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How Ghanaian films appeared across Africa Movie Academy Awards categories
Last Stop appeared in five categories in the Africa Movie Academy Awards’ 2025 nominations, spanning production design, acting, direction and best film. Earlier records show different combinations for The Burial of Kojo, Gold Coast Lounge and Borga.
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- 2019The Burial of Kojo won awards for debut feature direction and a young or promising actor.
- 2020Gold Coast Lounge won the soundtrack award.
- 2021A Better Friend appeared in the short film list and Room 5 in animation.
- 2022Borga won screenplay, leading actor and supporting actor.
- 2024Don’t Call Me Beautiful appeared in the short film nominee list.
- 11 October 2025The 21st edition announcement listed Last Stop in five categories, including best film and direction.
Select an award edition to see the corresponding recognition.
Last Stop reached five separate categories in 2025
The nominations list included Last Stop for production design and best film. It named Kwabena Gwansah in direction, Adjetey Anang in leading actor and Clemento Ashietey in supporting actor. Those are five records attached to one film, with individual credits only where the organiser named a person. Source 3
The Burial of Kojo combined craft nominations with two awards
The organiser’s 2019 archive lists nominations for sound, cinematography and editing. It identifies Blitz Bazawule as the winner for debut feature direction and Cynthia Dankwa as the winner for young or promising actor. The same debut-direction category also included Nicole Amarteifo for Before the Vows. Source 1
Borga and Gold Coast Lounge won in different parts of the credits
The 2022 winners list records a screenplay award for Borga, a leading actor award for Eugene Boateng and a supporting actor award for Adjetey Anang. Gold Coast Lounge won the 2020 soundtrack award after also appearing in the sound, cinematography and production design categories. The individual wins and the film-level prizes are recorded separately. Source 1
Short and animated work appears alongside feature-film records
A Better Friend was on the 2021 short film list, while Room 5 appeared in animation. Don’t Call Me Beautiful was on the 2024 short film list. An award edition can recognize different formats in separate categories. These selected records show where titles appeared in the published lists, with no measure of box office receipts or distribution. Source 1 Source 2