Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film

The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognize the best Nollywood film for the year. It was introduced in the 2007 edition as "Best Nigerian Film" but was renamed as "Heart of Africa" award in the 4th to 6th editions. Since the 7th edition, it has been renamed again to "Best Nigerian Film".^[1]

Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Nigerian Film
Country	Nigeria
Presented by	Africa Film Academy
First awarded	2007
Currently held by	Eyimofe (2021)
Website	www.ama-awards.com

Best Nigerian Film
Year	Film	Director	Result
2007	Sitanda	Izu Ojukwu	Won
	Apesin	Muyiwa Ademola	Nominated
	The Amazing Grace	Jeta Amata	Nominated
	Abeni	Tunde Kelani	Nominated
2008	Across the Niger	Izu Ojukwu	Won
	Checkpoint	Bond Emoruwa	Nominated
	New Jerusalem	Ifeanyi Onyeabor	Nominated
	White Waters	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
2009	Arugba	Tunde Kelani	Won
	Cindy’s Note	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
	Beautiful Soul	Tchidi Chikere	Nominated
	State of the Heart	Kingsley Omoife and Richard Mofe Damijo	Nominated
	Jenifa	Muhydeen S. Ayinde	Nominated
2010	The Figurine	Kunle Afolayan	Won
	Nnenda	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
	Freedom in Chain	Bond Emeruwa and Fred Amata	Nominated
	The Child	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
	High Blood Pressure	Teco Benson	Nominated
2011	Aramotu	Niji Akanni	Won
	Maami	Tunde Kelani	Nominated
	Tango With Me	Mahmood Ali-Balogun	Nominated
	Inale	Jeta Amata	Nominated
	A Private Storm	Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen and Ikechukwu Onyeka	Nominated
2012	Adesuwa	Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen	Won
	Unwanted Guest	Daniel Ademinokan	Nominated
	Family on Fire	Tade Ogidan	Nominated
	Phone Swap	Kunle Afolayan	Nominated
	Alero's Symphony	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
2013	Confusion Na Wa	Kenneth Gyang	Won
	Blood and Henna	Kenneth Gyang	Nominated
	Heroes and Zeros	Niji Akanni	Nominated
	Meeting	Mildred Okwo	Nominated
	The Twin Sword	Geofrey Gania	Nominated
	Kokomma	Tom Robson	Nominated
	Okoro The Prince	Charles Uwagbai	Nominated
2014	Accident	Teco Benson	Won
	Apaye	Desmond Elliot	Nominated
	B for Boy	Chika Anadu	Nominated
	Murder at Prime Suites	Eneaji Chris Eneng	Nominated
	Omo Elemosho	Adebayo Tijani	Nominated
2015	October 1	Kunle Afolayan	Won
	Invasion 1897	Lancelot_Oduwa_Imasuen	Nominated
	Dazzling Mirage	Tunde Kelani	Nominated
	Iyore	Frank Rajah Arase	Nominated
	A Place in the Stars	Steve Gukas	Nominated
2016	Dry	Stephanie Linus	Won
	Beyond Blood	Greg Odutayo	Nominated
	Fifty	Biyi Bandele	Nominated
	Falling	Niyi Akinmolayan	Nominated
	Missing God	Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu	Nominated
	O-Town (film)	C. J. Obasi	Nominated
2017	'76	Izu Ojukwu	Won
	The CEO	Kunle Afolayan	Nominated
	93 Days	Steve Gukas	Nominated
	Ayamma	Chris Eneaji	Nominated
	Oloibiri	Curtis Graham	Nominated
	Green White Green	Abba Makama	Nominated
2018	Isoken	Jadesola Osiberu	Won
	A Hotel Called Memory	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
	Cross Roads	Oluseyi Siwoku	Nominated
	The Lost Cafe	Kenneth Gyang	Nominated
	Icheke Oku	Emeka Amakeze	Nominated
	Ojukokoro	Dare Olaitan	Nominated
	In My Country	Frank Rajah Arase	Nominated
2019	King of Boys	Kemi Adetiba	Won
	Knockout Blessing	Dare Olaitan	Nominated
	Make Room	Robert O. Peters	Nominated
	Up North	Tope Oshin	Nominated
	Gold Statue	Tade Ogidan	Nominated
	The Delivery Boy	Adekunle Adejuyigbe	Nominated
	Lara and the Beat	Tosin Coker	Nominated
2020	The Milkmaid	Desmond Ovbiagele	Won
	Cold Feet	Moses Inwang	Nominated
	Living in Bondage: Breaking Free	Ramsey Nouah	Nominated
	4th Republic	Ishaya Bako	Nominated
	For Maria: Ebun Pataki	Damilola Orimogunje	Nominated
	The Bling Lagosians	Bolanle Austen-Peters	Nominated
	Coming From Insanity	Akinyemi Sebastian Akinropo	Nominated
	The Ghost and The House of Truth	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
2021	Eyimofe	Arie Esiri & Chuko Esiri	Won
	Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story	Ramsey Nouah	Nominated
	Ayinla	Tunde Kelani	Nominated
	The Citation	Kunle Afolayan	Nominated
	Omo Ghetto: The Saga	Funke Akindele and JJC Skillz	Nominated
	La Femme Anjola	Mildred Okwo	Nominated
	Collision Course	Bolanle Austen-Peters	Nominated
	Shadow Parties	Yemi Amodu	Nominated

References

1. "Official Website of the AMAAs". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 22 May 2014.