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Africa Movie Academy Award For Best Documentary
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best short and feature documentaries for the year. It has been merged and renamed severally since it was first awarded in 2006 as ''Best Documentary''. References {{Africa Movie Academy Awards Lists of award winners Africa Movie Academy Awards Documentary film awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa Movie Academy Awards
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] |
Djo Tunda Wa Munga
Djo Tunda Wa Munga (born 1972) is a Congolese film director and producer. For his 2010 thriller movie ''Viva Riva!'' he won the award for ''Best Director'' at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2011. ''Viva Riva!'' also won at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards for Best African Movie The film was released in 18 African countries and portrayed a gritty view of life in Kinshasa. It was the first Congolese film produced since the Mobutu Sese Seko shut the industry down 25 years before. Riva, a charming seller of black-market gasoline, falls in love with the girlfriend of a Kinshasa crime boss. Angolese actor Hoji Fortuna Hoji Ya Henda Braga Fortuna (born 4 September 1974) is an Angolan actor. Born in Luanda and named after war hero Hoji-ya-Henda, Fortuna emigrated to Portugal at the age of 20. He worked as a model and DJ in parallel to his study of law at the Ca ... also won best supporting actor at the MTV Movie Awards for his portrayal of a hustler named Cesar. References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sincerely Ethiopia
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Portrait Of A Lone Farmer
''Portrait of a Lone Farmer'' is a 2013 Nigerian Danish documentary film by Jide Tom Akinleminu, about life on his father's chicken farm in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... References External links * Nigerian documentary films Best Documentary Africa Movie Academy Award winners Danish documentary films 2013 films 2013 documentary films Documentary films about agriculture Agriculture in Nigeria {{environment-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers
Hamu is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ana Hamu (died 1848), Māori woman * Bruna Hamú (born 1990), Brazilian actress and model * Hamu Kayondo Hamu Kayondo (born 9 March 1990) is a Ugandan cricketer. He made his List A cricket debut in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament for Uganda against Canada on 24 January 2015. He was in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World ... (born 1990), Ugandan cricket player * Hamu Shiru (died 1932), Yezidi tribal leader {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Africa Movie Academy Awards
The 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony honouring movies of 2013 was scheduled to take place in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on 26 April 2014, but was shifted to 24 May 2014. The nomination party was held at Emperor Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa on 2 April 2014. Winners and nominees Entries were open for the award in December 2013 and closed on 15 January 2014, the films for submission must have been produced, premiered and/or released between May 2012 and December 2013. Over 500 films were submitted for the awards from 40 countries across the world; the nomination process involved five stages before the best 30 films were shortlisted for nomination. Before this edition, there used to be a ten-man jury to determine the nominees but it has been increased to fifteen. The nominees for the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards were announced on 2 April 2014 at Emperor Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa, the main event which was initially scheduled to be held on 26 April 2014 has been s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuelling Poverty
''Fuelling Poverty'' is a 2012 Nigerian documentary by Ishaya Bako that narrates the activities of the Occupy Nigeria movement when it was at its climax in early 2012. The 28 minutes video also features special appearances from Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, Seun Kuti and Desmond Elliot. It won the ''Best Documentary'' award at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Censorship The Nigerian government through the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) banned the video from public exhibition stating that "...the contents of the film are highly provocative and likely to incite or encourage public disorder and undermine national security." The Producers of the documentary through NFVCB Lawyer were also "...strongly advised not to distribute or exhibit the documentary film. All relevant national security agencies are on the alert...". See also * List of Nigerian films of 2012 References External links Fuelling Povertyon YouTube YouTub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Africa Movie Academy Awards
The 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony honouring movies of 2012 was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on 20 April 2013. The event was hosted by actress and former AMAA winner Ama K. Abebrese and Ayo Makun with many celebrities in attendance. The awards' nomination party was held in Lilongwe, Malawi; it was hosted by Her Excellency, Joyce Banda, President Joyce Banda. A total of 671 films were submitted for consideration across Africa, America, Canada, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Italy, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom. ''Confusion Na Wa'' won the best picture award. The late Justus Esiri was awarded the Best Actor in a leading role posthumously. Winners and nominees A total of 29 award categories were given out. Below is a full list of all the winners. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface: Awards Honorary awards Lifetime Achievement Awards * Tunde Kelani * Chief Eddi Ugbomah * Sir Ositadinma Okeke Oguno (Ossy Affason) * Ayuko Badu * Pete Edochie, Chief Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Mandela
''Dear Mandela'' is a 2012 South-African/American documentary focusing on three friends who are members of the shackdwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo. They fight eviction by making a legal challenge against the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 which ends up going to the final court of appeal, the Constitutional Court. The challenge is successful but swiftly results in a violent attack on the Kennedy Road informal settlement in 2009. The film-makers were themselves caught up in the attack. With the events of the film happening long after Nelson Mandela stepped down as President of South Africa, his promise to house all citizens is still a central question. The film was written, produced and directed by Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza. It premiered at the 2012 Brooklyn International Film Festival. Awards * Winner - Grand Chameleon Award (Best Film) and Best Documentary, Brooklyn Film Festival. * Winner - Best South African Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An African Election
''An African Election'' is a 2011 documentary film about the contentious 2008 general elections in Ghana, directed by Jarreth and Kevin Merz. The film features interviews with the two major presidential candidates, Nana Akufo-Addo and John Atta Mills, as well as Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de .... References External links * * 2011 documentary films 2011 films American documentary films Documentary films about African politics Documentary films about elections Ghanaian documentary films Swiss documentary films Best Documentary Africa Movie Academy Award winners Elections in Ghana 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{Switzerland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Africa Movie Academy Awards ...
The 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 22 April 2012 at the Expo Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos, Nigeria to honor the best African films of 2011. The nominees were announced on 17 March 2012 at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul, Gambia at an event that was attended by celebrities and top government officials from Gambia and other African countries. Awards Special Jury Prize * ''Man on Ground'' - South Africa/Nigeria References {{Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies Award Africa Movie Academy Awards 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |