FULL LIST: Katanga, Lisabi lead 2025 AMAA nominations

The Africa Film Academy (AFA),the organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA),have announced the nominees for its 2025 edition. The nomination list was unveiled on Saturday during a pressbriefing at BON Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.Burkina Faso’s ‘Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions’ leads thepack with 10 nominations, followed by Nollywood’s ‘Lisabi’, which securedseven.For the best film category, eight African countries willslug it out, including Algeria’s ‘Algiers’, Nigeria’s ‘3 Cold Dishes’ and‘Lisabi: The Uprising’, and South Africa’s ‘The Heart is a Muscle’.Others are Uganda’s ‘Small Gods’, Ethiopia’s ‘For Love, ForLand, For Power’, Burkina Faso’s ‘Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions’, and Ghana’s‘Last Stop’.The 21st edition of the awards ceremony is scheduled to beheld on November 9 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Ikeja, Lagos.See the full nominee list below: Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film The Missing Piece – Kenya Vandals – Mozambique Echoes From The Past- Nigeria/UK Abu Judy -Egypt Chikha-Queen – Morocco MIA – Burkina Faso Stigma – Tunisia Lee’s Waxul – Senegal The last Harvest – Cape VerdeJibril Malafia Award for Best Animation Dawn – Cameroun My Brother, My Brother- Egypt/France/Germany The Travails of Ajadi – Nigeria Nkizzi’s First Day – Uganda Amara and the Spirit of Nyamagunda – Uganda Monologue – Nigeria/UKBest Documentary The Journey East – DRC Double Minority – Nigeria The Empty Grave – Tanzania/UK Khartoum – Sudan/UK Ancestral Visions of the Future -Lesotho/France/GermanyOusmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso Small Gods – Uganda/UK Lukas – Namibia Lobola Man – South Africa Lisabi: The Uprising – Nigeria The Heart is a Muscle – South AfricaMichael Anyiam Odigwe Award for Best Film by an AfricanLiving Abroad Lemohang Jeremiah – ‘Ancestral Visions of the Future’ -Lesotho/France/Germany ‘Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions’ – (B/Faso) Khartoum – Ibrahim Snoopy – SudanBest Diaspora Short Cartes – USA Superman Doesn’t steal – USA Harvest – USABest Diaspora Documentary The Billy Preston Story – USA Carnival: ‘They Cant Steal Our Joy – Canada Missing Rio Doce – Brazil/France Rediscovering Fenon – USA/Algeria/MartiniqueBest Diaspora Narrative Feature Sisters Maid – Brazil Romeo N Juliet 4EVA – Jamaica The Model, The Mannequin and Me – USAAward for Achievement in Production Design Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions The Heart is a Muscle 3 Cold Dishes Last Stop Red CircleAchievement In Costume Design Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions The Lost Days The Masked King The Serpent Gift Hunting Jessica BrokAward for Achievement In Make-up Spelonk Lisabi: The Uprising Amanayanbo The Masked King The Heart is a MuscleAward for Achievement In Soundtrack Recall Freedom Way Old Righteous Blues Kites Le Point- The BridgeAward for Achievement In Visual Effect For Land, For Love, For Power Lisabi Spelonk Hunting Jessica Brok Amanayanbo: The Eagle KingAward for Achievement In Sound Algiers Old Righteous Blues Le Point – The Bridge Hunting Jessica Brok Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/FasoAward for Achievement In Cinematography 3 cold dishes Old Righteous Blues Spelonk Small gods For love, for land, for power The Heart is a muscle Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/FasoAward for Achievement In Editing For Love, For Land, For power Spelonk The Heart is a Muscle 3 Cold Dishes AlgiersAward for Achievement In Screenplay Old Righteous Blues Le Point – The Bridge For Love, For Land, For Power Small Gods Red circle Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/FasoNFVCB Award for Best Nigerian Film Lisabi: The Uprising Recall Freedom Way The Serpent Gift Amanayanbo 3 Cold Dishes Red Circle The Masked KingAward for Best Young/ Promising Actor Alejandro Cooper- Lukas Turinayo Jatham – Small gods Tiwalola Adebola-Walter – Freedom Way Kisi Ogborueche – Kill Boro Ruby Akubueze – 3 Cold DishesAward For Best Actor in a Supporting Role Kojo Boakye – Two of a Kind Femi Jacobs – Freedom Way Clemento Ashietey – Last Stop Abdulai Saidu Kamara – Code of HonorAward for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Zohra Chetioui – Le Point- The Bridge Tina Mba – The Serpent Gift Fadela Brown – Old Righteous Blues Bukky Wright – Red CircleAward for Best Actor in a Leading Role Keenan Arrison – The Heart is a Muscle Debebe Eshetu – For love, for land, for power Adjetey Anang – Last Stop Lateef Adedimeji – Lisabi: The Uprising Ayden Croy- Old Righteous Blues Bizimana Hussain – Small Gods Mahamadi Nana – Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso Nabil Asli – AlgiersAward for Best Actress in a Leading Role Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman – The Serpent Gift Analisa Munyana – Mucoma: The Battle of the Couple Shaffy Bello – The Masked King Danica De La Ray Jones- Hunting Jessica Brok Getahun Hailu – For Love, For Land, For Power Florence Mariserena – Small gods Meriem Medjkane – Algiers Osas Ighodaro, Fat Toure and Maud Guerard – 3 Cold DishesAward for Best Debut Feature Film by a Director The Lost Days – Wingonia Ikpi Small G

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