African Movie Academy Award

African Movie Academy Awards
Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
Presented by African Film Academy
First awarded 2005
Official website http://ama-awards.com

The African Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the African film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well as uniting the African continent through arts and culture. The award presentation is attended by numerous international media representatives, Hollywood celebrities, Nigerian politicians, journalists and actresses & actors from all across Africa. The AMAA awards are widely considered to be Africa's most important film event[1] and one of the most prestigious African film awards.[2][3][4] A variety of international observers have fondly called the African Movie Academy Awards the "African Oscars".[5][6][7][8] The most recent ceremony, honoring films in 2010, was held at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria on March 27, 2011.

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History

The first African Movie Academy Awards were held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria on May 30 2005.[9][10] All other subsequent African Academy Awards were also held at the same venue, however for security reasons the venue for the 2008 AMAA Awards was moved to Abuja, Nigeria.[11]

Award categories

As of 2011 the African Movie Academy Awards have approximately 26 categories. Some of these include:[12]

See also

Africa portal
Film portal
Nigeria portal


References

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  3. ^ Mokwetsi, John (11 April 2009). "Dangarembga in the Dark". AllAfrica.com (AllAfrica Global Media). http://allafrica.com/stories/200904130312.html. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 
  4. ^ Magubane, Khanyi. "African film awards honour SA". Cape Town, South Africa: http://www.Bizcommunity.com. http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/97/35347.html. Retrieved 14 August 2010. 
  5. ^ Tutton, Mark; Purefoy, Christian (April 30, 2010). "Stars shine at African Oscars". CNN International. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/30/african.movie.awards/index.html. Retrieved 15 August 2010. 
  6. ^ Krahe, Dialika. "Nollywood's Film Industry Second only to Bollywood in Scale". Der Spiegel (Hamburg, Germany: SPIEGEL-Verlag). http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,690344,00.html. Retrieved 14 August 2010. 
  7. ^ "Student’s film wins four African Oscars". Nouse (York, UK: Nouse). http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/10/14/student%E2%80%99s-film-wins-four-african-oscars/. Retrieved 14 August 2010. 
  8. ^ Stoll, Nicole. "African Movie Academy Award winning film about MalcolmX screens in Brooklyn". Independent Media Center. http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2010/07/111687.html. Retrieved 14 August 2010. 
  9. ^ Balogun, Sola (11 March 2005). "Movie makers storm Bayelsa for awards". Lagos, Nigeria: Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 04 December 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051204013147/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2005/Mar/11/showtime-11-03-2005-006.htm. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  10. ^ Folaranmi, Femi (13 May 2005). "Rhythm of a new world of movies As Nollywood stars storm Yenagoa for AMAA". Lagos, Nigeria: Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 09 September 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060909132636/http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/showtime/2005/may/13/showtime-13-05-2005-006.htm. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  11. ^ Oluikpe, Nkasiobi (15 January 2009). "Artistes in Big Dream for 2009". AllAfrica.com (AllAfrica Global Media). http://allafrica.com/stories/200901160179.html. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  12. ^ "AMAA Nominees and Winners 2011". African Movie Academy Awards. http://ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.