The nominees for the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony were announced on 15 May 2016.
The Cursed Ones led with 13 nominations while South African films
Tell Me Sweet Something and
Ayanda were tied with 9 nods each. Ghana had a total of 15 nominations with 5 films including
The Cursed Ones,
Rebecca,
Cursed Treasure,
Daggers of Life and
The Peculiar Life of a Spider. Winners were announced during the ceremony on 11 June 2016 at the
Obi Wali International Conference Center.
Eye of the Storm won in the categories
Best Film,
Achievement in Costume Design and
Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Drama-thriller
The Cursed Ones took home three awards on that same night, including awards for
Best Director (
Nana Obiri Yeboah),
Achievement in Production Design, as well as
Cinematography (
Nicholas K. Lory).
Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted in
boldface.
Honorary awards Lifetime Achievement •
Richard Mofe Damijo •
Joke Silva and
Olu Jacobs • Tony Akposhore
Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations: •
13 nominations: The Cursed Ones •
10 nominations: Eye of the Storm •
9 nominations: Tell Me Sweet Something and
Ayanda •
6 nominations: Fifty •
5 nominations: Hear Me Move,
Missing God, and ''
A Soldier's Story'' •
4 nominations: Dry and
Oshimiri •
3 nominations: O-Town The following films received multiple awards: •
3 awards: Eye of the Storm and
The Cursed Ones •
2 awards: Dry,
Tell Me Sweet Something, and ''Soldier's Story'' ==Dignitaries==