With 14 nominations apiece, “Surviving Gaza,” a feature film from South Africa, and “Borga,” a film from Ghana, lead the 2022 Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Out of the 26 categories of the AMAAs, the two movies received nominations in 14 different categories.

At a press conference on September 21, Dr. Shaibu Husseini disclosed this to the media on behalf of the AMAA jury 2022 president.

The event was hosted at the Radisson hotel in Ikeja, GRA, Lagos, and was attended by Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, the founder and CEO of AMAA.

Tanzania’s ‘Tug of war’ follows closely with 12 nominations while Uganda’s ‘Tembele’ and Nigeria’s ‘Man of God’ packed nominations in nine different categories. Nigeria’s ‘Jolly Roger’ also followed with nominations in eight different categories while Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Swallow’ earned nominations in seven categories. Other top contenders at the AMAA 2022 include ‘A song from the dark’ and ‘Angeliena’ with six nominations, with six nominations, ‘Ayaanle,’ ‘Almajiri,’ and ‘Road to my father’s compound’ with five different categories, while ‘Alaise,’ ‘Money miss road,’ and ‘Underbelly earned three different nominations each and ‘Skin like mine,’ and ‘Ba Ni,’ had two nominations each.

Speaking at the event, Anyiam-Osigwe revealed that the 2022 AMAA will hold in Lagos, Nigeria amid pomp and glee. The filmmaker and executive also noted that AMAA isn’t a popular voting film and movie award ceremony but an awards ceremony strategically created to reward and celebrate professionalism in film, and filmmaking across all spectrums.