Full list of winners at 2023 Africa Movie Academy Awards

The 19th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) took place on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Ikeja, Lagos.

The awards gala celebrated the best of African cinema, with filmmakers from across the globe converging under the same roof.

The awards ceremony was hosted by Nancy Isime, Rahama Sadau, and Richard Ato Turkson.

Among the winners this year is “Anikulapo,” which won the Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language.

The film is a historical epic directed by Kunle Afolayan and starring Kunle Remi, Sola Sobowale, and Bimbo Ademoye.

Jude Idada, the director of “KOFA,” won the Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best Film by an African-born Director Living Abroad “Jabari,” a captivating animated film produced by the Ghana-based animation studio, won the Jubril Malaifia Award for Best Animation.

Here is a complete list of the winners at the 2023 AMAA:

Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film
• Lions – Ethiopia
Jubril Malaifia Award for Best Animation
• Jabari – Ghana
Best Documentary
• Le Spectre de Boko Haram – Cameroon

Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language

• Anikulapo – Nigeria
Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best Film by an African-Born Director Living Abroad

• KOFA – Jude Idada (Nigeria/Canada)

Best Diaspora Short Film
• Raw Materials – (Jamaica) – directed by Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly

Best Diaspora Documentary
• Sound of the Police – (United States) – directed by Stanley Nelson

Best Diaspora Narrative Feature
• Our Father, The Devil – (United States) directed by Ellie Foumbi

Best Achievement in Production Design
• Anikulapo – Nigeria
Best Achievement in Costume Design
• Djibril Drame - Xalé – Senegal

Best Achievement in Make-Up
• Campell Precious Arebamen - Mami Wata – Nigeria

Best Achievement in Soundtrack
• Antoine Nshimiyimana - Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
• Emmanuel Bassey - Gangs of Lagos – Nigeria

Best Achievement in Sound
• Vianney Aube Sira – Burkina Faso

Best Achievement in Cinematography
• Lilis Soares - Mami Wata – Nigeria

Best Achievement in Editing
• Bertrand Conard - Omen – DRC
Best Achievement in Screenplay
• Moussa Sene Absa, Pierre Magny, Ben Diogay Beye - Xalé – Senegal

National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVB) Award for Best Nigerian Film

• Mami Wata
Best Young/Promising Actor
• Maleek Sanni - Gangs of Lagos
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Jimmy-Jean Louis - Rise
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
• Rokhaya Niang - Xalé - Senegal
Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Tobi Bakre – Brotherhood – Nigeria

Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Nse Ikpe-Etim - 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) - Nigeria

First Debut Feature by a Director
• Baloji – Omen - DRC
Best Director
• Apolline Traoré - Sira
Best Film
• Xalé- Senegal