{"id":9209,"date":"2019-09-19T08:52:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=9209"},"modified":"2019-10-26T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T17:58:14","slug":"before-the-vows-the-burial-of-kojo-bags-nominations-at-amaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/09\/19\/before-the-vows-the-burial-of-kojo-bags-nominations-at-amaas\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8221;BEFORE THE VOWS&#8221;, &#8221;THE BURIAL OF KOJO&#8221;\u00a0 BAGS NOMINATIONS AT AMAAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Before The Vows&#8221; and &#8221; The Burial of Kojo&#8221; , directed by US based Ghanaian film directors, Nicole Amartefio, and Blitz the Ambassador, respectively, have been nominated for this year&#8217;s African Movie Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Unike Nicole, who has a webseries &#8221;An African City&#8221; to her directing credit, &#8221;The Burial of Kojo&#8221; is Blitz&#8217;s debut directional film.<\/p>\n<p>The African Movie Academy Awards scheme is organized to recognize and reward excellene in creativity in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the list of nominees below;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Efere Ozako Award For Best Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Fisherman (Ghana)<\/li>\n<li>A Tune of Kora (SENEGAL)<\/li>\n<li>ICYASHA (Rwanda)<\/li>\n<li>NAMOW2018 (KENYA)<\/li>\n<li>Vagabond (GHANA)<\/li>\n<li>Measure of a Woman (SA)<\/li>\n<li>Mma Moeketsi (SA)<\/li>\n<li>Motswakwa (BOTSWANA)<\/li>\n<li>Tonight\u2019s Opening Act (EGYPT)<\/li>\n<li>Hello Rain (NIGERIA)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Animation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kitwana Journey \u2013 Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Choices \u2013 Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Isolated- Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Afrogames \u2013 Burkina Faso<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Documentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Djambar, Sembene the Unsubmissive (Cameroun)<\/li>\n<li>The State Against Mandela (South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Golden Fish, African Fish (Senegal)<\/li>\n<li>Skin (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Khartoum Offside (Sudan)<\/li>\n<li>Le loups d\u2019or de Balole (Burkina Faso)<\/li>\n<li>Sur Les Traces de Mamani Abdoulaye (Niger)<\/li>\n<li>No Gold For Katsaka (Burkina Faso)<\/li>\n<li>Mother, I am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ousmane Sembene AMAA 2019 Award For Best Film in an African Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Makeroom (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Mabata Bata (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>Bahasha -The Envelope (Tanzania)<\/li>\n<li>Azali (Ghana)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Anyiam Osigwe AMAA 2019 Award For Best Film by an African-Born Director Living Abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Julius Amedume &#8211; Rattlesnakes<\/li>\n<li>Tosin Coker &#8211; Lara and the Beats<\/li>\n<li>Robert O. Peters \u2013 Makeroom<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Diaspora Short Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bail (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Oath Bound (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Fevah (USA)<\/li>\n<li>I Am Superman (Brazil)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Diaspora Documentary <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wax Print 1 FABRIC, 4 continent (UK)<\/li>\n<li>The Guardian of No Return (Guadalope)<\/li>\n<li>Dare to Dream (USA\/CUBA)<\/li>\n<li>Drugs as Weapons Against Us (USA)<\/li>\n<li>My Friend Fela (Brazil)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Diaspora Narrative Feature <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Nine Nights (UK)<\/li>\n<li>Olympia (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Traffik (US)<\/li>\n<li>Hero (Trinidad and Tobago\/Canada)<\/li>\n<li>Sprinter (Jamaica)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Production Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Stories (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Urgent (Morroco)<\/li>\n<li>Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)<\/li>\n<li>Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Costume Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Light in the Dark (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>King of Boys (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Urgent (Morocco)<\/li>\n<li>Mabata Bata (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Make-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Makeroom (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Gold Statue (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Veronica\u2019s Wish (Uganda)<\/li>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Before the Vows (GHANA)<\/li>\n<li>Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)<\/li>\n<li>The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Soundtrack<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Subira (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>Mabata Bata (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Farewell Ella Bella (S. AFRICA)<\/li>\n<li>Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)<\/li>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Visual Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Makeroom (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Knockout Blessing (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Mabata Bata (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The King of Boys (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Last Victim (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Makeroom (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<li>Urgent (Morocco)<\/li>\n<li>Mabata Bata (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mabata Bata (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Sew the Winter to My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Mother, I am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)<\/li>\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<li>The Last Victim (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>The Gold Statute (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)<\/li>\n<li>Sew The Winter To My Skin (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>The Last Victim (S. Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Gold Statute (Morocco)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>6 Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>Up North (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019\/National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)Award For Best Nigerian Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Delivery Boy<\/li>\n<li>Lara and the Beats<\/li>\n<li>Makeroom<\/li>\n<li>King of Boys<\/li>\n<li>Gold Statute<\/li>\n<li>Up North<\/li>\n<li>Knockout Blessing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0AMAA 2019 Award For Best Young\/Promising Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Youssef Alaoui (Ayoub) URGENT<\/li>\n<li>Angel Onyinyechi Unigwe (Adaeze) LIGHT IN THE DARK<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Dankwa (Esi) BURIAL OF KOJO<\/li>\n<li>Emilio Bilo (Azarias) Mabata Bata<\/li>\n<li>Jamma Ibrahim (Amir) The Delivery Boy<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Credo (Neema) Fatuma<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Remilekun \u201cReminisce\u201d Sarafu (Makanaki) King of Boys<\/li>\n<li>Jarrid Geduld 9 (Abie) Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story<\/li>\n<li>Zolisa Xaluva (Wyatt Earp) Sew the Winter to my Skin<\/li>\n<li>Kanayo O. Kanyayo (Chief Otuekong) Up North<\/li>\n<li>Kobina Amissah-Sam (Kwabina) The Burial of Kojo<\/li>\n<li>Bucci Franklyn (Dagogo) Knockout Blessing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actress in a Supporting Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Eniola Shobayo (Vivian) Knockout Blessing<\/li>\n<li>Linda Ejiofor (Oby) Knockout Blessing<\/li>\n<li>Kandyse McClure (Golden Eyes) Sew the Winter to My Skin<\/li>\n<li>Adesua Etomi (Kemi) The King of Boys<\/li>\n<li>Joke Silva (Mama Jumoke) Light in the Dark<\/li>\n<li>Arlete Bombe (Mia) Redemption<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actor in a Leading Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Gabriel Afolayan Gold Statue<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Otsiman (Kojo) The Burial of Kojo<\/li>\n<li>Chinedu Ikedieze (Big Chi) Lara and the Beats<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Jean Louis (Robert McQueen) Rattlesnakes<\/li>\n<li>Gil Alexandre (Bruno) Redemption<\/li>\n<li>Marc Zinga ( )Mercy of the Jungle)<\/li>\n<li>Ezra Mabengeza (Samson) Sew The Winter To My Skin<\/li>\n<li>Ayoub Bombwe ( Mwanyusi ) Fatuma<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actress in a Leading Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sheila Munyiva (Ziki) Rafik<\/li>\n<li>Rita Dominic (Jumoke Arinze) Light in the Dark<\/li>\n<li>Jill Levenberg (Ellen) The Ellen Parkies Story<\/li>\n<li>Beatrice Taisamo (Fatuma) Fatuma<\/li>\n<li>Seyi Shay (Lara) Lara and the Beats<\/li>\n<li>Sola Sobowale (Eniola) King of Boys<\/li>\n<li>Jemima Osunde (Nkem) The Delivery Boy<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Mugatsia (Kena) Rafiki<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Director-First Feature Film<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Blitz Bazawule &#8211; The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)<\/li>\n<li>Adekunle \u201cNodash\u201d Adejuyigbe &#8211; The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Sippy Chadha \u2013 Subira (Tanzania)<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Amarteifo \u2013 Before the Vows (Ghana)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAA 2019 Award For Best Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wanuri Kahui \u2013 Rafiki (Kenya)<\/li>\n<li>Adekunle \u201cNodash\u201d Adejuyigbe &#8211; The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Daryne Joshua -Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story (S. 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Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Redemption (Mozambique)<\/li>\n<li>King of Boys (Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Urgent (Morocco)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8221;Before The Vows&#8221; and &#8221; The Burial of Kojo&#8221; , directed by US based Ghanaian film directors, Nicole Amartefio, and Blitz the Ambassador, respectively, have been nominated for this year&#8217;s African Movie Academy Awards. 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