South African feature film ‘Surviving Gaza’ and Ghana’s ‘Borga’ have received the most nominations at the 2022 Africa Film Academy Awards.


Both films were nominated in 14 of the 26 AMAA categories.


Shaibu Husseini revealed this on behalf of Keith Shiri, president of the AMAA 2022 Jury, at a press event on Wednesday.


The event, which was attended by AMAA Founder and Executive Director, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, was held at the Radisson Hotel in Ikeja, GRA, Lagos.


The award ceremony, which takes place in Lagos on October 30, aims to recognize and celebrate the African visual and storytelling creative industry.


Speaking at the event, Ms. Anyiam-Osigwe said that AMAA is not a popular vote film and film awards ceremony, but an awards ceremony strategically created to reward and celebrate professionalism in filmmaking and filmmaking across all The specters.


Organizers said the nomination was garnered from 362 entries trimmed to 100 after selection.


With 26 categories, Mr. Husseini Husseini also revealed that the jury was in session for more than ten days for the selection of documentary films, animations, feature films and short stories.


Nigerian Contenders


The organizers revealed that Nigerian films dominated 47 percent of the feature film submission and 50 percent of the short films.


Kunle Afolayan’s 2021 Netflix The title ‘Swallow’, Bolanle Austen Peters’ ‘Man of God’ in the Netflix original and Walter Waltbanger Taylaur’s ‘Jolly Roger’ are the top Nigerian contenders.


Osas Ighodaro, Deyemi Okanlawon, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Daniel Etim, Akah Nnani, Dorcas Shola-Fapson, Chibuike Josh Alfred popularly known as ‘Josh2funny’ were nominated in different categories.


In addition to the Nigerian contenders, other African nations such as Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal weighed in on the list of nominees.


Tanzania’s ‘Tug of war’ follows closely behind with 12 nominations, while Uganda’s ‘Tembele’ and Nigeria’s ‘Man of God’ racked up nominations in nine categories. Nigeria’s ‘Jolly Roger’ also followed with nominations in eight different categories, while Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Swallow’ garnered nominations in seven categories.


Other top contenders at AMAA 2022 include ‘A Song of the Dark’ and ‘Angeliena’ with six nominations, with ‘Ayaanle’, ‘Almajiri’ and ‘Road to my father’s compound’ with 5 different categories, while ‘Alaise ‘, ‘Money miss road’ and ‘Underbelly’ garnered three different nominations each, and ‘Skin like mine’ and ‘Ba Ni’ garnered two nominations each.


Here is the complete list of nominations: EFERE OZAKO AMAA AWARD 2022 FOR BEST SHORT FILM

1. Enroute -Burkina Faso

2. Al-Sit-Sudan

3. Astel-Senegal

4. A Lisbon-Angola affair

5. Mamadou – Equatorial Guinea

6. Houminvi – Benin

7. Men-tally-Nigeria

8. Tender Threads – Morocco


JUBRIL MALAIFIA AMAA AWARD 2022 FOR BEST ANIMATION

1. On the surface – Iceland

2. Opal – Martinique

3. Kenda – Ivory Coast

4. No Way Out – Uganda

5. Skin Like Mine – USA

6. DPT-Nigeria


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. Taamaden-Mali

2. There is no easy way home -Sudan

3. The last refuge – Mali

4. No U-Turn – Nigeria

5. Transaction – Zimbabwe

6. Lobola, the true price of a bride? – South Africa

7. Moot of Africa – South Africa

8. When a farm catches fire – Nigeria/Germany


AMAA 2022 OUSMANE SEMBENE AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE

1. Borga-Ghana

2. Tug of war – Tanzania

3. Tembele-Uganda

4. Surviving Gaza – South Africa

5. Alaise-Nigeria

6. Healer – Kenya


AMAA 2022 MICHAEL ANYIAM OSIGWE AWARD FOR BEST FILM BY A DIRECTOR BORN IN AFRICA LIVING ABROAD

1. Tope Oshin – Here love lies

2. Obi Emelonye – Miss Money Road

3. York Fabian Raabe-Borga

4. Ogo Okpue – A Song of the Dark

5. Robert Peters – The Scar


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR THE BEST DIASPORA SHORT FILM

1. Smuggling – USA

2. Slow pulse – USA

3. Skin Like Mine – USA


AMAA AWARD 2022 FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY OF THE DIASPORA

1. The King of the Rumba – Peru

2. Wade in the water – USA

3. The sun rises in the east – USA


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR THE BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM OF THE DIASPORA

1. Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story – USA

2. The Sleeping Black – USA

3. Don’t Forget – USA


2022 AMAA AWARD FOR BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Tug of war

2. Lower belly

3. Surviving Gaza

4. Borgia

5. Swallow


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SUIT

DESIGN

1. swallow

2. Lower belly

3. Tug of war

4. I trembled

5. Man of God


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST MAKEUP ACHIEVEMENT

1. Jolly Roger

2. A song of darkness

3. Surviving Gaza

4. Lower belly

5. angelina


AMAA 2022 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK

1. I trembled

2. Ayaanle

3. Man of God

4. Surviving Gaza

5. Tug of war

6. Almajiri


AMAA 2022 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Koi-Koi: the myth

2. Tug of war

3. Borgia

4. Tinka’s story

5. Surviving Gaza

6. Alaisa


AMAA 2022 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

1. The wave

2. Surviving Gaza

3. Swallow

4. Tug of war

5. Borgia

6. I trembled


AMAA 2022 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Tug of war

2. I trembled

3. Ayaanle

4. Surviving Gaza

5. Borgia

6. Road to my father’s compound


AMAA AWARD 2022 FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING

1. Jolly Roger

2. angelina

3. Tug of war

4. Borgia

5. Almajiri

6. Man of God


2022 AMAA AWARD FOR SCREENPLAY ACHIEVEMENT

1. Road to my father’s compound

2. Surviving Gaza

3. Jolly Roger

4. Tug of war

5. Borgia

6. I trembled


2022 AMAA NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENITOR BOARD (NFVB) AWARD FOR BEST NIGERIAN FILM

1. Man of God

2. Alaisa

3. Swallow

4. Jolly Roger

5. Almajiri

6. The Way of Miss Money


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG/PROMISING ACTOR

1. Emmanuel Afffadzi-Borga

2. Kebirungi Agnes Knight – Tinka’s Story

3. Amina Mohammed-Ayaanle

4. Maryam Waziri Salihu – Almajiri

5. Samke Makhaba – Surviving Gaza

6. Emmanuel Kuye – Ba Ni (Mud Clan)

2022 AMAA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Aphiwe Mkefe – Surviving Gaza

2. Wale Ojo – A Song of the Dark

3. Adjetey Annag-Borga

4. Tshamano Sebe – Angeliene

5. Toyin Osinaike – Jolly Roger

6. According to Arinze-Almajiri

7. Josh2Funny – The Way of Miss Money


AMAA AWARD 2022 FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Lydia Forson-Borga

2. Samke Makhoba surviving Gaza

3. Ijeoma Grace Agu – Swallow

4. Siti Amina – Tug of war

5. Maryam S Wazari – Ba Ni (Mud Clan)

6. Dorcas Shola Fapson – Man of God

7. Nse Ikpe Etim – A song of darkness


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST LEADING ACTOR

1. Patrick Nkakalukanyi-Tembele

2. Daniel Etim Effiong – Jolly Roger

3. Gudrun Colombus Mwanyika – Tug of war

4. Botlhale Mahlangu – Surviving Gaza

5. Eugene Boateng-Borga

6. Deyemi Okanlanwo – Swallow

7. Akah Nnani- Man of God

8. Aaron Adatsi – On the way to my father’s compound


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST LEADING ACTRESS

1. Euodia Samson – Angeliena

2. Bless Fortune – Road to My Fathers Compound

3. Osas Ighodaro – Man of God

4. Ronah Ninsiima – Tembele

5. Ikhlas Gafur Vora – Tug of war

6. Vanessa Vanderpuye – A Song of the Dark

7. Nanfuna Sharon – The Wave

8. Eniola Akinbo – Swallow


AMAA AWARD 2022 FOR THE FIRST FILM BY A DIRECTOR

1. Uga Carlini – Angeliena

2. York Fabian Raabe – Borga

3. Ogo Okpue – A Song of the Dark

4. Benedict Yeboah – Road to my father’s compound


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

1. Amil Sivji – Tug of war

2. York-Fabian Raabe-Borga

3. Bolanle Austen-Peters – Man of God

4. Vusi’Africa Sindane – Surviving Gaza

5. Uga Carlini – Angeliena

6. Walter Banger-Jolly Roger

7. Ahmed Farah-Ayaanle

8. Morris Mugisha – Tembelé


AMAA 2022 AWARD FOR BEST FILM

1. Ayaanle-Somalia

2. Jolly Roger-Nigeria

3. Borga-Ghana

4. Angeliena – South Africa

5. Tug of war – Tanzania

6. Man of God – Nigeria

7. Surviving Gaza – South Africa

8. Tembele-Uganda

News Source: Gossip247.com.ng

Manchester United icon, Paul Scholes has revealed he had a very bad drinking habit as a youngster at the club.

Scholes, one of the brightest talents of his generation played more than 700 times for the Red Devils and is regarded as a legend at the club.

His list of accolades includes 11 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues and he was part of the much revered ‘Class of ’92’ that went on to be hugely successful for the club.

However, the he says his drinking habits right at the beginning of his career really concerned the club.
Speaking to former teammate, Gary Neville on The Overlap, Scholes revealed what went on.

Neville: “I remember, you used to go home on the bus from the training ground.”

Scholes: “Three buses.”

Neville: “Three buses was it? On a Friday, you’d have a few pints on the way home before a game on Saturday.”

Scholes: “I know. Crazy, madness.

“Sometimes we’d stay in there until eight or nine at night from half 12, I’m not proud of this, before the A and B teams on a Saturday night.”

Neville: “And you’d still be alright?”

Scholes: “Sometimes. Most of the time, but that was my lifestyle. I was brought up around pubs as a kid.

“Wherever I went with my mum and dad as a kid it involved a pub, whether I was outside the pub kicking a ball against the wall. Kids weren’t allowed in the pubs, so I was just outside waiting for my mum and dad the whole time.

“I remember once, when I was 16, 17 or 18 when I was with the youth team, Eric Harrison rang me dad and said ‘we are a bit worried about Paul’s drinking.”

source: Gossip247.com.ng