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    African film academy, the organizers of African Movie academy awards(AMAA)  have revealed the 8th Annual AMAA award Nominations party will hold March 17,2012 in Ghana .     Africa Film Academy (AFA) invited filmmakers last july to submit their Feature, Short, and Documentary works in order to be considered for Nominations.      The nominations closed december 30,2011 . Only films produced and released between December 2010 and December 2011 would enter for the 2012 AMAA as disclosed to celebregion by the organizers.      The Nominees in all categories will be announced during the night. Music stars and comedians have been billed to perform .    The 2012 AMAA Awards will take place April 22,2012 and the theme for this year is Africa rising.     Hollywood stars that have graced the Award ceemony in the past include Forest Whitaker, Angela B ,Danny Glover and Cuba Gooding .

     Djo Tunda wa Munga's MTV Movie Award winning feature film Viva Riva! opens in an unprecedented 18 African countries starting in Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of Congo on 22 September followed by South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Lesotho and Swaziland on 7 October. The film will then roll out to various countries in West Africa and Central Africa. The Congolese director’s gangster thriller has won numerous awards, including the inaugural 2011 MTV Movie Award for Best African Film, six major African Movie Academy Awards and best feature from the 2011 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.      The international co-production also screened at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Festival in 2011.          “This is a high-definition portrait of urban Africa that is rarely seen on the big screen,” says co-producer Steven Markovitz of Cape Town based Big World Cinema. “Rich with colour and movement, Munga’s film takes audiences on

We posted an exclusive details  of the AMA Awards Best film Viva riva few months back ,well it has also won the best african film category at the 2011 MTV Movie awards held last night in california .

V iva riva is a congolese gangster movie that won six awards last weekend at the African movie academy awards in Yenogoa,Bayelsa state.See the details sent in by the Producer 

  A frican movie academy awards 2011 took place yesterday in yenogoa, bayelsa state.Viva riva a congolese gangster movie won six awards  .see the full list of winners below