Mohamed Ghazala Wins AMAA Animation Prize

Egypt Mon 12-04-2010

Mohamed Ghazala Wins AMAA Animation Prize
By AfricanColours.com

The only Egyptian film in AMAA competition - Honyan's Shoe has won the Animation Prize at the 6th African Movies Academy Awards in Nigeria!

Honayn's Shoe by Mohamed Ghazala

The animated film Honayn's Shoe has been crowned as the best Animation for this year’s African Movie Academy Awards. It was nominated in the category ‘Best Animation’ together with films from Algeria, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

Honayn's Shoe was directed by Mohamed Ghazala, the Egyptian animator and lecturer, in production of Cinema Palace in Cairo of Ministry of Culture 2009.

The film story is about a lost nomad, Honayn, with his camel searching for his shoe in the wide desert.
AMAA opened nominations for the 2010 awards and received over 500 movies.

Nominations were closed on December 31, and selected committee started working on the entries in January 2010. The selection went through phases, and over 500 movies were reduced to 280.

The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) is held annually to honor distinguished actors and actresses, directors and writers in the African movie industry.

Held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 amidst blitz and glamour, the sixth edition of the prestigious awards took place in Yenogoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. This year’s event pulled hordes of celebrities in and around the African continent. AMAA is comparable to America’s Academy Awards in terms of its class, glamour and importance in African filmmaking.

AfricanColours features on Mohamed Ghazala:
The History Of African Animation
Animabasauri Animation Festival
Mohamed Ghazala's "Honayn's Shoe" Gets AMAA Nomination

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