The 2018 African Movie Academy Awards, earlier slated to hold September 22 will has now been fixed for October 20, 2018.
AMAA’s Director of Admin, Mr. Tony Anih disclosed that the shift in date was to enable “the host country and the organisers sort out the huge logistics involved in hosting a global event as the AMAA’s.”
The Venue remains Kigali, Rwanda.
In its 14th year, the event is being supported by the Rwanda Convention Bureau, Rwandair, Rwanda Development Board, The Radisson Blu Hotel and the Kigali Convention Centre.
Chairman of the AMAA Selection Committee, Mr. Shaibu Husseini who announced the nominations revealed that over 500 films were entered for this year’s edition of the Awards.
Husseini who represented AMAA 2018 Jury President, Dorothee Wenner made this known during the nomination announcement at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, recently.