Tobi Bakre wins big at African Movie Academy Awards

Nollywood actor and ex-BBNaija housemate, Tobi Bakare has won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).

The awards ceremony, which was hosted by Nancy Isime, Rahama Sadau, and Richard Ato Turkson, took place at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday.

The best of African cinema was celebrated at the awards ceremony, which brought together filmmakers from all over the world.

See list of winners below:

Efere Ozaka Award For Best Short Film

Lions (Ethiopia) – Winner

Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language

Anikulapo (Nigeria) – Winner

Michael Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best Film by an African-born Director Living Abroad

KOFA (Nigeria/Canada) – Jude Idada – Winner

Best Diaspora Short Film

Raw Materials (Jamaica) – Directed by Sosiessia Nixon – Winner

Best Diaspora Documentary

Sound of the Police (United States) – Directed by Stanley Nelson – Winner

Best Diaspora Narrative Feature

Our Father, The Devil (United States) – Directed by Ellie Foumbi – Winner

Best Achievement in Production Design

Pat Nebo – Anikulapo – Nigeria – Winner

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Djibril Drame – Xalé – Senegal – Winner

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Campell Precious Arebamen – Mami Wata – Nigeria – Winner

Best Achievement in Soundtrack

Fight Like a Girl – Rwanda – Winner

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Emmanuel Bassey – Gangs of Lagos – Nigeria – Winner

Best Achievement in Sound

Vianney Aube – Sira – Burkina Faso – Winner

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Lilis Soares – Mami Wata – Nigeria – Winner

Best Achievement in Editing

Bertrand Conard – Omen – DRC – Winner

Best Achievement in Screenplay

Ben Diogay Beye – Xalé – Senegal – Winner

National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVB) Award for Best Nigerian Film

Mami Wata – Winner

Best Young/Promising Actor

Maleek Sanni – Gangs of Lagos – Winner

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jimmy-Jean Louis – Rise – Winner

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Rokhaya Niang – Xalé – Senegal – Winner

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Tobi Bakre – Brotherhood – Nigeria – Winner

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Nse Ikpe Etim – 4-4-44 (Four Four Forty-Four) – Nigeria – Winner

First Debut Feature by a Director

Baloji – Omen – DRC – Winner

Best Director

Apolline Traore – Sira – Winner

Best Film

Xalé- Senegal – Winner