6th Africa Movie Academy Awards

6th Africa Movie Academy Awards
Date	10 April 2010
Site	Gloryland Cultural Center Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Organized by	Africa Film Academy
Highlights
Best Picture	The Figurine
Most awards	The Figurine (5)
Most nominations	I Sing of a Well (11)

The 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 10 April 2010 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2009.[1][2] The nominees were announced on 6 March 2010 at the Mensvic Grand Hotel in Accra, Ghana at an event that was attended by delegates from Nigeria, top government officials from Ghana and African celebrities. Hollywood stars, Glynn Turman and CCH Pounder were the special guests from Hollywood.[3] Approximately 280 films from 32 African countries were nominated for the awards.[4][5]

Winners

Major awards

The winners of the 24 Award Categories are listed first and highlighted in bold letters.[2]

Best Picture	Best Director
The Figurine (Nigeria) Seasons of a life (Malawi) The Tenant (Nigeria) The Perfect Picture (Ghana) I Sing of a Well (Ghana)	Shirley Frimpong-Manso – The Perfect Picture Shemu Joyah – Seasons of a life Kunle Afolayan – The Figurine Leila Jewel Djansi – I Sing of a Well Jude Idada and Lucky Ejim – The Tenant
Best Actress in a Leading role	Best Actor in a Leading role
Jackie Appiah & Lydia Forson[6] – The Perfect Picture Bimbo Akintola – Freedom in Chains Stephanie Okereke – Nnenda Flora Suya – Season of a life Akofa Edjeani Asiedu – I Sing of a Well	Ramsey Nouah – The Figurine Lucky Ejim – The Tenant Majid Michel – Sin of a soul Sadiq Abu[7] – Soul Diaspora John Osie Tutu Agyeman – I Sing of a Well
Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tapiwa Gwaza – Seasons of a life Doris Sakitey – A Sting in a Tale Funlola Aoifeyebi-Raimi – The Figurine Yvonne Nelson – Heart of Men	Adjetey Anang – The Perfect Picture Godwin Kotey – I Sing of a Well Francis Duru – Nnenda Yemi Blaq – High Blood Pressure
Most Promising Actress	Most Promising Actor
Chelsea Eze – Silent Scandals Rehema Nanfuka co-winner – Imani Martha Kisaka – Togetherness Supreme**Martha Ankomah – Sins of the Soul Ashionye Michelle Ugboh– Jungle Ride	Wilson Maina – Togetherness Supreme Wole Ojo – The Child John Dumelo – Heart of men Pethro Tumba Mbole – A game of my life Sunny Chikezie – Lilies of the Ghetto
Best Animation	Best Film in an African Language
Hanayns Shoe (Egypt) Adventure of Alayo (Nigeria) Zoodo – (Burkina Faso) Lyrics – (Algeria) One Step of Love (Algeria)	Imani – (Uganda) Omo Iya Kan – (Nigeria) Aldeweden – (Ethiopia) Togetherness Supreme – (Kenya) Game of my life – (South Africa)
Best Child Actor	Best Screenplay
Teddy Onyago and Bill Oloo – Togetherness Supreme Tobi Oboli – The Figurine Feyisola Ewulomi – Champions of our Time Treasure Obasi – Champions of our Time Mfanafuthi Magudulela – Game of my life	I Sing of a Well Season of a life The Tenant Freedom in chains Guilty Pleasures

Additional awards

Best Documentary	Best Short Film
Bariga Boys (Nigeria) Mwamba Ngoma (Tanzania) Peace Wanted Alive (Kenya) En quette d’identite (Burkina Faso) Innovating for Africa (Nigeria)	The Abyss Boys – (South Africa) Mahala – (Mozambique) The Painter – (Uganda) Suara La – (Nigeria) The Camera (Nigeria)
AMAA Achievement in Sound	AMAA Achievement in Editing
I Sing of a Well The Tenant Season of a life Perfect Picture Soul Diaspora	The Child Season of a life Perfect Picture Heart of Men Lilies of the Ghetto
AMAA Achievement in Art Direction	AMAA Achievement in Cinematography
Fulani I Sing of a Well The Child The Figurine Imani	The Figurine The Perfect Picture I sing of a well The Child The Tenant
AMAA Achievement in Makeup	AMAA Achievement in Costume
The Child I Sing of a Well Heart of Men The King is Mine Fulani	I Sing of a Well Perfect Picture Prince’s bride The Child Lilies of the Ghetto
Best Original Soundtrack	AMAA Achievement in Visual Effect
A Sting in a Tale Seasons of a life Imani The Child The Figurine	The Figurine The Child A Sting in a Tale Fulani Heart of Men
Heart of Africa (This award is given to the Best Film in Nigeria)	Best film by an African Filmmaker in Diaspora
The Figurine – Kunle Afolayan Nnenda – Izu Ojukwu Freedom in Chain – Bond Emeruwa and Fred Amata The Child – Izu Ojukwu High Blood Pressure – Teco Benson	Soul Diaspora Okra Principle China Wahala Crunch

See also

CNN – Inside Africa – The African Movie Academy Awards ceremony, April 2010

References

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2. "The 2010 African Movie Academy Awards: Winners, Re-Cap, Dresses". New York, NY: MTV Networks a division of Viacom International Inc. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
3. "AMAA 2010: Nigeria leads the rest of Africa".
4. "2010 African Movie Academy Awards to take place April 10th in Bayelsa, Nigeria". Los Angeles, CA, USA: Pan African Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
5. "AMAA 2010: 280 films entered, as Ghana hosts nomination party". The Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
6. Tutton, Mark; Purefoy, Christian (30 April 2010). "Stars shine at African Oscars". CNN International. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
7. Milazi, Abdul (30 April 2010). "Africa's own Oscars – the Amaas – expected to be quiet [sic] a shindig". TimesLIVE. Johannesburg, South Africa. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.