Despite losing two of the major awards of the night, Best
Movie of the Year and Best Director awards to Burkina Faso and Ghana,
Nigeria’s Nollywood weekend reaffirmed its solid place as Africa’s
biggest film industry at this year’s African Movie Academy Awards,AMAA.
The country carted away 10 out of the 24 awards given out this
year, beating South Africa, which won five awards and fast evolving
Burkina Faso film industry also won four awards. Ghana came fourth,
clinching three awards; Best Director award, won by Nana Obiri-Tenoah
for his film, “The Cursed One,”Best Cinematography and Best in
Production Design in Africa The glamorous awards night held, weekend at
Dr Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, the Rivers
State capital.
The films that made the country proud at the awards night were
Stephanie Linus-Okereke’s advocacy film, ” Dry” which won two awards,
Rivers State Government award for Best Nigerian film and Zubaidat
Ibrahim Fagge(Best Young/ Promising Actor award) for her role in “Dry”,
Best First Feature Film by a Director, which went to Greg Odutayo for
his film, “Beyond Blood.”
Also, rising actor and model, Daniel Kanayo Daniel, who is best
known for his portrayal of the heroic yet antagonistic Oviawe in the
Amstel Malta Box office, won the award for Best Actor in a leading role
for his performance in the movie, ” Soldiers Story, while Mo Abu’s Fifty
won the Best Achievement in Sound Track.
The categories won by South Africa were Best Actress award, which
was won by Fulu Mugovhami for he role in “Ayanda”, Best Actress in a
supporting role(Thishiwe Ziqubu) for her role in , “Tell me Sweet
Something”, Best Achievement in Editing Best Achievement in screen. The
event, which many described as another great outing for Nollywood and
indeed, the African continent, also honoured veteran actor, Olu Jacobs
and his wife, Joke Silva, Richard Mofe Damijo and star of the now rested
New Masquerade, Tony Akposhore a.k.a Zakky, with AMAA Lifetime
Achievement Awards for their immense contributions to the growth of the
African film industry.
Speaking at the event, Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State, who
was accompanied to the awards by his wife and several top government
officials said that his government decided to host this year’s AMAA as a
way of showcasing not only the tourism potentials of the state but
also, to use the platform to tell the story of the state to the rest of
the world.
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