The nomination gala for this year’s edition of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) holds on Saturday, June 20 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nominees in the 26 categories of the Awards will be announced at the event.
Popular Nigerian actors like Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Fathia Balogun, OC Ukeje, Patience Ozokwor, Chioma Chukwuka, Kunle Afolayan, Doris Simon, Eniola Badmus, and Aki and Paw Paw will welcome their colleagues from their host country and other parts of the world.
Chief Executive Officer of AMAA, Dayo Ogunyemi, is quoted to have said the nomination gala was taken to Hollywood this year to accelerate the concrete step of taking African cinema to the home of global cinema for a mutually and economically viable cooperation.
“A unique aspect of the nomination event this year is that AMAA’s parent organisation, the Africa Film Academy (whose advisory board Danny Glover co-chairs) is developing a slate of 10 films that will be co-productions between black filmmakers across the globe.
“The stories to be pitched within this slate will have a global appeal but will speak to the aspirations and stories of the global black community.
“Accordingly the attendees for this event have been selected with a view to ensuring the highest level of returns and enhancing the global value chain for black filmmakers”.
The AMAA 2015 College of Screeners received more than 800 entries covering feature films, short films, animations and documentaries from over 50 countries within and outside Africa.
The award night proper will hold in South Africa in September.
It will be the first time the grand finale takes place outside Nigeria in its 11 years history.
