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The Africa Movie Academy Awards is an annual entertainment award ceremony presented to recognize excellence among African and non-African professionals, who have contributed to the African film industry. The award was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe and is run by the Africa Film Academy. It is regarded as one of Africa's most notable film events, and have been sometimes referenced as the "African Oscars". 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 to Abuja, FCT for security reasons. In 2012, the awards ceremony was held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos in Lagos State. The 9th and 10th edition saw AMAA returning to Yenagoa, while the 2015 ceremony was held outside Nigeria for the first time. Jury members * Berni Goldblat 2007–present * John Akomfrah * Steve Ayorinde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berni Goldblat
Berni Goldblat is a Swiss-Zimbabwean filmmaker and critic. He has been a juror at the Africa Movie Academy Awards since 2007. Career Born in 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden, Goldblat has been doing video productions centered around West Africa since 1999. In 2000, he founded Cinomade, a Burkinabé association that aims to increase knowledge and appreciation of digital media to film-making. By 2006, he founded his own production company, Les films du Djabadjah in Burkina Faso. He was a jury at Imagé Santé International Film Festival in 2008. In 2017, he was made head of jury for the 13th edition of the AMAA awards. In 2009, his film, ''Hillside Crowd'' won the best documentary award at Brooklyn Film Festival The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival (BiFF) is an independent film festival held every June in New York City. Started by Marco Ursino, Susan Mackell, Abe Schrager, and Mario Pegoraro in .... Filmography He has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaka Igwe
Amaka Igwe (2 January 1963 – 28 April 2014) was a Nigerian filmmaker and broadcasting executive. Igwe was the owner oTop Radio90.9 Lagos and Amaka Igwe Studios. She was recognized as one of the second-generation filmmakers who helped begin the video film era of Nigerian cinema. She remained a prominent figure in the industry until her death in 2014 resulting from an asthma attack. On 2 January 2020, Igwe was honoured on her 57th posthumous birthday with a Google Doodle. Early life and education Uzoamaka Audrey "Amaka" Igwe was born to Isaac and Patience Ene on 2 January 1963 in Port-Harcourt, the capital city of Rivers State, south-south Nigeria. Igwe was the fifth of seven children, and the fourth of six sisters. She was known as "GCO" (General Commanding Officer) by her father and "Storm" by her mother because she was always busy with some activity. As a child she acted as a Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture. She studied at All Saints School and Awkunanaw Girls H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippe Savadogo
Filippe Savadogo is a Burkinabe film critic and politician. Between 2007 and 2011, he was the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Communication for Burkina Faso. He has also served as ambassador of his country to many European countries including France. He is presently a permanent observer to the United Nations. Since 2014, he has been a member of the jury board at the Africa Movie Academy Awards. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Savadogo, Filippe Living people Burkinabe film people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Burkinabe politicians Place of birth missing (living people) Ambassadors of Burkina Faso to France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Burnett (director)
Charles Burnett (; born April 13, 1944) is an American film director, film producer, writer, editor, actor, photographer, and cinematographer. His most popular films include '' Killer of Sheep'' (1978), '' My Brother's Wedding'' (1983), '' To Sleep with Anger'' (1990), '' The Glass Shield'' (1994), and '' Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation'' (2007). He has also directed several short films and documentary films. Burnett has been named as "one of America's very best filmmakers" by the ''Chicago Tribune'' and "the nation's least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director" by ''The New York Times''.A Film by Charles Burnett – Filmmaker ''Killer of Sheep''. Retrieved on 4 July 2011. He received an |
Dorothee Wenner
Dorothee Wenner is a German film curator and journalist. She has served as curator at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1990. She is also a founding jury member of the Africa Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards is an annual entertainment award ceremony presented to recognize excellence among African and non-African professionals, who have contributed to the African film industry. The award was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osig .... References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Film curators Film people from Berlin {{Germany-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayoku Babu
Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, United States, that states its goal is to promote "cultural understanding among peoples of African descent" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an arts festival in Los Angeles in February of each year. The ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2013 called the film festival "the largest black film festival" in the United States. Background The festival was founded in 1992 by actors Danny Glover, Ja'net Dubois, and executive director Ayuko Babu. Babu had no ties to Hollywood and was working as a financial consultant before he contributed to finding the film festival. Glover and actress Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted the festival in 1992. One of the main goals was to expose others to African films because many of the films were not being screened and going unnoticed. Babu states, "A showcase festival, maybe two of them. First, try one in Hollywood. That would get the attention of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaibu Husseini
Shaibu Husseini (born 4 December 1970) is a Nigerian journalist, performing artist, cultural administrator, PR and media expert and film curator. He holds a doctorate degree in mass communication from the University of Lagos and was educated at the Lagos State University School of Communication and at the University of Lagos, where he earned a BSc (first class) in mass communication and an MSc (distinction) respectively. He has been described as the "most consistent documentarist" on Nollywood-related topics. In 2010, he published his book, titled ''Moviedom'', that narrates the developmental stages of Nollywood. He was the head of the jury board at the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards is an annual entertainment award ceremony presented to recognize excellence among African and non-African professionals, who have contributed to the African film industry. The award was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osig .... Career Husseini is an editor at large for ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyginus Ekwuazi
Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi was a former Acting Head of the Department of Theatre Arts in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He was also Director General of the Nigerian Film Corporation. Ekwuazi currently acts as a jury in several awards competitions and festivals, including the Africa Movie Academy Awards, and is an adjunct lecturer at the School of Media and Communication at Pan-Atlantic University in Lagos, Nigeria. References External links Hyginus Ekwuazi profileat University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ... Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Living people Nigerian film critics Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Givanni
June Givanni is a Guyanese-born London-based film curator. She has specialized in African-related movies since 1985, and has worked internationally as a film and television programme consultant and writer."June Givanni" Southplanet. She is also a member of the Africa Movie Academy Award jury. Having worked as a film curator on five continents, she is now best known for founding the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive (JGPACA) in London, a personal collection documenting pan-African cinema over 40 years that has been described as "one of the world's most important collections documenting the moving image for the African continent and its diaspora". Givanni was selected as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Shiri
Keith Shiri is a Zimbabwean film curator, who has been based in Beirut, Lebanon, and in London, UK. In 2024 he was appointed the lead curator of Film Africa, a London-based festival of African and African diasporic film. Shiri also has been an advisor to several film festivals, including London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival, Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou and Tampere Film Festival. Shiri is considered a champion of African filmmaking around the world, including in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. He is also a founding juror at the Africa Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards is an annual entertainment award ceremony presented to recognize excellence among African and non-African professionals, who have contributed to the African film industry. The award was founded by Peace Anyiam-Osig .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiri, Keith Film curators Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
