Clarion Chukwurah takes the crown at AMAA

Veteran actress, Clarion Chukwurah, has won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 10th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards.

At the awards held on Saturday, Chukwurah won for her outstanding performance in the movie, Apaye.

This award comes as welcome news for the legendary actress, who has recently been in the spotlight over controversies surrounding the eligibility of Ibinabo Fiberisima to be the president of Actors Guild of Nigeria.

Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, also took home an award as the best actress in a supporting role for her performance in the movie, After the Proposal.

The awards ceremony brought together Africa’s best in the movie industry to the city of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Also at the event, the founder of the awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, announced her intention to step down as President.

See full list of winners below:

Best Short Film – Dialemi

Best Animation – Khumba (South Africa)

Best Documentary – Hamu Beya (Mali) & Portraits of a Lone Farmer (Nigeria&Denmark)

Best Film(African Language) – B for Boy

Best Diaspora Short Film – Passage

Best Diaspora Documentary – Through The Lens Darkly (USA)

Best Diaspora Feature – Kingston Paradise (Jamaica)

Achievement In Production Design Award – Northern Affair (Ghana)

Achievement In Costume Design – Ni Sisi (Kenya)

Achievement In Make-up – Once Upon A Road Trip (South Africa)

Achievement in Soundtrack – Onye Ozi (Nigeria/UK)

Best Marketer – Okiki Films

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Clarion Chukwurah (Apaye)

Best Film – Of The Good Report

Special Jury Prize for Short Film – New Horizon

Joyce Banda Award for Film on Women Empowerment – B For Boy

Mandiba Award – Ni Sisi

Best Director – Jamil Quebeka (Of Good Report)

Best First Feature Film by a Director – Harikrishna & Sharvan Anenden

Special Jury Prize – Bob Manuel-Udokwu

Best Actor – Mothusi Magano (Of Good Report)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Patience Ozokwor (After The Proposal)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Thapelo Mofekeng (Felix)

Best Young Promising Actor – Petronella Tshuma (Of Good Report)

Best Child Actor – Lebohang Ntsane (Forgotten Kingdom)

Best Nigerian Film – Accident

Achievement in Screenplay – Of Good Report

Achievement in Editing – Potomanto

Achievement in Cinematography – ‘The Forgotten Kingdom’

Achievement in Sound – The Forgotten Kingdom

Achievement in Visual Effects – A Mile From Home (Nigeria)