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Africa Movie Academy Award For Most Promising Actor
The Africa Movie Academy Award The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ... for Most Promising Actor is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize emerging talents in the African cinema. The category has been renamed and merged severally since it was first awarded in 2006. References {{Africa Movie Academy Awards Lists of award winners Most Promising Actor Africa Movie Academy Award winners Africa Movie Academy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Movie Academy Award
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run through the Africa Film Academy. 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 media representatives, celebrities, politicians, journalists, actresses and actors from all across the world. The AMA Awards is widely considered to be Africa's most important film event and the most prestigious film award in Africa. History The first Africa Movie Academy Awards was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria on 30 May 2005. All other subsequent African Academy Awards before 2012 were held at the same venue, except for the 2008 AMAA Awards which was moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Africa Movie Academy Awards
The 5th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 2009, at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2008. It was broadcast live on Nigerian national television. Africa Movie Academy Award winner Kate Henshaw-Nuttal and Nigerian stand-up comedian Julius Agwu hosted the ceremony. Numerous celebrities graced the event, including Timipre Sylva (the Governor of Bayelsa State) and Nollywood actresses and actors. Special guests were Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and Hollywood actor Danny Glover. The nominees were announced on March 3, 2009, during the 21st Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) by AMAA CEO Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. Approximately 403 entries from 54 African countries participated in the bid for an award. With a total of twelve nominations, the Kenyan film ''From a Whisper'' led the nomination count, while Uganda's ''Battle of the Souls'' and South Africa's ''Gugu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror Boy
''The Mirror Boy'' is a 2011 Nigerian fantasy adventure drama film written and directed by Obi Emelonye, produced by Patrick Campbell and starring Genevieve Nnaji, Osita Iheme and Edward Kagutuzi. The film which was shot in England and the Gambia, received 3 nominations at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards. Plot The film tells the uplifting story of a young teenage African British boy who is taken back to the land of his mother's birth, but then gets mysteriously lost in a foreboding forest and embarks on a magical journey that teaches him about himself and the mystery of the father he has never seen. Cast *Trew Sider - Rodney Marsh *Genevieve Nnaji - Teema * Osita Iheme - Mirror Boy *Edward Kagutuzi - Tijan *Fatima Jabbe - Queen *Emma Fletcher - Miss Nugent *Peter Halpin - PC Andrews See also * List of Nigerian films of 2011 This is a list of Nigerian films released in 2011. Films See also * List of Nigerian films References External links2011 filmsat the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Africa Movie Academy Awards
The 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 27 March 2011 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2010. The nomination ceremony was held at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on 25 February 2011. For the films released in 2010, African Movie Academy Awards were presented in 26 categories. Winners The winners of the 26 Award Categories are listed first and highlighted in bold letters. Films with multiple nominations The following films received multiple nominations. *;12 nominations **''Viva Riva!'' *;9 nominations **''Sinking Sands'' *;8 nominations **''Hopeville'' *; 6 nominations **''A Small Town Called Descent'' **''Izulu Lami'' *;5 nominations **''Inale'' **''Soul Boy'' **''Shirley Adams'' **'' Tango With Me'' *;4 nominations **'' Africa United'' **''Maami'' *;3 nominations **''Aramotu'' **''Mirror Boy'' *;2 nominations **''Anchor Baby'' **''Pool Party'' **''Yemoja'' **''Zebu And The Photofi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Ankomah
Martha Ankomah is a Ghanaian film actress and an entrepreneur Personal life and education Ankomah was born in Accra, Ghana, as the first-born of her single mother, Ankomah recalled encountering several challenges during her childhood. She is an alumna of Adabraka Presbyterian Junior High School, Labone Senior High School and Jayee University College. Career According to her, she delved into acting through her cousin in 1994. After taking part in several auditions for movies, and acting in some television serials and film productions, she entered into '' Next Movie Star'', where she was placed third in the 2007 edition of the reality show. Ankomah disclosed during an interview with Hitz FM in 2016 that henceforth she would only consider roles that are morally just and bring about positive change in the society. In September 2018, she clarified her position, explaining that she can assume any role in a film as long as it passes a positive message to its audience. In 2017, Anko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imani (film)
''Imani'' is a 2010 Swedish-Ugandan film. Synopsis The film takes place during a normal day in the Ugandan capital of Kampala in the province of Gulu. For three people however, this day will not be an ordinary one. Mary, who works in the house of an upper class lady, faces serious difficulties when she has no choice but to pay a bribe to save her sister from the clutches of the police. 12-year-old Olweny, a former child soldier, leaves the rehabilitation center to return to his parents' village, destroyed by the war. And break-dancer Armstrong has to put together a performance due to take place that same evening. ''Imanis UK television premiere was on The Africa Channel International (Sky 209 & Virgin Media Virgin Media is a British telecommunications company which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are at Green Park in Reading, England. It is owned by Virgin Media O2, a 50:50 joint ventu ... 828) on Wednesday 20 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rehema Nanfuka
