The 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held Saturday 27 April, 2013, at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The event was co-hosted by Nollywood diva Dakore Egbuson, comedian Ayo Makun, Adjetey Anang and Ama K Abebrese British/Ghanaian television presenter and actress.
Below is a list of some of the nominees and winners of the 2013 AMAA’s:
Best Film
1. Nairobi Half Life : Kenya
2. Ninah’s Dowry : Cameroon
3. Last Fishing Boat : Malawi
4. Virgin Margarida : Mozambique
5. Elelwani : South Africa
6. Last Flight To Abuja : Nigeria
7. Confusion Na Wa /Nigeria – WINNER
Best Actor In A Leading Role
1. Oc Ukeje : Alan Poza
2. Bimbo Manuel : Hereos And Zereos
3. Lindani Nkosi : Zama Zama
4. Justus Esiri : Assasins Practice/Nigeria – WINNER
5. Hlomla Dandala : The Contract
6. Femi Jacobs : The Meeting
7. Amurin Wumnembom : Ninah’s Dowry
Best Actress In A Leading Role
1. Yvonne Okoro : The Contract
2. Florence Masebe : Elelwani/South Africa – WINNER
3. Mariam Ouedraogo : Moi Zaphira
4. Rita Dominic : The Meeting
5. Mbutung Seikeh : Ninah’s Diary
6. Flora Suya : Last Fishing Boat
Best Director
1. Kenneth Gyang : Confusion Na Wah
2. Shemu Joyah : Last Fishing Boat
3. Shirley Frimpong Manso: Contract
4. Niji Akanni : Hereos And Zeroes/Nigeria – WINNER
5. David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga : Nairobi Half Life
6. Ntshavheni Wa Luruli : Elelwani
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
1. Gabriel Afolayan : Hoodrush/Nigeria – WINNER
2. Ali Nuhu : Blood And Henna
3. Olwenya Maina : Nairobi Half Life
4. Alfred Atungu : Twin Sword
5. Ikponmwosa Gold : Confusion Na Wa
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
1. Hermelinda Cimela : Virgin Magarida/Mozambique – WINNER
2. Patience Ozokwo : Turning Point
3. Linda Ejiofor : The Meeting
4. Crista Eka : Ninah’s Dowry
5. Foluke Daramola : Cobweb
Best Nigerian Film
1. Blood And Henna
2. Hereos And Zereos
3. The Meeting
4.Confusion Na Wa/Nigeria – WINNER
5. The Twin Sword
6. Kokomma
7. Okoro The Prince
Best Diaspora Feature
1. Against The Grain : United States
2. Between Friends: Trinidad / Tobago
3. Stones In The Sun : Haiti / United States – WINNER
Best Nigerian Film
1. Blood And Henna
2. Hereos And Zereos
3. The Meeting
4.Confusion Na Wa/Nigeria – WINNER
5. The Twin Sword
6. Kokomma
7. Okoro The Prince
Achievement In Screenplay
1. The Contract
2. Ninah’s Dowry
3. Hereos And Zereos/Nigeria – WINNER
4. Alan Poza
5. Blood And Henna
6. Zama Zama
Best Film In An African Language
1. Moi Zaphira/Burkina Faso – WINNER
2. Elelwani : South Africa
3. The Last Fishing Boat : Malawi
4. Nairobi Half Life : Kenya
5. Blood And Henna : Nigeria
6. Sherifa : Togo
7. Kokomma: Nigeria
Best Film By An African Abroad
1. Turning Point : United States / Nigeria
2. Assasins Practice : United Kingdom / Nigeria
3. Last Flight To Abuja: United Kingdom / Nigeria – WINNER
4. Bianca : United States / Nigeria
5. Woolwich Boys : United Kingdom / Nigeria
Achievement In Production Design
1. Virgin Magarida
2. Elelwani/South Africa – WINNER
3. The Twin Sword
4. The Contract
5. Blood And Henna
6. Okoro The Prince
Achievement In Costume Design
1. Twin Sword
2. Elelwani
3. Virgin Magarida
4. Blood And Henna/Nigeria – WINNER
5. The Meeting
6. Cobweb
Achievement In Make-up
1. The Meeting/Nigeria – WINNER
2. Twin Sword
3. Elelwani
4. Ninah’s Dowry
5. Okoro The Prince
6. Uhlanga, The Mark
Achievement In Soundtrack
1. Journey To Self
2. Okoro The Prince
3. The Last Fishing Boat/Malawi – WINNER
4. Hoodrush
5. Nairobi Half Life
6. The Twin Sword
Achievement In Visual Effects
1. Okoro The Prince
2. The Twin Sword/Nigeria – WINNER
3. Elelwani
4. Last Flight To Abuja
5. Uhlanga, The Mark
6. Awakening
Achievement In Sound
1. Last Flight To Abuja
2. Streets Of Calabar
3. Hereos and Zeros
4. Zama Zama
5. Virgin Magarida
6. Nairobi Half Life/Kenya – WINNER
Achievement In Cinematography
1. Virgin Magarida
2. Nairobi Half Life
3. Uhlanga, The Mark/South Africa – WINNER
4. Swirl In Bamako
5. The Twin Sword
6. Elelwani
Achievement In Editing
1. Last Flight To Abuja
2. The Contract
3. Elelwani
4. Nairobi Half Life
5. Uhlanga The Mark
6. Hereos And Zereos/Nigeria – WINNER
Achievement In Lighting
1. Zama Zama
2. The Flower Girl
3. Moi Zaphira/Burkina Faso – WINNER
4. Elelwani
5. Uhlanga The Mark
