African Movie Academy Awards - AMAA 2016 Awards: Major awards to five women directors

African Movie Academy Awards - AMAA 2016 Awards: Major awards to five women directors

The AMAA 2016 presented major awards to five women directors: Zeinabu Davis, USA, Spirits of Rebellion, (Best Diaspora Documentary); Nnegest Likke, USA, Ben and Ara (Best Diaspora Feature); Stephanie Linus, Nigeria, Dry (Best Nigerian Film); Aicha Macky, Niger, The Fruitless Tree (Best Documentary); Adjaratou Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso, The Pencil (Best Animation)

Nnegest Likké (Benandara.com)

Aicha Macky, Zeinabu Davis and Adjaratou Ouedraogo

(Photo: Courtesy Zeinabu Davis)

Stephanie Linus

AWARDS

Best Film

Eye of the Storm

by Sekou Toure

Best Director

Nana Obiri-Yeboah

The Cursed Ones

Best Film By An African Abroad

Lambadina

by Messay Getahun

Best Diaspora Feature

Ben & Ara

by Nnegest Likke 

Best Actress In Supporting Role

Thishiwe Ziqubu

Tell Me Sweet Something

Best Actress In Leading Role

Fulu Mugovhani

Ayanda

Best Actor In Leading Role

Daniel K Daniel

A Soldier's Story

Best Actor In Supporting Role

Abidine Dioari

Eye of the Storm

Best Diaspora Documentary

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Film at UCLA

by Zeinabu Davis

Best Film In African Language 

The Missing God

by Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu

Best Diaspora Short Film

Across the Tracks

by Michael Cooke

Best Documentary

The Fruitless Tree

by Aicha Macky

Best Achievement In Sound

Fifty

Best Nigerian Film

Dry

by Stephanie Linus

Best Young Actor

Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge

Dry

Best Make Up

A Soldier's Story

Best Short Film

Meet The Parents

Best Visual Effects

Oshimiri

Best Soundtrack

O-Town

Best Screenplay

Tell Me Sweet Something

See related link: AMAA 2016 Jury Statement and Awards (Africine.org)