The 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 22 April 2012 at the Expo Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos, Nigeria to honor the best African films of 2011. The nominees were announced on 17 March 2012 at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul, Gambia at an event that was attended by celebrities and top government officials from Gambia and other African countries. Awards {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Short Film |- | valign="top" | How to Steal 2 Million - South Africa State of Violence - South Africa Adesuwa - Nigeria Otelo Burning – South Africa Rugged Priest - Kenya Ties That Bind - Ghana Man on Ground - South Africa/Nigeria | valign="top" | ''Braids on a Bald Head – Nigeria Jamaa – Uganda Look Again – Kenya Maffe Tiga – Guinea Hidden Life – South Africa Mwansa The Great - Zimbabwe Chumo – Tanzania The Young Smoker - Nigeria |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Documentary ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Diaspora Feature |- | valign="top" | An African Election – Nigeria/Germany Beyond The Deadly Pit – Rwanda Awa Ogbe: An African Adventure – Algeria Dear Mandela – South Africa White & Black; Crime And Colour – Tanzania The Niger Delta Struggle – Ghana There Is Nothing Wrong With My Uncle –Nigeria How Much Is Too Much – Kenya | valign="top" | Toussaint Louverture – Senegal/France Ghett'a Life - Jamaica High Chicago - Canada Elza - Guadalupe Better Mus' Come - Jamaica Kinyanrwanda - USA |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Diaspora Documentary ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Diaspora (Short film) |- | valign="top" | The Education Of Auma Obama - Germany White Wash - USA Almendron Mi Corazon - Guadalupe All Me: The Life And Times Of Winfred Hubert - USA | valign="top" | White Sugar In A Black Pot - USA John Doe - USA The Lost One - USA |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Animation ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best film by an African Living Abroad |- | valign="top" | The Legend on Ngong Hills – Kenya Oba - Nigeria Climate Change is Real – Kenya Egu – South Africa Nauliza - Kenya | valign="top" | Housemates – UK/Nigeria Mystery Of Birds – USA/Nigeria Ben Kross – Italy/Nigeria Paparazzi Eye In The Dark – USA/Nigeria/Ghana |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Achievement in