AMAA raises awareness in East Africa

Tue, 25 May 2010

Administration Secretary of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Tony Anih, is in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to meet local filmmakers, media personalities and to reach out to potential partners for the 2011 edition of AMAA. Anih is hoping to raise awareness around the awards.

Anih is checking out suitable venues for the AMAA 2011 nomination ceremony, which will take place in Nairobi at the end of January 2011. He will also launch the call for the 2011 entries that runs from 30 May to 30 November.

AMAA is also setting in motion the task of aligning the industry to the larger industrial sub sector of the continent.

In 2010 AMAA inaugurated the short film Competition for African universities to complement the academy awards, as well as the AFA competition for young filmmakers
aged 9-18 years to encourage filmmaking among the younger generation.

AMAA’s belief in capacity building has been the reason why AMAA has always supported players in the audiovisual sector to international film festivals like the Berlin, Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals to meet and network with fellow players from the west and garner experience.

Above all else, AMAA is about the well being of individuals who make a film an entire product and thus seeks to promote African designers, Actors, Actresses, Producers and their works internationally while uniting Africa through acts and to produce a world-class movie awards.

AMAA is getting the rest of Africa involved in the initiative not just by submitting to the annual event but creating awareness among filmmakers around the continent. Founded in 2005, AMAA, an offshoot of the African Film Academy, is geared towards research, training, promoting African cultures, encourage professionalism in the movie industry, offer professional development and networking opportunities.

For more information contact:
Tel 254 20 315258, 254 20 2213318 (office)
Cell 254 733 703374, 254 722 486531, 254 752 745423 (Ogova Ondego)
254 738 850195 (Beth Achitsa)
www.lolakenyascreen.org

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