Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Screenplay

The Africa Movie Academy Award for Achievement In Screen Play is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognise the best African films of the preceding year.[1]

Best Screenplay
Year	Film	Recipient	Result
2005	The Mayors	Dickson Iroegbu, Tai Emeka Obasi	Won
	Mastermind		Nominated
	Afonja		Nominated
	Yesterday		Nominated
2006	Eagle's Bride		Won
	Anini		Nominated
	Behind Closed Doors		Nominated
	Tanyaradzwa		Nominated
	Arrou		Nominated
2007	Sitanda		Won
	Maroko		Nominated
	Dancing Heart		Nominated
	Azima		Nominated
2008	Run Baby Run		Won
	Checkpoint		Nominated
	White Waters		Nominated
	Across the Niger		Nominated
	Mission to Nowhere		Nominated
	30 Days		Nominated
2009	From a Whisper	Wanuri Kahiu	Won
	Seventh Heaven	Zainab Aziz	Nominated
	Through the Glass	Stephanie Okereke	Nominated
	Reloaded	Emem Isong	Nominated
	Beautiful Soul	Tchidi Chikere	Nominated
2010	I Sing of a Well	Leila Djansi	Won
	Seasons of a Life	Shemu Joyah	Nominated
	The Tenant	Jude Idada & Lucky Ejim	Nominated
	Freedom in Chains		Nominated
	Guilty Pleasures		Nominated
2011	Sinking Sands	Leila Djansi	Won
	Soul Boy	Hawa Essuman	Nominated
	Hopeville		Nominated
	Shirley Adams	Oliver Hermanus	Nominated
	Izulu Lami		Nominated
2012	Ties That Bind	Leila Djansi	Won
	Mr. and Mrs.		Nominated
	How to Steal 2 Million		Nominated
	Otelo Burning		Nominated
	Unwanted Guest		Nominated
	Two Brides And A Baby		Nominated
2013	Heroes and Zeros		Won
	Contract		Nominated
	Ninah’s Dowry		Nominated
	Alan Poza	Charles Novia	Nominated
	Blood and Henna		Nominated
	Zama Zama		Nominated
2014	Of Good Report		Won
	Accident		Nominated
	B for Boy		Nominated
	Felix		Nominated
	Potomanto		Nominated
2015	Le President		Won
	Love or Something Like That		Nominated
	Run		Nominated
	Timbuktu		Nominated
	While You Slept		Nominated
2016	Tell Me Sweet Something		Won
	Beyond Blood		Nominated
	The Cursed Ones		Nominated
	Eye of the Storm		Nominated
	The Visit		Nominated
2017	Vaya		Won
	Dora's Peace		Nominated
	Félicité		Nominated
	Oloibiri		Nominated
	While We Live		Nominated
2018	Hakkunde		Won
	Five Fingers For Marseilles		Nominated
	The Lost Café		Nominated
	Ojukokoro		Nominated
	Potato Potahto		Nominated
	The Women		Nominated
2019	Redemption		Won
	The Delivery Boy		Nominated
	Diamond in the Sky		Nominated
	The God Statue		Nominated
	Lara and the Beat		Nominated
	The Last Victims		Nominated
	Rafiki	Wanuri Kahiu, Jena Cato Bass	Nominated
	Up North		Nominated
2020	The Fisherman’s Diary		Won
	For Maria: Ebun Pataki		Nominated
	The White Line		Nominated
	4th Republic		Nominated
	Knuckle City		Nominated
	40 Sticks		Nominated
	Perfect Picture: Ten Years Later		Nominated
	3 Days To Go		Nominated
2021	Chasing Lullaby		Pending
	Where I Come From		Pending
	Stain	Morris Mugisha, Ronah Ninsiima	Nominated
	Collision Course		Pending
	Hairareb		Pending

References

1. "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 8 August 2014.