2016: AMAA calls for entries

Organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) having recently wrapped up the activities marking group’s 11th anniversary in South Africa, have called for entries for the 2016 edition of the global reward system for filmmakers of African descent all over the world. While  encouraging  filmmakers and their representatives across Africa to submit their works […]

Organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) having recently wrapped up the activities marking group’s 11th anniversary in South Africa, have called for entries for the 2016 edition of the global reward system for filmmakers of African descent all over the world.
While  encouraging  filmmakers and their representatives across Africa to submit their works for the 2016 awards, Director of Administration, Mr. Tony Anih in a release informed that entries for next year opened on October 10, 2015 and will be open until January 7, 2016.
“We have given a three-month window to enable entries to come from all parts of Africa and from the Diaspora,” he said.
Anih explained that this will give filmmakers the room to accommodate logistics involved in sending to AMAA’s regional offices in Ghana, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Lagos, as well as via the pan-African Film Festival Los Angeles.
Filmmakers are expected to send in their works produced and or released between December 1, 2014 and December 2015 for consideration for the awards. Such works, including full length feature films which should not exceed 120 minutes, must also not carry any commercial of any product or service. For works produced in any language other than English, most especially where the language of dialogue is an African indigenous language, the films must be sub-titled in English, said Anih.
He also noted that the acceptance of the awards, which celebrate professionals in the motion picture industry, has been remarkable across Africa, with entries coming from North Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa regions.
Anih said this has allowed AMAA to become, not only a continental brand, but the most prestigious award system in the filmmaking industry in Africa and the African Diaspora.
“We are proud of the work we have done with filmmakers across Africa in the last 11 years. We are certain that the future of AMAA and business of film making is very bright for African filmmakers,” he stated.
The competition’s Academy of Jurors has also announced that Mr. Shaibu Husseni, chairman of the screening committee, will function as president of the 2016 AMAA Academy of Jurors.
This decision was taken by the founder, Ms. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, largely on the basis of usseini’s long service to the jury. It will be his first as president of the jury.
The nominations are billed to hold on February 28, 2016 and the awards ceremony will be held subsequently on the April 30, 2016.