The nominees in the 28 categories of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the annual pan-African reward system for motion picture practitioners will hold in Lagos on Sunday May 15th, 2016 according to the organisers.
This is contained in a statement released by the Chairman of the 2015 AMAA Jury, Mr. Shaibu Husseini, saying that the nominees will be unveiled at a strictly media event at the Protea Hotel, Isaac John, GRA Ikeja, Lagos and this will be a departure from the usual practice of announcing the nominees at a Gala Night ceremony.
“In the last 8 years the nominees have been announced at events outside Nigeria and the last year being at JW Marriot Hotel, Los Angeles, United States. We are having both the nominees’ event and the main awards in Nigeria this year. We look forward to a very grand award in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in June,” said the AMAA 2015 Jury Head.
According to the statistics released by Mr. Husseini feature films, documentaries, animations and short films were submitted by filmmakers within Africa and the Diaspora for the awards which is in its 12th editions.
