The nomination list was unveiled on Saturday during a press
briefing at BON Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

Burkina Faso’s ‘Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions’ leads the
pack with 10 nominations, followed by Nollywood’s ‘Lisabi’, which secured
seven.

For the best film category, eight African countries will
slug it out, including Algeria’s ‘Algiers’, Nigeria’s ‘3 Cold Dishes’ and
‘Lisabi: The Uprising’, and South Africa’s ‘The Heart is a Muscle’.

Others are Uganda’s ‘Small Gods’, Ethiopia’s ‘For Love, For
Land, For Power’, Burkina Faso’s ‘Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions’, and Ghana’s
‘Last Stop’.

The 21st edition of the awards ceremony is scheduled to be
held on November 9 at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Ikeja, Lagos.

See the full nominee list below:

Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film

• The
  Missing Piece – Kenya
• Vandals
  – Mozambique
• Echoes
  From The Past- Nigeria/UK
• Abu
  Judy -Egypt
• Chikha-Queen
  – Morocco
• MIA –
  Burkina Faso
• Stigma
  – Tunisia
• Lee’s
  Waxul – Senegal
• The
  last Harvest – Cape Verde

Jibril Malafia Award for Best Animation 

• Dawn –
  Cameroun
• My
  Brother, My Brother- Egypt/France/Germany
• The
  Travails of Ajadi – Nigeria
• Nkizzi’s
  First Day – Uganda
• Amara
  and the Spirit of Nyamagunda – Uganda
• Monologue
  – Nigeria/UK

Best Documentary 

• The
  Journey East – DRC
• Double
  Minority – Nigeria
• The
  Empty Grave – Tanzania/UK
• Khartoum
  – Sudan/UK
• Ancestral
  Visions of the Future -Lesotho/France/Germany

Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language

• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
• Small
  Gods – Uganda/UK
• Lukas
  – Namibia
• Lobola
  Man – South Africa
• Lisabi:
  The Uprising – Nigeria
• The
  Heart is a Muscle – South Africa

Michael Anyiam Odigwe Award for Best Film by an African
Living Abroad

• Lemohang
  Jeremiah – ‘Ancestral Visions of the Future’ -Lesotho/France/Germany
• ‘Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions’ – (B/Faso)
• Khartoum
  – Ibrahim Snoopy – Sudan

Best Diaspora Short

• Cartes
  – USA
• Superman
  Doesn’t steal – USA
• Harvest
  – USA

Best Diaspora Documentary

• The
  Billy Preston Story – USA
• Carnival:
  ‘They Cant Steal Our Joy – Canada
• Missing
  Rio Doce – Brazil/France
• Rediscovering
  Fenon – USA/Algeria/Martinique

Best Diaspora Narrative Feature 

• Sisters
  Maid – Brazil
• Romeo
  N Juliet 4EVA – Jamaica
• The
  Model, The Mannequin and Me – USA

Award for Achievement in Production Design

• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions
• The
  Heart is a Muscle
• 3 Cold
  Dishes
• Last
  Stop
• Red
  Circle

Achievement In Costume Design 

• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions
• The
  Lost Days
• The
  Masked King
• The
  Serpent Gift
• Hunting
  Jessica Brok

Award for Achievement In Make-up 

• Spelonk
• Lisabi:
  The Uprising
• Amanayanbo
• The
  Masked King
• The
  Heart is a Muscle

Award for Achievement In Soundtrack 

• Recall
• Freedom
  Way
• Old
  Righteous Blues
• Kites
• Le
  Point- The Bridge

Award for Achievement In Visual Effect

• For
  Land, For Love, For Power
• Lisabi
• Spelonk
• Hunting
  Jessica Brok
• Amanayanbo:
  The Eagle King

Award for Achievement In Sound

• Algiers
• Old
  Righteous Blues
• Le
  Point – The Bridge
• Hunting
  Jessica Brok
• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso

Award for Achievement In Cinematography 

• 3
  cold dishes
• Old
  Righteous Blues
• Spelonk
• Small
  gods
• For
  love, for land, for power
• The
  Heart is a muscle
• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso

Award for Achievement In Editing 

• For
  Love, For Land, For power
• Spelonk
• The
  Heart is a Muscle
• 3
  Cold Dishes
• Algiers

Award for Achievement In Screenplay 

• Old
  Righteous Blues
• Le
  Point – The Bridge
• For
  Love, For Land, For Power
• Small
  Gods
• Red
  circle
• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso

NFVCB Award for Best Nigerian Film

• Lisabi:
  The Uprising
• Recall
• Freedom
  Way
• The
  Serpent Gift
• Amanayanbo
• 3
  Cold Dishes
• Red
  Circle
• The
  Masked King

Award for Best Young/ Promising Actor

• Alejandro
  Cooper- Lukas
• Turinayo
  Jatham – Small gods
• Tiwalola
  Adebola-Walter – Freedom Way
• Kisi
  Ogborueche – Kill Boro
• Ruby
  Akubueze – 3 Cold Dishes

Award For Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kojo
  Boakye – Two of a Kind
• Femi
  Jacobs – Freedom Way
• Clemento
  Ashietey – Last Stop
• Abdulai
  Saidu Kamara – Code of Honor

Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 

• Zohra
  Chetioui – Le Point- The Bridge
• Tina
  Mba – The Serpent Gift
• Fadela
  Brown – Old Righteous Blues
• Bukky
  Wright – Red Circle

Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Keenan
  Arrison – The Heart is a Muscle
• Debebe
  Eshetu – For love, for land, for power
• Adjetey
  Anang – Last Stop
• Lateef
  Adedimeji – Lisabi: The Uprising
• Ayden
  Croy- Old Righteous Blues
• Bizimana
  Hussain – Small Gods
• Mahamadi
  Nana – Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
• Nabil
  Asli – Algiers

Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Linda
  Ejiofor-Suleiman – The Serpent Gift
• Analisa
  Munyana – Mucoma: The Battle of the Couple
• Shaffy
  Bello – The Masked King
• Danica
  De La Ray Jones- Hunting Jessica Brok
• Getahun
  Hailu – For Love, For Land, For Power
• Florence
  Mariserena – Small gods
• Meriem
  Medjkane – Algiers
• Osas
  Ighodaro, Fat Toure and Maud Guerard – 3 Cold Dishes

Award for Best Debut Feature Film by a Director 

• The
  Lost Days – Wingonia Ikpi
• Small
  Gods- Asher Rosen
• Algiers-
  Chakib Taleb-Bendiab
• Kill
  Boro- Obayuwana Courage
• The
  Heart is a Muscle – Imran Hamdulay
• Freedom
  Way – Afolabi Olalekan

Award for Best Director 

• Niyi
  Akinmolayan- Lisabi: The Uprising (Nigeria)
• The
  Heart is a Muscle – Imran Hamdulay (South Africa)
• Asurf
  Oluseyi – 3 Cold Dishes (Nigeria)
• Asher
  Rosen- Small Gods – (Uganda)
• Theodros
  Teshome -For Love, For Land, For Power (Ethiopia)
• Dany
  Kouyate – Katanga: Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
• Kwabena
  Gwansah – Last Stop (Ghana)
• Chakib
  Taleb-Bendiab – Algiers (Algeria)

Award for Best Film 

• Algiers
  – Algeria
• 3
  Cold Dishes – Nigeria
• The
  Heart is a Muscle – South Africa
• Small
  Gods – Uganda
• For
  Love, For Land, For Power -Ethiopia
• Katanga:
  Dance of The Scorpions -B/Faso
• Last
  Stop – Ghana
• Lisabi:
  The Uprising (Nigeria)”