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3rd Africa Movie Academy Awards

2007 film awards ceremony

Summary

2007 film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	3
award	Africa Movie Academy Awards
date	Saturday, March 10, 2007
site	Gloryland Cultural Center
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
host	Richard Mofe-Damijo, Thami Ngubeni
organizer	Africa Film Academy
best_picture	Sitanda
most_wins	Sitanda (5)
most_nominations	Abeni (film) (11)
The Amazing Grace (11)
last	2nd
next	4th

Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria The Amazing Grace (11) The 3rd Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2007 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2006. The ceremony was broadcast live on Nigerian national television. Numerous African & international celebrities and top Nigerian politicians attended the event, including Nigerian musician Tuface Idibia and Ghanaian hiplife band VIP. Nollywood actor Richard Mofe-Damijo and South African actress Thami Ngubeni hosted the ceremony. Special guests of honor were Academy Award winners Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Mo'Nique. Nollywood's favourite acting duo Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Winners

Major awards

The winners of the 19 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	Best Upcoming Artist	Best Performance by a Child	Best Indigenous Film	Best Nigerian Film

Additional awards

Best Cinematography	Best Original Screen Play	Best Original Sound Track	Best Sound	Best Edit	Best Visual Effect	AMAA Achievement in Makeup	AMAA Achievement in Costume	Best Documentary Feature

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations.

;11 nominations
- Abeni
- The Amazing Grace
;9 nominations
- Sitanda
;7 nominations
- Apesin
;4 nominations
- Mokili
;3 nominations
- Azima
- Iwalewa
- Explosion
- Maroko
- Covenant Church
;2 nominations
- Sins of the Flesh
- Beyonce: The President's Daughter
- Bunny Chow
- Dancing Heart

Films with multiple awards

The following films received multiple awards.

5 awards
- Sitanda
3 awards
- Abeni
2 awards
- Sins of the Flesh

References

Coker, Onikepo. (4 May 2007). "Africa Celebrates Film Industry at AMAA 2007". Mshale Communications.
"AMAA Awards and Nominees 2007". [[Africa Movie Academy Awards]].

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