks (Kenya)
Desrances (Burkina Faso)
This is Not A Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lesotho)
Gold Coast Lounge — Ghana
WINNER: The Milkmaid (Nigeria)
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AFRIMMA is the biggest African music award ceremony in Diaspora that creates a platform to promote the diversity of African music.
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