Although the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, has come and gone, but its will be hard to forget all that transpired on the night of the event. Mix-feelings have been trailing it: many believe that the choice of Port-Harcourt, notorious for insecurity, as the host city signaled the first gaff by the organizers, then the eventual black-out that lasted almost an hour nailed the floppiness of the whole event.

Despite all the flaws, some people were happy and went home with different awards on that night. Some of the stars who smiled home with awards include Daniel K Daniel, Thishiwe Ziqubu, RMD, Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva among other:

AMAA 2016 Winners:

AMAA 2016 Award for Best Short Film      Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada

BEST ANIMATION      The Pencil – Burkina Faso

BEST DOCUMENTARY      The Fruitless Tree –

Niger  BEST DIASPORA SHORT      Across The Track – USA

AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD      Lambadina – Ethiopia/USA

BEST DIASPORA FEATURE      Ben & Ara – USA

BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY      Agents of Change

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN      Eye of the Storm

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN      The Cursed One – Ghana  play

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP      Soldiers Story

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK      O-Town – Nigeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL ARTS      Oshimiri – Nigeria

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY      The Cursed One

ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING      Hear me Move  AMAA 2016 play  AMAA 2016

ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY      Tell me Something Sweet

BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE      Missing God – Nigeria

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE      Abidine Dioari – Eye of the Storm

BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE      Thishiwe Ziqubu – Tell Me Something Sweet

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE      Daniel K Daniel – Soldiers Story

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE      Fulu Mugovhani – Ayanda  BEST

FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR      Beyond Blood – Greg Odutayo

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD      Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva

BEST FILM      Eye of the Storm – Burkina Faso

BEST DIRECTOR      Nana Obiri-Yaboah, Maximilian Clausse

BEST YOUNG / PROMISING ACTOR     Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge – Dry