Complete list of AMAA 2016 Winners

The Africa Movie Academy Awards held on the 11th of June in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria It was a star studded event attended by filmmakers and movie lovers from alI over Africa and diaspora.

List of Winners
Best Film - Eye of the Storm - Burkina Faso
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel .K. Daniel - A Soldier's Story
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Fulu Moguvhani - Ayanda
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Abiding Dioari - Eye of the Storm
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Thishiwe Ziqubu - Tell me Something Sweet
Best Young Actor - Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge - Dry
Best Director - Nana Obiri-Yeboah - The Cursed Ones
Best Nigerian Film - Dry
Best Film in African Language - The Missing God - Nigeria
Best Short Film - Meet the Parents - Nigeria/Canada
Best Diaspora feature - Ben & Ara - USA
Best Diaspora Documentary - Spirits of Rebellion : Black Film at UCLA
Michael Anyiam Osigwe AMAA 2016 Award for Best Film by an African Living Abroad - Lambadina - Ethiopia/USA
Best Animation - The Pencil - Burkina Faso
Best First Feature Film by a Director - Greg Odutayo - Beyond Blood
Best Visual Effects - Oshimiri - Nigeria
Best Soundtrack - O-Town - Nigeria
Best Achievement in Sound - Fifty - Nigeria
Best Screenplay - Tell me Something Sweet
Best Diaspora Short Film - Across the Tracks - USA
Best Production Design - The Cursed Ones - Ghana
Best Cinematography - The Cursed Ones - Ghana
Best Documentary - The Fruitless Tree - Niger
Best Editing - Hear me Move
Best Make-Up - A Soldier's Story
Best Costume Design - Eye of the Storm
AMAA Award for Lifetime Achievement - Olu Jacobs
AMAA Award for lifetime Achievement - Joke Silva
AMAA Award for lifetime Achievement - Tony Akposheri
AMAA Award for Lifetime Achievement - Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD)