Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Animation
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]
List
| 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.
- ^ www.premiumtimesng.com https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/287634-amaa-renames-award-category-after-slain-nigerian-animator.html?tztc=1. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
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- ^ 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.