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List of Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies

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The following is a list of Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies including ceremony date, ceremony host and the Best Film award winner.

Nomination Venues

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Year Nomination Venue Jury President
2005
2006
2007
2008 Johannesburg, South Africa
2009 FESPACO, Burkina Faso
2010 Accra, Ghana
2011 Nairobi, Kenya
2012 Banjul, Gambia Asantewa Olatunji[1][2]
2013 Lilongwe, Malawi June Givanni[3]
2014 Johannesburg, South Africa Steve Ayorinde[4]
2015 Los Angeles, United States Keith Shiri[5]
2016 Lagos, Nigeria Shaibu Husseini[6]
2017 Kigali, Rwanda Berni Goldblat[7]
2018 Wheatbaker Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria Dorothee Wenner[8]
2019 Lagos, Nigeria Asantewa Olatunji[9]
2020 Online Steve Ayorinde[10]
2021 Ebony Life Place, VI, Lagos Steve Ayorinde[11]
2022 Keith Shiri[12]

Ceremonies

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Ceremony Venue Date of ceremony Hosts[13] Best Film
Title Director Nation
1st Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 30 May 2005 Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Segun Arinze The Mayors[14][15][16] Dickson Iroegbu Nigeria Nigeria
2nd Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 29 April 2006 Frank Edoh, Chinyelu Anyiam-Osigwe Rising Moon[17] Andy Nwakalor
3rd Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 10 March 2007 Richard Mofe-Damijo, Thami Ngubeni[18][19] Sitanda[19] Izu Ojukwu
4th Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja, Nigeria 26 April 2008 Osita Iheme & Chinedu Ikedieze,
Stephanie Okereke & Ramsey Nouah 		Run Baby Run[20][21] Emmanuel Apea Ghana Ghana
5th Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 4 April 2009 Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, Julius Agwu From a Whisper[22] Wanuri Kahiu Kenya Kenya
6th Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 10 April 2010 Rita Dominic, Basorge Tariah[23] The Figurine[24] Kunle Afolayan Nigeria Nigeria
7th Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State 27 March 2011[25][26] Nse Ikpe Etim & Jim Iyke[27] Viva Riva! Djo Tunda Wa Munga Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
8th Expo Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria April 2012[28][29][30] Jimmy Jean-Louis, OC Ukeje How to Steal 2 Million Charlie Vundla South AfricaSouth Africa
9th Gloryland Cultural Center, Bayelsa State April 2013[31][32] Ama K. Abebrese, Dakore Akande &
Ayo Makun 		Confusion Na Wa Kenneth Gyang NigeriaNigeria
10th Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State 24 May 2014[33][34] Segun Arinze, Lloyd Nathaniel and Naa Ashorkor.[35] Of Good Report Jahmil X.T. Qubeka South AfricaSouth Africa
11th Boardwalk International Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 26 September 2015 Camille Winbush and Omotola Jalade Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako MauritaniaMauritania
12th Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt 11 June 2016 Mike Ezuruonye and Kgopedi Lilokoe Eye of the Storm Sékou Traoré Burkina FasoBurkina Faso
13th Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, Nigeria 15 July 2017 Nse Ikpe Etim Félicité Alain Gomis SenegalSenegal
14th Intare Conference Arena, Kigali, Rwanda 3 August 2018 Nse Ikpe Etim & Arthur Nkusi Five Fingers for Marseilles Michael Matthews South AfricaSouth Africa
15th Landmark Event Center, Lagos 27 October 2019 Kemi Lala Akindoju, Lorenzo Menakaya, Funnybone The Mercy of the Jungle Joël Karekezi RwandaRwanda
16th Online 20 December 2020 Lorenzo Menakaya The Milkmaid Desmond Ovbiagele NigeriaNigeria
17th Marriott Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria 28 November 2021 Chigul and Stanley Chibuna The Gravedigger's Wife Khadar Ayderus Ahmed SomaliaSomalia
18th Jewel Aeida Hall, Lekki, Lagos 30 October 2022 Funnybone, Chigul, Kachi Offia Tug of War Amil Shivji TanzaniaTanzania

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