Kenyans Among 2013 African Movie Academy Awards Nominees

Nominees for the 2013 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) were announced on Friday night at a ceremony hosted by President Joyce Banda in Lilongwe, Malawi.

AMAA which is the the continent's most prestigious awards for filmmakers received 328 entries from across Africa, up from 220 in 2011. These included 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and 6 animations.

Below are Kenyans nominated in select categories:

AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Short Film

1. Dead River - Tim Huebschle: Namibia

2. Elegy For A Revolutionary - Paul van Zyl: South Africa

3. Yellow Fever -  Ngendo Mukii: Kenya

4. Kwaku Ananse - Akosua Adoma Owusu: Ghana

5. Nhamo - Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein : Zimbabwe

6. Big Daddy - Chris Ihidero : Nigeria

7. Release - Sofia de Fay: South Africa

8. Burnt Forest - Zippy Kimundu : Kenya

AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Documentary

1. Fuelling Poverty : Nigeria

2. Gun To Tape : Kenya
3. Swimming The Zambezi : South Africa

4. Give Me Back My Home : Kenya

5. The African Cypher Fly On The Wall: South Africa

AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Soundtrack

1. Journey To Self

2. Okoro The Prince

3. The Last Fishing Boat

4. Hoodrush

5. Nairobi Half Life

6. The Twin Sword

 AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Sound

1. Last Flight To Abuja

2. Streets Of Calabar

3. Hereos And Zereos

4. Zama Zama

5. Virgin Magarida

6. Nairobi Half Life

AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Cinematography

1. Virgin Magarida

2. Nairobi Half Life

3. Uhlanga, The Mark

4. Swirl In Bamako

5. The Twin Sword

6. Elelwani

AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Editing

1. Last Flight To Abuja

2. The Contract

3. Elelwani

4. Nairobi Half Life

5. Uhlanga The Mark

6. Hereos And Zereos 


 AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film In An African Language

1. Moi Zaphira : Burkina Faso

2. Elelwani : South Africa

3. The Last Fishing Boat : Malawi

4. Nairobi Half Life : Kenya

5. Blood And Henna : Nigeria

6. Sherifa : Togo

7. Kokomma: Nigeria

AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Promising Actor

1. Belinda Effah : Kokomma

2. Sumela Maculuva : Virgin Magarida

3. Joseph Wairimu : Nairobi Half Life

4. Shonelo Mbutho : Ulanga The Mark

5. Karoumwi Olakunle : The Twin Sword

AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role

1. Gabriel Afolayan : Hoodrush

2. Ali Nuhu : Blood And Henna

3. Olwenya Maina : Nairobi Half Life

4. Alfred Atungu : Twin Sword

5. Ikponmwosa Gold : Confusion Na Wa

AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Director

1. Kenneth Gyang : Confusion Na Wah

2. Shemu Joyah : Last Fishing Boat

3. Shirley Frimpong Manso: Contract

4. Niji Akanni : Hereos And Zeroes

5. David Gitonga : Nairobi Half Life

6. Ntshavheni Wa Luruli : Elelwani

AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Film

1. Nairobi Half Life : Kenya

2. Ninah’s Dowry : Cameroon

3. Last Fishing Boat : Malawi

4. Virgin Margarida : Mozambique

5. Elelwani : South Africa

6. Last Flight To Abuja : Nigeria

7. Confusion Na Wa : Nigeria