13th Africa Movie Academy Awards


The 13th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 15 July 2017 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best FilmBest Director

  • Akin Omotoso - Vaya
  • Daouda Coulibaly - Wulu
  • Steve Gukas – 93 Days
  • Mira Nair - Queen of Katwe
  • Izu Ojukwu - 76
  • Daryen Joshua- Call Me Thief
  • Alain Gomis - Félicité
  • Ala Eddine Slim- The Last Of Us
  • Said Khallaf - A Mile in My Shoes
    • Best Actor in a leading roleBest Actress in a leading role
  • Jahwar Soudani - Last Of Us
  • Sambassa Nzeribe – Slow Country
  • Ibrahim Koma – Wulu
  • Richard Mofe Damijo - Oloibiri
  • Amine Ennaji- A Mile in My Shoes
  • David Oyelowo – Queen of Katwe
  • Dann Jaques Mouton- Call Me Thief
  • Ramsey Noah – 76
  • Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu - Félicité
  • Lydia Forson - Keteke
  • Lupita Nyong'o – Queen of Katwe
  • Bimbo Akintola – 93 Days
  • Josette Bushell-Mingo – While We Live
  • Rita Dominic – 76
  • Khabonina Quebeka – Dora’s Peace
  • Zimkhitha Nyoka - Vaya
    • Best Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Papi Mpaka - Félicité
  • Adonijah Owiriwa - 76
  • Warren Matsimola - Vaya
  • Olu Jacobs - Oloibiri
  • Richard Seruwazi – While We Live
  • Majid Michel – Slow Country
  • Angelique Kidjo - The CEO
  • Inna Moja – Wulu
  • Theresa Edem - Ayamma
  • Taiwo Ajai Lycet - Oloibiri
  • Nmonde Mbusi - Vaya
  • Somkele Idhalama – 93 Days
    • Achievement in Costume DesignAchievement in Makeup
  • Queen of Katwe - Uganda
  • Ayamma- Nigeria
  • Keteke - Ghana
  • The Last Of Us - Tunisia
  • Logun Ofe - Nigeria
  • Oloibiri - Nigeria
  • Dora’s Peace – South Africa
  • Ayamma- Nigeria
  • The Last of Us - Tunisia
  • Slow Country- Nigeria
    • Achievement in CinematographyAchievement in Production Design
  • The Last of Us - Tunisia
  • The Whale Caller – South Africa
  • Félicité - Senegal
  • Vaya- South Africa
  • A Mile in My Shoes - Morocco
  • 76 – Nigeria
  • Call Me Thief – South Africa
  • Félicité - Senegal
  • Queen of Katwe - Uganda
  • The Last of Us- Tunisia
    • Achievement in EditingAchievement in Screenplay
  • Félicité - Senegal
  • Call Me Thief - South Africa
  • Vaya – South Africa
  • While We Live – Burkina Faso/Sweden
  • The CEO - Nigeria
  • Vaya – South Africa
  • Oloibiri - Nigeria
  • Dora’s Peace- South Africa
  • Félicité – Senegal
  • While We Live- Burkina Faso/Sweden
    • Best Film in An African LanguageBest Nigerian Film
  • Félicité – Senegal
  • Logun Ofe - Nigeria
  • Call Me Thief – South Africa
  • Vaya – South Africa
  • 76
  • Green White Green
  • 93 Days
  • The CEO
  • Ayamma
  • Oloibiri
    • Best Short FilmBest Animation
  • A Place for Myself – Rwanda co-winner
  • A Place in the Plane – Senegal co-winner
  • Bout – Nigeria
  • On Monday Last Week – Ghana/USA
  • Silence - Nigeria
  • Kieza - Angola
  • Yemoja: Rise of the Orisa- Nigeria/UK
  • Marabout – Senegal
  • Got Flowers - Nigeria
  • Black Barbie – Ghana
  • Gyrow – Nigeria
  • Pull – Nigeria
    • Best DocumentaryBest Film by an African Living Abroad
  • Mama Colonel – DRC
  • Legacy Of The Hills – Mali
  • Makoko: Future Afloat - Nigeria
  • House in the Field – Morocco
  • Vivre Riche – Cote D’Ivoire
  • House of Nwapa – Nigeria
  • The African Who Wanted To Fly – Gabon
  • La Colere Dans Le Vent - Niger
  • While We Live – Burkina Faso/Sweden
  • Saving Dreams – Nigeria/Canada
  • Theory of Conflict- Nigeria/USA
  • A Mile in My Shoes – Morocco/Canada
  • Hell’s Fury- Nigeria/USA
    • Best Diaspora ShortBest Diaspora Documentary
  • 90 Days - USA co-winner
  • Kbela – Brazil co-winner
  • Ca$h Out – USA
  • The Tale of Four – Curacao
  • 13th - USA
  • I Am Not Your Negro – Haiti/France
  • Les heritiers du Vietnam
  • Horace Tapscott, Musical Griot - USA
    • Best Diaspora FeatureBest Soundtrack
  • Birth of a Nation - USA
  • West Indies Gang - Guadeloupe
  • Fences – USA
  • Double play – Curacao
  • Moonlight – USA
  • Félicité - Senegal
  • Vaya – South Africa
  • 93 Days- Nigeria
  • A Mile in My Shoes- Morocco
  • 76 - Nigeria
  • While We Live- Burkina Faso/Sweden
    • Best Visual EffectsBest Sound
  • Wulu - Mali
  • Oloibiri- Nigeria
  • Whale Caller – South Africa
  • Queen of Katwe - Uganda
  • Slow Country – Nigeria
  • Vaya – South Africa
  • 93 Days – Nigeria
  • Félicité – Senegal
  • Wulu- Mali
  • Dora’s Peace – South Africa
    • Most Promising ActorBest First Feature Film by a Director
  • Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe
  • Paballo Koza – Dora’s Peace
  • Azwille Shanane-Madiba - Vaya
  • Austin Rose – Call Me Thief
  • Adam Kanyama– While We Live
  • Wulu – Daouda Coulibaly – Mali
  • Happiness is a Four Letter Word –Thabang Molaya- South Africa
  • Green White Green – Abba Makama - Nigeria
  • Bunjoko – Kizito Samuel - Uganda
  • The Last Of Us – Alaeddine Slim – Tunisia
  • Rain – Daniel Mugerwa - Uganda