Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film by an African Living Abroad

The Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film by an African Living Abroad was an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the African filmmakers in the diaspora. The category was introduced in 2008 as Best Film African Diaspora and was cancelled after the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.

Best Film by an African Living Abroad
Year	Film	Director	Result
2008	Through the Fire		Nominated
	Bleeding Rose		Nominated
2010	Soul Diaspora		Won
	Okra Principle		Nominated
	China Wahala		Nominated
	Crunch		Nominated
2011	In America: The Story of the Soul Sisters	Rahman Oladigbolu	Won
	Anchor Baby	Lonzo Nzekwe	Nominated
	Mirror Boy	Obi Emelonye	Nominated
	Africa United	Debs Gardner-Brook	Nominated
2012	Housemates		Won
	Mystery Of Birds		Nominated
	Ben Kross		Nominated
	Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark		Nominated
2013	Last Flight to Abuja		Won
	Turning Point		Nominated
	The Assassin's Practice		Nominated
	Bianca		Nominated
	Woolwich Boys		Nominated
2015	Fevers		Won
	Gone Too Far		Nominated
	Thorns of Roses (O Esphinho Da Rosa)		Nominated
	Affairs of the Heart		Nominated
2016	Lambadina		Won
	Skinned		Nominated
	LAPD African Cop		Nominated
	Boxing Day		Nominated
	MONA		Nominated
2017	While We Live		Won
	Saving Dreams		Nominated
	Theory of Conflict		Nominated
	A Mile in My Shoes		Nominated
	Hell’s Fury		Nominated
2018	Alexandra		Won
	Minister		Nominated
	Low Lifes And High Hopes		Nominated
2019	Rattlesnakes	Julius Amedume	Won
	Lara and the Beat	Tosin Coker	Nominated
	Makeroom	Robert O. Peters	Nominated
2020	No Shade	Clare Anyiam-Osigwe	Won
	Eagles’ Nest	Olivier Assoua	Nominated
	2 Weeks in Lagos	Kathryn Fasegha	Nominated
	Idemuza	Aloaye Omoake	Nominated
	Between	Daniel Adenimokan	Nominated
2021	Blackmail	Obi Emelonye	Won
	First Call	Angela Onuora	Nominated
	K.I.A.B	Eric Zoa&Oleksii Osyka	Nominated
	Gone	Daniel Ademinokan	Nominated