Seven shows, and all of them told in the language that hits closest to home.

These five nominees represent five different definitions of what African scripted television can be. And all of them are right.

Five nominees. Five different Africas. One question about what it means to make the real feel worthy of a camera.

Starring Daniel Etim Effiong and a star-studded cast, Stripped explores the realities of friendship, finances, and difficult decisions.

Long before cinema, East Africa was already keeping extraordinary records. In Swahili coastal poetry and in an Ethiopian aristocracy so unsettled by the first moving image, they called the cinema hall "the house of the devil".

From the San rock paintings of Ukhahlamba to the Nguni praise poets who performed history at full emotional volume, Southern Africa has never needed permission to tell its stories.

Beyond dialect and dialogue, this category holds something deeper: memory, belief, and the weight of what cultures choose to preserve.

The future of storytelling isn’t coming, it’s already here. From solo creators building full universes to actors crossing into digital without losing craft, this category captures the moment where content, culture, and cinema collide.

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Between five and forty-two minutes. That is all the AMVCA asks of a short film. What African filmmakers have done with that freedom, from stop motion crafted on a Lagos phone to science fiction that refuses modesty, is the story this category has been telling for years. Meet the nominees continuing that tradition at AMVCA12.

In a town where everyone knows everyone, the most dangerous thing isn't a killer — it's a community that looks away.

The Herd, Gingerrr, lead AMVCA 12 nominations.