The Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is set to return with its twelfth edition this year.
The awards are a reward system for African filmmakers all over the world - Peace Anyiam-Osigwe
The 2016 edition of the prestigious awards has been scheduled to hold on April 30, 2016 in Lagos.
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Founder of AMAA
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“As we embark on our twelfth year, we want to ensure all filmmakers in Africa that the Africa Movie Academy is an award reward system for all filmmakers of African descent from all over the world“, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Founder of AMAA said in a video.
One of the aims of the academy is to create a connection between Africans home and abroad.
Organisers of the event kicked off a road show tagged ‘Road to AMAA’ on January 27, 2016. They visited cities across Nigeria including Asaba, Benin, Ibadan, Owerri, Kano, Kaduna and Jos.
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Anyiam-Osigwe said training is key for filmmakers. She revealed that they had trained over 5,000 youths all over Africa in their ‘Script to screen’ programme.
During their recent road tour, the organization promoted some of their projects including ‘So you wanna act’, which is designed to train young people in the art of performance and the Amaka Igwe Script Writing Competition.
The African Movie Academy will be heading to Dubai for the African Business Cinema between March 17 to 20, 2016.
The 2016 edition of the prestigious awards has been scheduled to hold on April 30, 2016 in Lagos, after unveiling the nominees on February 28, 2016 in Dubai.
The organisers had previously announced The Academy of Jurors President for 2016 as Mr Shaibu Hussein.
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Watch the founder’s speech in the video above.
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