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Readers’ Mail: African Movie Academy Awards Is Bias, Has Non Reflective Jury & They Have Gotten It Wrong Again!

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Hello Chris Vincent and Ghanacelebrities.com. My name is Leslie Berth Walker, a senior film student at the Georgia State University. Your website has been an immense help to me in my study of African Cinema. But today, I read with great disappointment the letter sent you by the AMAA regarding their flawed nominations list.
I have followed the award scheme for 3 years now and attended the one held in Bayelsa last year to cover it for my documentary class. I was quite impressed to see someone rose up to challenge the award nomination list, but to read their response was a great disappointment and a shame to the reputation of the awards.
3 years ago, the award nominated Perfect Picture’s three actresses as leads and all three ladies won. I am surprised that the AMAA are making such a lame excuse for relegating Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s  role in Ties That Bind, which I was privileged to watch at the WOCAF in Atlanta last week, to a supporting role.
The headline for Ties That Bind I believe is 3 women, 3 lives, 1 hope.  Omotola did not play a supporting role in Ties That Bind, she is a member of the three women who make up the story. Ama Abebrese may have had more scenes, but that was made possible because of the presence of the clinic and her being a Dr.
Her story did not surround her job, the clinic. The clinic was part of the story as a character because it was used as an element of adumbrating. Each of the women had different stories but they all knew each other, a phenomenon that surely influenced the title, The Ties That Bind.

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Trailers Of Movies For Africa Movie Academy Awards 2012!

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Majid Michel nominated for Best Actor for AMAA 2012

The nominations for the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2012 were announced last weekend in Banjul, Gambia.
The awards itself is slated for 22 April in Lagos, Nigeria hosted by Jimmy Jean-Louis.
We bring you trailer of movies vying for the AMAA nods this year.

Read More: Africa Movie Academy Awards 2012: Ama K. Abebrese Nominated Again For AMAA Best Actress Award!

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Lagos To Host Africa Movie Academy Awards 2012!

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Ama K and Majid Michel, nominated for Best Actor and Actres In A Lead Role

Nigeria’s ‘Adesuwa’, South Africa’s ‘Otelo Burning’ and ‘How to Steal 2 Million’ won the most nominations for the 2012 Africa Movie Academy Awards scheduled to hold in Lagos on April 22nd, 2012.
At the nomination event which took place at the Kamaira Beach Hotel, Banjul, Gambia on Saturday the award’s Jury announced the nominations into the 24 categories to a glamorous audience which include movie actors and actresses from Nigeria, Gambia, Ghana and other celebrities that converged on the capital city of Gambia.
Nigeria received 52 nominations for the Africa’s most prestigious awards for filmmakers.

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Africa Movie Academy Awards 2012: Ama K. Abebrese Nominated Again For AMAA Best Actress Award…Full List Of Nominees Below!

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Whatever Ama Konadu Abebrese is eating has a lot of luck and she got to keep jumping on it… Scratch that! The lady is got talent and for the 2nd time, she has been nominated for AMAA 2012 BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE for her performance in ‘Ties That Bind’.
Ama K. Abebrese will be battling for the AMAA 2012 BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE  Award  with Yvonne Okoro (Single Six), Nse Ikpe Etim (Mr & Mrs), Rita Dominic (Shattered) Uche Jombo (Damage), Millicent Makheido  (48) and Kudzai Sevenzo-Nyarai (Playing Warriors).
Majid Michel has also been nominated in the category-AMAA 2012 BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE for his role in ‘Somewhere In Africa’. His competitors are Menzi Ngubane  (How To Steal 2 Million), Chet Anekwe (Unwanted Guest),  Jafta Mamabolo (Otelo Burning), Karabo Lance (48), Wale Ojo (Phone Swap) and Hakeem Kae-Kazim -(Man On Ground).
Ghanaian movies ‘Ties That Binds’ and  ‘Somewhere In Africa’ have received multiple nominations…

Read Also: AMAA 2011: Ama K Abebrese Beats Genevieve Nnaji, Omoni Oboli & Others To Win ‘Best Actress’ In Africa As Majid Michel & Yvonne Okoro Miss Out On Glory!