Rehema Nanfuka (born 25 May 1986) is a Ugandan film, theatre and television actress, director, and filmmaker known for her roles in Imani, Veronica's Wish, Imbabazi, The Girl in the Yellow Jumper, Queen of Katwe, Imperial Blue among other films. She won the Best Director award at the 2018 Uganda Film Festival Awards, becoming the first female director to ever win an award in this category at any of the awarding bodies in Uganda. Career Film and Television Rehema started her acting career in Mira Nair's Maisha Film Lab's 2008 production, ''Downcast'' where she played a housewife. Her breakout role as Mary the maid in '' Imani'' won her two awards; the Africa Movie Academy Award for Most Promising Actress in 2010 sharing the win with Chelsea Eze and Best Actress Award at the African Film Festival of Cordoba, Spain in 2010. The film also won an Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film in an African Language. Rehema also received recognition from the Variety critic Boyd V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent Scandals
''Silent Scandals'' is a 2009 Nigerian romantic drama film written and produced by Vivian Ejike and directed by T.K. Falope, It stars Genevieve Nnaji, Majid Michel, Chelsea Eze, Uche Jombo and Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke. Chelsea Eze won the ''Most Promising Actress'' category for her role in the film at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Cast *Genevieve Nnaji as Jessie *Majid Michel as Neto *Chelsea Eze as Ella *Uche Jombo as Muky *Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke Ebele Okaro Onyiuke (born 19 January 1964) is a Nigerian actress and film producer. Early life and education Ebele Okaro was born on 19 January 1964 in London and raised in Enugu, Nigeria. She began acting while attending the Santa Maria Primary ... as Mrs Helen Ubaka * Ime Bishop Umoh as Akpan * Pope Stan U. Ndu as Jay Jay *Isaac David as Alhaji Danladi *Peachman Akputa as Etim *Dami Solomon as Tonia *Tessy Oragwa as Tina *Oladimeji Alimi as Alhaji Aide *Kelechi Amadi Obi as Photographer References External links * * 2009 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilies Of The Ghetto
''Lilies of the Ghetto '' is a 2009 film. Synopsis Ijaloko, an ex-convict and a ghetto chief, abducts five kids from his neighborhood: Johnnie, Small, Konkolo, Fryo and Bobo. He brainwashes them and induces them into using hard-drugs, thereby destroying all their humanity and turning them into a menace to society in order to achieve his wishes. Four of the kids die, one after the other. Johnnie, the luckiest of them all, survives and decides to quit being a gangster and go back to school. Ijaloko will do everything in his power to stop him. Nominations The film was nominated for the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards The 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 10 April 2010 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2009. The nominees were announced on 6 March 2010 at the Mensvic Grand ... for Most Promising Actor for Sunny Chikezie, Best Editing and Best Costume Design. External links 2009 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of Men
''Heart of Men'' (Reissued in Nollywood as ''Forbidden Fruit'' by Henrikesim Multimedia Concept for International distribution) is a 2009 Ghanaian Nigerian thriller film produced & directed by Frank Rajah Arase, and starring Majid Michel, John Dumelo, Prince David Osei and Yvonne Nelson. It received five nominations at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Cast *''Majid Michel as Richie'' *''John Dumelo as Kay'' *''Prince David Osei as Ray'' *''Yvonne Nelson as Tracy'' *'' Martha Ankomah as Diana'' *'' Kofi Adjorlolo as Bernard'' *''Gavivina Tamakloe as Officer'' *''Nadia Buari as Sylvia'' *''Luckie Lawson as Alicie'' *''Jackie Appiah as Whitney'' *''Jackie Appiah as Adline'' Reception The film was generally criticized for promoting nudity in films and introducing soft porn to Nigerian and Ghanaian home videos. It is rated 3 out of 5 stars on Nollywood Reinvented who praised the quality, setting and musical score, but found the plot too complex and the sex scenes overdone. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dumelo
John Dumelo (born 3 February 1984) is a Ghanaian actor, farmer and politician. On 1 April 2014 he emerged as the first Ghanaian to hit a million likes on Facebook. His parents are Mr. John Dumelo who was a Civil Engineer and Mrs. Antoinette Dumelo a Customs Officer. Early life and education Dumelo was born in Ghana and had his basic education at Christ the King School in Accra. He attended Achimota School was part of the Drama Club and also won the Fliers Guy in Mo-TOWN prize. and further studied Civil Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He contested in "Mr University" won at KNUST. Later, he enrolled in GIMPA's School of Public Service and Governance. He started acting in the early 1990s in a 1991 movie called '' Baby Thief'' while he was attending Christ the King School and was paid 20 thousand old Ghana Cedis (currently 2 Ghana Cedis) at age 7 years. Personal life John Dumelo is married to Gifty Mawunya Nkornu. He held a grand wedding at R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Africa Movie Academy Awards
The 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 10 April 2010 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2009. The nominees were announced on 6 March 2010 at the Mensvic Grand Hotel in Accra, Ghana at an event that was attended by delegates from Nigeria, top government officials from Ghana and African celebrities. Hollywood stars, Glynn Turman and CCH Pounder were the special guests from Hollywood. Approximately 280 films from 32 African countries were nominated for the awards. Winners Major awards The winners of the 24 Award Categories are listed first and highlighted in bold letters. Additional awards See alsoCNN – Inside Africa – The African Movie Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
