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African Film
Academy interacts with Filmmakers, others
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, March 11, Ghanadot - Some key officials of the
African Film Academy , organizers of the prestigious African
Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) have interacted with Ghanaian
filmmakers, producers, directors, writers, designers, actors
and actresses in Ghana.
The purpose of the interaction was to familiarise themselves
with problems challenging the Ghanaian Movie industry and
how to solve them.
Speaking at cocktail party, the leader of the AMAA
Delegation, Mrs. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, who is also the Chief
Executive Officer of AMAA discussed with her Ghanaian
counterparts on how to use the awards to enhance and
strengthen the movie industry on the African continent.
This she noted would enable the continent movie industries
in Ghana and Nigeria to be at par with the Hollywood and the
rest.
Mrs. Anyiam-Osigwe discarded the notion that AMAA was a
Nigerian award scheme set up to export and promote Nigerian
movies to other African countries as well as Europe and the
US .
Irrespective of where the awards originated from, AMAA was
an event targeted at rewarding and celebrating all African
movie industry players, she argued.
“It is not a Nigeria or a Ghana thing, neither is South
Africa or Burkina Faso . People at times even ask, is AMAA
not a way of getting into our market?”, she indicated.
According to her, the awards were aimed at honouring and
promoting excellence in the African movie industry as well
as uniting the African continent through arts and culture.
Also, it is a basic step to opening our doors for African
movies onto the global market.
The C.E.O, revealed that every year movies that win awards
at AMAA go international, and made reference to Ghana ’s
‘Run Baby run’ of Rivele Films fame.
‘I also know some other movies which have also won some
awards at AMAA and have gone to international, Mrs.
Anyiam-Osigwe added.
The cocktail party attracted movies personalities included
David Dontoh, Fred Amugi, Rama Brew, Kofi Bucknor, Oscar
Provencal, Emmanuel Apea and his wife Mrs. Julia Apea both
of Rivele Films.
They pledged their support for the awards festival, and
believed that Ghana would make some significant impact in
the awards.
The paper gathered that AMAA over the years rewarded many
movie stars across the continent, in which Ghana is not
exception.
Entries for the awards always begin from September to
December every year and movies received from the entries
undergo thorough screening processes by the Theatre and Art
graduates of various universities on the African land.
Additionally, the movies are viewed by a competent Review
Committee, then to another competent body known as the
Academy of Jury which comprises top creators of various
international films. They decide who the nominees of the
year and other categories under review would go to. This is
either announced in March or April.
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