Africa’s most prestigious awards for filmmakers announced this year’s  nominees last night in Banjul, Gambia. And guess what, The Ghana Movie Awards nominated/considered Omotola Jalade Ekeinde for her role in ‘Ties That Binds’ to be a lead role, however, the Africa Movie Academy Awards seems to be saying, that is a supporting role fetching her AMAA 2012 BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE nomination…Do you catch it? LOL!

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Most nominated films include South Africa’s Otelo Burning and How to 2 Steal 2 Million; Nigeria’s Adesuwa; Ghana’s Somewhere in Africa; The Nigerian-South African co-production Man on Ground; and Kenya’s Rugged Priest.
Nigeria received 52 nominations on 17 March 2012 in Banjul, Gambia for the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Africa’s most prestigious awards for filmmakers.
South Africa was a close second with 45 nominations, followed by Ghana with 17, Kenya with 14, Uganda with 5, Tanzania with 3, and Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe.
There were also nominations for films linked to the Diaspora in America, Canada, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Italy, Jamaica, and the UK.

AMAA received 328 entries from across Africa, up from 220 in 2011. This includes 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and six animations. 43 entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent. 

South African surfing film Otelo Burning scooped the most nominees (13), followed closely by South African film noir How 2 Steal 2 Million (11) and Nigeria’s Benin-set historical epic Adesuwa (10).  Ghana’s civil war filmSomewhere in Africa has seven nominations, as does the Nigerian-South African xenophobia-themed coproduction Man on Ground, while Kenya’s Rugged Priest has six.
Dr. Asantewa Olantunji, director of programming of The Pan African Film Festival, headed this year’s jury, which included June Giavanni, programmer for Planet Africa at The Toronto International Film Festival; Keith Shiri, founder and film curator at the London festival, Africa at The Pictures; Dorothee Wenner, a curator at The Berlin Film Festival; Shaibu Husseini, an actor, dancer and The Nigerian Guardian arts journalist; Steve Ayorinde, editor-in-chiefof The Daily Mirror;  Ayoko Babu, executive director of The Pan African Film Festival; Dr. Hyginus Ekwuazi, a film scholar and critic; and directors Berni Goldblat and John Akomfrah, OBE. 
Only films produced and released between December 2010 and December 2011 were eligible.
The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony on 22 April 2012, hosted by Heroes star Jimmy Jean-Louis. For the first time, the awards will be held in Lagos rather than Bayelsa in Nigeria.
“Our theme this year is Africa Rising,” says founder Peace Anyiam-Osigwe. “Africa’s economies are consistently growing faster than those of almost any other region of the world and our film industries are following suit. With the success of last year’s AMAA winner, Viva Riva!, all of a sudden there’s this great excitement about the potential of the African film industry, which isclearly demonstrated in this year’s diverse nominees.”
For more information, keep an eye on http://www.ama-awards.com
Check out the full list of the nominees below…

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Africa Movie Academy Awards 2012 Nominations Night Slated For 17 March In Banjul, Gambia!

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AMAA 2012

The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Africa’s most prestigious awards for filmmakers, receives 328 entries from across Africa, up from 220 in 2011. Nomination night is 17 March 2012 in Banjul, Gambia.
The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the continent’s most prestigious awards for filmmakers, has received 328 entries from across Africa, up from 220 in 2011. This includes 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and six animations. 43 entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent, including Ghana.
Dr. Asantewa Olantunji, Director Of Programming of The Pan African Film Festival, headed this year’s jury, which included June Giavanni, programmer for Planet Africa At The Toronto International Film Festival; Keith Shiri, Founder and Film Curator at the London Festival, Africa at The Pictures; Dorothee Wenner, a curator at The Berlin Film Festival; Shaibu Husseini, an actor, dancer and The Nigerian Guardian arts journalist;  Steve Ayorinde, editor-in-chief of The Daily Mirror;  Ayoko Babu, Executive Director of The Pan African Film Festival; Dr. Hyginus Ekwuazi, a film scholar and critic; and directors Berni Goldblat and John Akomfrah, OBE.

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