Africa Movie Academy Awards: Ghana’s Borga tops nomination list

The list of nominees for this year’s awards ceremony has been released by the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), and it includes well-known actors.

The Africa Movie Academy Awards nominations were unveiled at a media event in Lagos, Nigeria.

Speaking on behalf of the president of the AMAA Shaibu Husseini revealed that the Jury sat for over ten days for selection in Documentary films, animations, features and short stories.

The Ghanaian feature film ‘Borga’ leads the nominations list with 15 nods. South Africa’s ‘Surviving Gaza’ follows closely with 14 nominations.

Tanzania’s ‘Tug of war’ landed 12 nominations, while Uganda’s ‘Tembele’ and Nigeria’s ‘Man of God’ packed nominations in nine categories.

The feature film, Borga, which is a collaboration of Ghanaian and German creatives, was nominated for some major awards including the overall Best Film, Best Film in an African Language, Best Director, Achievement in Screenplay, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Screenplay and Production Design.

Eugene Boateng who also doubles as the Associate Producer was nominated for the Best Actor in Leading Role.

The actor has already won the German Screen Actors Award for best actor in a leading role with the film.

Adjetey Anang received a nomination for “Best Actor in a Supporting Role,” while Lydia Forson received “Best Actress in a “Supporting Role” recognition.

Emmanuel Afffadzi was nominated for the Best Young/Promising Actor award. Director York Fabian Raabe was nominated for the Best Director Award and the First Feature by a Director award.

Meanwhile, the Ghanaian film ‘Road To My Father’s Compound’ was nominated in five categories.