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6th Africa Movie Academy Awards

2010 film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	6
award	Africa Movie Academy Awards
date	10 April 2010
site	Gloryland Cultural Center
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
organizer	Africa Film Academy
best_picture	The Figurine
most_wins	The Figurine (5)
most_nominations	I Sing of a Well (11)
last	5th
next	7th

Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria The 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 10 April 2010 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2009. The nominees were announced on 6 March 2010 at the Mensvic Grand Hotel in Accra, Ghana at an event that was attended by delegates from Nigeria, top government officials from Ghana and African celebrities. Hollywood stars, Glynn Turman and CCH Pounder were the special guests from Hollywood. Approximately 280 films from 32 African countries were nominated for the awards.

Winners

Major awards

The winners of the 24 Award Categories are listed first and highlighted in bold letters.

Best Picture	Best Director	Best Actress in a Leading role	Best Actor in a Leading role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Most Promising Actress	Most Promising Actor	Best Animation	Best Film in an African Language	Best Child Actor	Best Screenplay

Additional awards

Best Documentary	Best Short Film	AMAA Achievement in Sound	AMAA Achievement in Editing	AMAA Achievement in Art Direction	AMAA Achievement in Cinematography	AMAA Achievement in Makeup	AMAA Achievement in Costume	Best Original Soundtrack	AMAA Achievement in Visual Effect	Heart of Africa (This award is given to the Best Film in Nigeria)	Best film by an African Filmmaker in Diaspora

References

"Africa Film Academy calls for entries to AMAA 2010". National Film & Video Foundation.
"The 2010 African Movie Academy Awards: Winners, Re-Cap, Dresses". [[MTV Networks]] a division of [[Viacom (2005–present).
"AMAA 2010: Nigeria leads the rest of Africa".
"2010 African Movie Academy Awards to take place April 10th in Bayelsa, Nigeria". [[Pan African Film Festival]].
"AMAA 2010: 280 films entered, as Ghana hosts nomination party". [[Vanguard Media.
Tutton, Mark. (30 April 2010). "Stars shine at African Oscars". [[CNN International]].
Milazi, Abdul. (30 April 2010). "Africa's own Oscars – the Amaas – expected to be quiet [sic] a shindig". [[TimesLIVE]].

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