“SINS OF A FATHER” Nominated for Best Short Film at the Africa Movie Academy Awards

Lagos, Nigeria– Nominated for the Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Sins of a Father, shines its lights on Africa. 

Accepted into three Oscar-Qualifying film festivals, Sins of a Father, starring Tongayi Chirisa and Jimmy Jean-Louis, displays a son wrestling with his past and embarking on a quest to rewrite his future. He confronts his father in hopes of breaking the chains of generational trauma and carving out his own legacy of love and healing. 

“I never thought this film would go this far, but it just shows how one person’s story can connect with the world.” – Director and Writer,  Nuekellar ‘Nuek’ Hardy 

This will be producer Esi Yamoah-Hardy’s, second AMAA nomination. Esi was nominated for Best Film in 2020 for the afro-film noir Gold Coast Lounge alongside the director, writer and producer Pascal Aka.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the Africa Film Academy for my work as a producer.” – Esi Yamoah-Hardy. 

The film is produced by Nuekellar ‘Nuek’ Hardy, Esi Yamoah-Hardy, Jordan Sims, Tongayi Chirisa, Jimmy Jean-Louis and Łukasz Dziedzic.

The AMAA is scheduled for Saturday, November 2nd, 2024  at Balmoral Convention Center in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. For more information about the AMAA, visit https://ama-awards.com/. You can also follow the film @sinsofafather_film on Instagram.