{"id":70633,"date":"2018-10-22T03:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=70633"},"modified":"2018-10-22T03:26:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T01:26:07","slug":"no-award-for-malawi-movies-at-amaa-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/no-award-for-malawi-movies-at-amaa-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"No award for Malawi movies at Amaa 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sam Banda Jnr: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Three Malawi films namely Nyasaland <\/em>by Joyce Mhango Chavula, The Road to Sunrise <\/em>by Shemu Joyah and My Mother\u2019s Story <\/em>by Flora Suya failed to shine at the 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards (Amaa) held in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Despite receiving five nominations, Joyah\u2019s The Road to Sunrise <\/em>which won the Best Movie\u2013Southern Africa in 2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCAs)<\/a> missed out on all the five awards.<\/p>\n

Chavula\u2019s Nyasaland <\/em>and Suya\u2019s My Mother\u2019s Story <\/em>which got a nomination each also missed out.<\/p>\n

According to www. channelstv.com<\/em>, Nollywood once again dominated the Amaa 2018 awards in its 14th edition, scooping 14 awards.<\/p>\n

However, the biggest single winner of Amaa 2018 was Michael Matthew\u2019s Five Fingers for Marseilles <\/em>from South Africa.<\/p>\n

The film picked up five awards including the biggest award of the night\u2014Award for Best Film.<\/p>\n

The event according to www.channelstv.com, <\/em>which lasted until the early hours of Sunday, was spiced up by performances from acts such as Rude Boy and Psquare.<\/p>\n

Joyah, who travelled to venue of the event could not be reached for his comment yesterday.<\/p>\n

But he said before departure that he was happy that his film got five nominations.<\/p>\n

In 2013, his second film The<\/em> Last Fishing Boat <\/em>also got more nominations but managed to get one award\u2014Best Soundtrack.<\/p>\n

The Road to Sunrise<\/a>, <\/em>which has also been submitted to the 2019 Oscars, among others, missed the Award for Achievement in Cinematography, which went to Five Fingers for Marseilles. <\/em><\/p>\n

The film also missed the Award for Best Director which went to Frank Rajah Arase for the film In My Country<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Joyah\u2019s film, was also nominated in the category of Award for Best Film which went to Five Fingers For Marseilles<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The film also missed the Award for Achievement in Soundtrack, Award for Achievement in Make-up, Award for Achievement in Sound and Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.<\/p>\n

Chavula\u2019s Nyasaland <\/em>failed to scoop the Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language, which went to Five Fingers for Marseilles. <\/em><\/p>\n

Nyasaland <\/em>also got a nomination in the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCAs) but it lost out to Joyah\u2019s The Road to Sunrise<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The other films that were nominated in this category were Mansoor <\/em>(Nigeria), Icheke Oku <\/em>(Nigeria), Agwaetiti Obiuto <\/em>(Nigeria) and Tunu <\/em>(Tanzania).<\/p>\n

\u201cI was sure we would at least come out with two or three awards but it has not happened. It is not a good development but we accept it. The good thing is we had three movies from Malawi this year which was not the case in the past,\u201d Chavula said.<\/p>\n

The actress and filmmaker, who made history for Malawi in 2016, scooping the AMVCAs Best Movie\u2013Southern Africa, said the country is making progress in the film industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should not lose hope. As I have always said there potential and all we need is support and, as filmmakers, we should keep on working hard,\u201d Chavula said.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker did not travel to the venue of the awards.<\/p>\n

Suya\u2019s My Mother\u2019s Story <\/em>missed the Best First Feature Film by a Director. The winner in the category was Five Fingers for Marseilles <\/em>by Michael Mathews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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