Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film

The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to recognise the best African films of the preceding year. It was known as the Best Picture award from 2005 to 2011.

Best Film
Year	Film	Director	Result
2005	The Mayors	Dickson Iroegbu	Won
2006	Rising Moon	Andy Nwakolor	Won
	Secret Adventure	Andy Amenechi	Nominated
	Behind Closed Door	Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen	Nominated
	Anini	Fred Amata	Nominated
	Arrou - Prevention		Nominated
	Tanyaradzwa		Nominated
	My Mother’s Heart	Ifeanyi Onyeabor	Nominated
	Sofia	Boubakar Diallo	Nominated
2007	Sitanda	Izu Ojukwu	Won
	The Amazing Grace	Jeta Amata	Nominated
	Apesin	Muyiwa Ademola	Nominated
	Abeni	Tunde Kelani	Nominated
2008	Run Baby Run	Emmanuel Apea	Won
	White Waters	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
	Across the Niger	Izu Ojukwu & Kingsley Ogoro	Nominated
	Princess Tyra	Frank Rajah Arase	Nominated
	Mission to Nowhere	Teco Benson	Nominated
	30 Days	Mildred Okwo	Nominated
2009	From a Whisper	Wanuri Kahiu	Won
	Arugba	Tunde Kelani	Nominated
	Gugu and Andile	Minky Schlesinger	Nominated
	Battle of the Souls	Matt Bish	Nominated
	Seventh Heaven	Saad Hendawy	Nominated
2010	The Figurine	Kunle Afolayan	Won
	Seasons of a Life	Shemu Joyah	Nominated
	The Tenant	Jude Idada & Lucky Ejim	Nominated
	The Perfect Picture	Shirley Frimpong-Manso	Nominated
	I Sing of a Well	Leila Jewel Djansi	Nominated
2011	Viva Riva!	Djo Tunda Wa Munga	Won
	Sinking Sands	Leila Djansi	Nominated
	Aramotu	Niji Akanni	Nominated
	Soul Boy	Hawa Essuman	Nominated
	Hopeville	John Trengove	Nominated
	A Small Town Called Descent	Jahmil X.T. Qubeka	Nominated
2012	How to Steal 2 Million	Charlie Vundla	Won
	State of Violence	Khalo Matabane	Nominated
	Adesuwa	Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen	Nominated
	Otelo Burning	Sara Blecher	Nominated
	Rugged Priest	Bob Nyanja	Nominated
	Ties That Bind	Leila Djansi	Nominated
	Man on Ground	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
2013	Confusion Na Wa	Kenneth Gyang	Won
	Nairobi Half Life	David 'Tosh' Gitonga	Nominated
	Ninah’s Dowry	Victor Viyuoh	Nominated
	The Last Fishing Boat	Shemu Joyah	Nominated
	Virgin Margarida		Nominated
	Elelwani	Ntshavheni Wa Luruli	Nominated
	Last Flight to Abuja	Obi Emelonye	Nominated
2014	Of Good Report	Jamil X.T Quebeka	Won
	Children of Troumaron	Harrikrishna & Sharvan Anenden	Nominated
	Potomanto	Shirley Frimpong-Manso	Nominated
	The Forgotten Kingdom	Andrew Mudge	Nominated
	Accident	Teco Benson	Nominated
2015	Timbuktu	Abderrahmane Sissako	Won
	October 1	Kunle Afolayan	Nominated
	Triangle Going to America	Theodros Teshome Kebede	Nominated
	iNumber Number	Theo Nel	Nominated
	Run	Phillipe Lacote	Nominated
2016	Eye of the Storm	Sékou Traoré	Won
	The Cursed Ones	Nana Obiri Yeboah	Nominated
	Fifty	Biyi Bandele	Nominated
	Ayanda	Sara Blecher	Nominated
	La Pagne	Mousa Hamadou Djingarey	Nominated
	Dry	Stephanie Linus	Nominated
	Tell Me Sweet Something	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
	Behind Closed Doors	Muhammed Bensouda	Nominated
2017	Félicité	Alain Gomis	Won
	The Last of Us	Ala Eddine Slim	Nominated
	A Mile in My Shoes	Said Khallaf	Nominated
	'76	Izu Ojukwu	Nominated
	Vaya	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
	93 Days	Steve Gukas	Nominated
	Queen of Katwe	Mira Nair	Nominated
	Wulu	Daouda Coulibaly	Nominated
	Call Me Thief	Daryne Joshua	Nominated
2018	Five Fingers for Marseilles	Michael Matthews	Won
	Isoken	Jadesola Osiberu	Nominated
	In My Country	Frank Rajah Arase	Nominated
	The Blessed Vost	Sofia Djama	Nominated
	Cross Roads	Seyi Siwoku	Nominated
	The Road to Sunrise	Shemu Joyah	Nominated
	Siembamba	Darrell Roodt	Nominated
	A Hotel Called Memory	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
	Side Chick Gang	Peter Sedufia	Nominated
	The Lost Cafe	Kenneth Gyang	Nominated
2019	The Mercy of the Jungle	Joël Karekezi	Won
	Rafiki	Wanuri Kahiu	Nominated
	The Delivery Boy	Adekunle Adejuyigbe	Nominated
	Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story	Daryne Joshua	Nominated
	Sew the Winter to My Skin	Jahmil X.T. Qubeka	Nominated
	Redemption	Mickey Fonseca	Nominated
	King of Boys	Kemi Adetiba	Nominated
	Urgent	Mohcine Besri	Nominated
2020	The Milkmaid	Desmond Ovbiagele	Won
	The Ghost and the House of Truth	Akin Omotoso	Nominated
	The Fisherman’s Diary	Enah Johnscott	Nominated
	Knuckle City	Jahmil X.T. Qubeka	Nominated
	40 Sticks	Victor Gatonye	Nominated
	Desrances	Apolline Traoré	Nominated
	This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection	Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese	Nominated
	Gold Coast Lounge	Pascal Aka	Nominated
2021	The Gravedigger's Wife	Khadar Ayderus Ahmed	Won
	Mission to Rescue	Gilbert Lukalia	Nominated
	Fried Barry	Ryan Kruger	Nominated
	Stain	Morris Mugisha	Nominated
	Eyimofe	Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri	Nominated
	Hairareb	Oshoveli Shipoh	Nominated
	Nyara: The Kidnapping	Ram Ally Kasongo	Nominated
	Black Medusa	Youssef Chebbi & Ismael	Nominated