2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Winners

- July 16, 2017

2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Winners

Alain Gomis' French drama,"Félicité" that won the Jury Grand Prix award at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and also won Award for the Best Feature Length Film at FCAT 2017, has won the Best Film and five other awards at 13th African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held last night at the Eko Hotel & Suites Convention Centre on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Full List of Winners.
The President of the AMAA Jury is Bernie Goldblat.

EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
A Place for Myself – Rwanda
A Place in the Plane – Senegal

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION
Got Flowers – Nigeria

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Mama Colonel – DRC

OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
Félicité – Senegal

MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD
While We Live – Burkina Faso/Sweden

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT
90 Days – USA
Kbela‬ - Brazil

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY
1. I Am Not Your Negro – Haiti/France
2. 13th – USA
3. Les heritiers du Vietnam (Martinique)
4. Horace Tapscott, Musical Griot – USA

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE
West Indies Gang – Guadeloupe

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
76 – Nigeria

AMAA 2017 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Queen of Katwe- Uganda

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
Oloibiri – Nigeria

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK
Félicité – Senegal

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT
Wulu – Mali

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Vaya – South Africa

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Last of Us – Tunisia

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
Félicité- Senegal

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY
Vaya – South Africa

AMAA 2017- LAGOS STATE AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM
76

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR
Medina Molanga – Queen of Katwe

TONY ELUMELU AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY
Three Wise Men – Nigeria

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jahwar Soudani - The Last of Us

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Vero Tshanda - Felicitè

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Papi Mpaka – Félicité

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Angélique Kidjo - THE CEO

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Akin Omotosho - Vaya

AMAA 2017 AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Félicité – Senegal

AMAA 2017 LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nkem Owoh

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