By Abdi Ali
Published October 2, 2015

Boda Boda Thieves' Hassan 'Spike' Insingoma won Best Promising Young Actor prize at AMAA 2015The gala for the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) was held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on September 26, 2015. Below is the full list of the winners as announced at the awards ceremony:

Best Short Film: TWAAGA by Cedric Ido, Burkina Faso

Best Animation: THE LEGACY OF RUBBIES by Ebele Okoye, Nigeria

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Best Promising Young Actor (Joint winners): Kemi ‘Lala’ Akindoju, DAZZLING MIRAGE by Tunde Kelani, Nigeria; and Hassan ‘Spike’ Insingoma, ABAABI BA BODA BODA/THE BODA BODA THIEVES by Donald Mugisha, Uganda

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ama Amphofo, DEVIL IN THE DETAIL by Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Ghana

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Samson Tadesa, TRIANGLE: GOING TO AMERICA by Theodros Teshome, USA/Ethiopia

Best Child Actor: Layla Walet Mohammed and Mehdi AG Mohammed, TIMBUKTU by Abderrhamanne Sissako, Mauritania

Best Editing: TIMBUKTU by Abderrhamanne Sissako, Mauritania

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Best Sound: LOBRAZ KHAN, Mauritius

Best Cinematography: LOBRAZ KHAN, Mauritius

Best Nigerian Film: OCTOBER 1 by Kunle Afoloyan, Nigeria

Best Production Design: INUMBER NUMBER by Donovan Marsh, South Africa

Best costume Design: OCTOBER 1 by Kunle Afoloyan, Nigeria

RAINHA DE ANGOLA/Njinga: Queen of Angola by Sergio Graciano, won Best Makeup

Best Make-Up: NJINGA: RAINHA DE ANGOLA/Njinga: Queen of Angola by Sergio Graciano, Angola

Best soundtrack: TRIANGLE: GOING TO AMERICA by Theodros Teshome, USA/Ethiopia

Best Visual Effects: INUMBER NUMBER by Donovan Marsh, South Africa

Best Documentary: EGYPT’S MODERN PHARAOHS by Jihan El Tahri, Egypt/France/Qatar

Best Film in an African Language: TIMBUKTU by Abderrhamanne Sissako, Mauritania

Best Film by an African Living Abroad: FEVERS by Hicham Ayouch, France/Morocco/UAE/Qatar

Best Diaspora Short Film: SOUND OF TEARS by Dorothy Atabong, Canada

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Best Diaspora Documentary Film: THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION by Stanley Nelson Jr, USA

Best Diaspora Feature Film: SUPREMACY by Deon Taylor, USA

Jean Pierre Bekolo's LE PRESIDENT won best screenplayBest First Feature Film by a Director: GONE TOO FAR by Destiny Ekeragha, Nigeria

Best Screen Play: LE PRESIDENT by Jean Pierre Bekolo, Cameroon

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Best Comedy Film: 30 DAYS IN ATLANTA by Robert Peters, Nigeria

Best Actor in a leading Role: Sadiq Daba, OCTOBER 1 by Kunle Afoloyan, Nigeria

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Lesliana Pereira, NJINGA: RAINHA DE ANGOLA/Njinga: Queen of Angola by Sergio Graciano, Angola

Best Director: Abderrahmane Sissako, TIMBUKTU, Mauritania

Best Film: TIMBUKTU by Abderrhamanne Sissako, Mauritania.

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