Ghana bags 15 nominations at this year's African Movie Academy Awards

The 2016 AMAA awards holds on 11th of June 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This year Ghana managed to bag 15 nominations with 'The Cursed one' earning about 11 of those. Below is the full list of nominations: 1.EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM 1.Encounter – Nigeria 2.Le Chemin – Cote De Voire 3.Blood Taxi - Nigeria 4.Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada 5.Nourah The Holy Light – Burkina Faso 6.Ireti – Nigeria 7.Life of Nigerian Couple – Nigeria 2. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION 1.The Pencil – Burkina Faso 2.The Peculiar Life of a Spider – Ghana 3.Funsie Fast Fingers – Nigeria 4.Lazare Sie Pale – Burkina Faso 3. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY 1, My Fathers Funeral – Cameroon 2. Nollywood – Nigeria 3. Tchindas- Cape Verde 4. The Fruitless Tree – Niger 5. Runs ‘I too Seek The Horizon’ – Nigeria/UK 6. Camera/Woman – Morocco 4.OUSMANE SEMBENE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AN AFRICAN LANGUAGE 1. Brotherhood Eye – Mali 2. Bala Bala Sese –Uganda 3. Missing God – Nigeria 4. Cursed Treasure – Ghana 5. Wako – Uganda 6. Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) - Ghana 5.MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN LIVING ABROAD: 1. Lambadina – Ethiopia/USA 2. Skinned – Liberia/USA 3. LAPD African Cop – USA/Nigeria 4. Boxing Day – USA/Nigeria 5. MONA – Nigeria/UK 6.AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT 1.Lines- USA 2.Raptors- USA 3.Across The Track- USA 7. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA DOCUMENTARY 1.Can You DigThis- USA 2.America’s Blues- USA 3.Spirits ofRebellion- USA 8. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE 1.America Is Stillthe Place- USA 2.Ben & Ara- USA 3.Luv Don’t Live Here- USA 9. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN 1.The Cursed One - Ghana 2.Soldiers Story - Nigeria 3.Ayanda- South Africa 4.Missing God - Nigeria 5.Out of Luck- Nigeria 10. AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN 1.Eye of the storm 2.Oshimiri 3.The Cursed One 4.Ayanda 5.Soldiers Story 11.AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP 1.Oshimiri 2.The Cursed One 3.Missing God 4.Soldiers Story 12.AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK 1.O-Town - Nigeria 2.Tell Me Sweet Something – South Africa 3.The Cursed One - Ghana 4.Hear me Move – South Africa 5.Le Pagne- Niger 13.AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT 1.Hear me Move - South Africa 2.Oshimiri - Nigeria 3.Stupid Movie – Nigeria 4.House Arrest – Uganda 5.Soldiers Story – Nigeria 14.AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND 1.Eye of the Storm- Burkina Faso 2.Fifty - Nigeria 3.The Cursed One - Ghana 4.Behind Closed Doors - Morocco 5.Falling - Nigeria 6.Rebecca- Ghana 15. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY 1.The Cursed one 2.Eye of the Storm 3.Ayanda 4.Tell me Sweet Something 5.Fifty 16. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING 1.Behind Closed Doors 2.Rebecca 3.The Cursed One 4.Eye of the Storm 5.Hear me Move 17. AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREEN PLAY 1.The Cursed One 2.Tell me Sweet Something 3.The Visit 4.Eye of the Storm 5.Beyond Blood 18.AMAA 2016- RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENDOWED AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM 1.Beyond Blood 2.Dry 3.Fifty 4.Missing God 5.Falling 6.O’Town 19.AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/ PROMISING ACTOR 1.Nyanso Dzedze – Hear Me Move 2.Ophelia Klenam Dzidzornu– The Cursed One 3.Zubaidat Ibrahim Fagge – Dry 4.Ifu Ennada – O’Town 5.Eve Esin – Oshimiri