Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation
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Award Ceremony
The Jubril Malafia Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best animated films for the year.[1] In 2025, it was renamed after Jubril Malafia, a Nigerian animator who was murdered in 2018 in Jos, Plateau State.[2][3]
| Best Animation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Nation | Recipient | Result |
| 2008 | The Lunatic | Ebele Okoye | Won | |
| 2009 | Kono | Won | ||
| Leila | Nominated | |||
| Little Learning is Different | Nominated | |||
| Manani Ogre | Nominated | |||
| Cheprono | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Hanayns Shoe | Won | ||
| Adventure of Alayo | Nominated | |||
| Zoodo | Nominated | |||
| Lyrics | Nominated | |||
| One Step of Love | Nominated | |||
| 2012 | The Legend on Ngong Hills | Kenya | Won | |
| Oba | Nominated | |||
| Climate Change is Real | Nominated | |||
| Egu | Nominated | |||
| Nauliza | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | Adventures in Zambezia | South Africa | Won | |
| Tageni’s Dol | Nominated | |||
| Mission Impossible | Nominated | |||
| Oba | Nominated | |||
| Lion Of Judah | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Khumba | South Africa | Won | |
| The Hare and the Lion | Nominated | |||
| Thank God its Friday | Nominated | |||
| Leila | Nominated | |||
| The Brats and Toy Thief | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | The Legacies Of Rubies | Won | ||
| The Throne | Nominated | |||
| Alternative to Corporal Punishment | Nominated | |||
| Akorkoli | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | The Pencil | Won | ||
| The Peculiar Life of a Spider | Nominated | |||
| Funsie Fast Fingers | Nominated | |||
| Lazare Sie Pale | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Got Flowers | Won | ||
| Black Barbie | Nominated | |||
| Gyrow | Nominated | |||
| Pull | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Belly Flop | Won | ||
| Group Photo | Nominated | |||
| Untitled | Nominated | |||
| Crush | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Choices | Won | ||
| Afrogames | Nominated | |||
| Isolated | Nominated | |||
| Kitwana Journey | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | I am leaving In Ghana Get Me Out of Here | Won | ||
| From Here To Timbuktu | Nominated | |||
| Malaika (The Warrior Queen) | Nominated | |||
| A Special Gift | Nominated | |||
| The Legend of Lwanda Magere | Nominated | |||
| FTFO | Nominated | |||
| Sankofa | Nominated | |||
| A Gugle Day | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Lady Buckit& the Motley Mopsters | Nigeria | Won | |
| Room 5 | Nominated | |||
| Shaka-InklosiYamakhosi | Nominated | |||
| The Pyramid | Nominated | |||
| Mofiala | Nominated | |||
| A Thousand Fate | Nominated | |||
| White Nights | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | No Way Out | Uganda | Won | |
| On the Surface | Iceland | Nominated | ||
| Opal | Martinique (France) | Nominated | ||
| Kenda | Cote D’Ivoire | Nominated | ||
| Skin Like Mine | USA | Nominated | ||
| PTD | Nigeria | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Lost | Uganda | Won | |
| Azania Rises | South Africa | Nominated | ||
| Jabari | Ghana | Nominated | ||
| Bashorun Gaa | Nigeria | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | Counter Punch | Kenya | Won | |
| Heavy Crown | Libya | Nominated | ||
| Journey of the Legend | Cameroon | Nominated | ||
| Hadu | Nigeria | Nominated | ||
| Between Paya and Koulou | Senegal | Nominated | ||
| Oya (The goddess of gods) | Nigeria | Nominated | ||
| Set Pieces | Sudan | Nominated | ||
| 2025[4][5] | My Brother, My Brother | Egypt/France/Germany | Won | |
| Dawn | Cameroon | Nominated | ||
| The Travails of Ajadi | Nigeria | Nominated | ||
| Nkizzi’s First Day | Uganda | Nominated | ||
| Amara and the Spirit of Nyamagunda | Uganda | Nominated | ||
| Monologue | Nigeria/UK | Nominated | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ Dayo, Bernard (2018-10-02). "AMAA 2018: Organisers rename animation category after slain animator Jibril Mailafia » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ↑ Premium Times https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/287634-amaa-renames-award-category-after-slain-nigerian-animator.html?tztc=1. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "AMAA: Lisabi, Katunga, Freedom Way Lead Nominations At 21st edition – Africa Movie Academy Awards". Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ↑ Idowu, Omotoyosi (2025-11-10). "AMAA 2025: Burna Boy's '3 Cold Dishes,' South Africa's 'The Heart is a Muscle' win big (FULL LIST)". Premium Times. ISSN 2360-7688. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
