Gambia-based Malawian young female entrepreneur, Lilian Azizi, has completed producing a film titled Cant Have It All under a company called Lamp House Production. Lilian Azizi will feature in the new movie alongside 15 other talented actors from across Africa, such as Gambians, Sierra Leones, Nigerians and Senegalese’s. Azizi, who moved to the Gambia in 2005 for studies, set up […]
What started as a leisure industry, stories and jokes being told in motion pictures, has now transformed into a strong weapon for strengthening African peace and unity. Under the theme ”Promoting peace through entertainment”, Africa’s most prestigious award ceremony, the 12th edition of African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) took place at Port Harcourt in Nigeria […]
Lights, Cameras and Red Carpet action at Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria as this year’s African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) are scheduled to take place on Saturday 11 June; unfortunately Malawi has missed out on all nominations in 28 categories. Popularly known as “African Oscars”, the awards are aimed at honouring and promoting excellence […]
President Joyce Banda has promised that her leadership would do anything to help create a ‘Mallywood’ in Malawi. She was speaking when she presented symbolic certificates to graduates of the Film in a Box, Africa Film Academy under the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) program. Banda, joined by the First Gentleman who was said to […]
President Joyce Banda says Malawians have great talents they can showcase in various film industries in the country. She made the remarks at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Thursday when presenting certificates to 450 students who undergo for training in Acting Movie Industry by the African Movie Academy Awards (AMA). Banda said that she is […]
There is huge potential in Malawian film-makers, African Movie Academy Awards (AMMA) technical director Akasa Stephen Angba has noted. Angba is in the country with a team of trainers conducting training for young film-makers in a project dubbed Film-in-Box. The Africa Film Academy runs training programmes across Africa Film in a Box, an all round […]
Amidst high expectations, the huge contingent of Malawians that has travelled the Nigeria for the Africa Academy Movie Awards cast disappointed faces as only acoustic artist Agorosso emerged triumphant out of the five nominations. The 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards winners were announced on Saturday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in Nigeria. The African Movie Academy […]
Renowned Malawi film maker, Charles Shemu Joyah, has said Malawi lacks a market for local movies. He was speaking when he addressed students of the two-week long Film in A Box Training in the capital city Lilongwe organised by the pan-African Africa Movie Academy Awards’ (AMAA) on Thursday. Film director Joyah, who is famous for […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda has described the film industry as another potential area which given attention could develop the country. Banda was speaking in Lilongwe during the African Movie 2013 nomination Awards, a function which was held at the Bingu International Conference Center, Friday. She said:“Some of the countries in Africa and to be specific […]
Malawi is set to host what is probably the biggest events in African film and music industries Friday night. The city is Malawi’s capital Lilongwe where the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominations will ba taking place as Nigerian music outfit P-Square are also set to perform. The venues are Presidential Hotel and the Lilongwe […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda will on 15th March be guest of honour at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominations night to be hosted in Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe. The AMAA nominations, expected to bring together film makers and celebrities from different parts of Africa, are slated to take place at the Bingu International Conference […]
Hundreds of young and old Malawians on Thursday thronged Crossroads Hotel in the capital city, Lilongwe, where they were egistering for training in various film disciplines. The African Film Academy, which is organising the two-week long training termed the ‘Film in a Box Training Courses’, runs training programs in Banjul in Gambia, Johannesburg in South […]
Just under a month before Malawi hosts some of the popular film makers and celebrities from across Africa, organizers say they are geared up for the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nomination event. This will be the first time for the country to host one of the continent’s most prestigious film events as it attempts […]
Award-winning Nigerian R&B duo of identical twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, well-known as P-Square, have confirmed that they are set to perform in Malawi next month. The group, popular for their songs Forever, Chop my Money and Alingo, among others, will be performing at the Lilongwe Golf Course in the capital on 15th March, […]
Malawi has been chosen to host this year’s African Movie Awards (AMA) slated for March this year and popular Nigerian Afro-pop duo P-Square is expected to be among the key performers at the event. A Nigerian Africa Movie Academy Film Maker Chief Executive Officer, Peace Anyiam Osigwe disclosed this on Thursday during a news conference […]