REFFA Awards 2026: Full List of Nominees Across All Categories

The Regal Film Festival and Awards (REFFA) has announced its 2026 nominees, recognising films, performers, directors and technical professionals across a wide range of categories.

The nominations were unveiled at the festival’s Nomination Announcement Night on Friday, October 9, 2026, at the Accra Marriott Hotel’s Airport Olympic-Nyerere Hall in Accra.

Ghanaian productions feature across several categories, alongside entries from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and other countries. International and diasporan productions are also represented.

Below is the complete list of nominees as presented in the official REFFA 2026 nominations document.

1. Best Student Documentary

1. Shadows of the Past — Ghana

2. Fiashidi — Ghana

3. Asanti Nyuki — Kenya

4. Forged Scrap — Ghana

2. Best Student Short Film

1. Echoes from Home — Ghana

2. Her Dark Past — Nigeria

3. Rekiya — Nigeria

4. Blind Pursuit — United States

5. Unfinished Ride — Ghana

3. Best Student Animation

1. Nzo — Ghana

2. Smokes and Mirrors — Ghana

4. Best YouTube / Web Film

1. Monica — Nigeria

2. Me, You and Luna — Nigeria

3. Local Trouble — Nigeria

4. A Mother's Bargain — Nigeria

5. Heaven Must Wait — Nigeria

6. Trails of Olaide — Nigeria

5. Best Short Film

1. 1992 — Kenya

2. The House That Never Sleeps — South Africa

3. Almost Forever — Ghana

4. Dictatrix — Ghana/United States

5. Mfuko the Duffle Bag — Uganda

6. Jimbi — Uganda

7. Ashes of Accra — Ghana

6. Best Diasporan Film

1. Echoes From The Past — United Kingdom

2. Dictatrix — United States

3. Destination Ghana - PIM — Belgium

4. Don't Whistle at Night — Belgium

5. Dreaming of Serenada — Denmark

7. Best International Film

1. The Border — Italy

2. Blind Pursuit — United States

3. Dhakira — France

4. Ancheseliodio — Italy

8. Most Promising Actor

1. Slum Bomber — Jackline Nafula, Uganda

2. No Man of God — Gadede Segbefia, Ghana

3. Black Pepper — Gbubemi Ejeye, Nigeria

4. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Michelle Lemuya Ikeny, Kenya

5. Amenfi — Evangelista Adjei, Ghana

6. Unvirtous — Larabie Dimzoure, Burkina Faso

7. Nkinzi — Simon Peter Walusimbi, Uganda

9. Best Child Actor

1. Nkinzi — Lubowa Mayra Ariana, Uganda

2. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Michelle Lemuya Ikeny, Kenya

3. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Joel Liwan, Kenya

4. Alechenu — Royal Aziomaku, Nigeria

5. No Man of God — Averie Dzama, Ghana

6. Son of the Soil — Ijelu Folajimi, Nigeria

10. Best Animation

1. Tumi — Ghana

2. Lion Gwoza — Nigeria

3. The Travials of Ajadi — Nigeria

4. Selase's Adventure — Ghana

5. The Rusty Fish — Iran

6. Lice And Shine — Uganda

11. Best Documentary

1. Mama Nike: Queen of Adire — Nigeria

2. Prisoner in My Mind — South Africa

3. We Won't Let You Poison Us — Ghana

4. The Journalist Who Never Came Home — Nigeria

5. Shining A Light on Lupus — Uganda

12. Best Comedy Film

1. Vibes - The Movie — Ghana

2. Family Brouhaha — Nigeria

3. Local Trouble — Nigeria

4. Boda Love — Kenya

5. Three for Trouble — Nigeria

6. Dorathy — Nigeria

13. Best TV Series

1. Damalie — Uganda

2. House of Klu — Ghana

3. La Coach — Côte d'Ivoire

4. Hustle — Nigeria

5. With You Every Moment — Ghana

6. Big Boys — Ghana

7. After The Ashes — Uganda

14. Best Debut Film

1. Ebinto — Luc Gnepa, Côte d'Ivoire

2. Two — Nana Kofi Asihene, Ghana

3. Vibes - The Movie — Nicholas "Big Ghun" Nartey, Ghana

4. One Woman One Bra — Vincho Nchogu, Kenya/Nigeria

5. Slum Bomber — Maureen Mona Jolly, Uganda

6. No Man of God — Ampong Kwaku Kwakye, Ghana

7. Somewhere Near Love — Gbolahan Gafar, Nigeria

15. Best Indigenous Language Film

1. Amenfi — Ghana

2. Adui — Uganda

3. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Kenya

4. One Woman One Bra — Kenya/Nigeria

5. Sika Fra Mogya — Ghana

16. Best Ghanaian Film

1. No Man of God

2. Two

3. Amenfi

4. Vibes - The Movies

17. Achievement in Casting

1. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Roman Pogorzelski, Kenya

2. Two — Nana Gyasi Owusu and Richmond Ofori, Ghana

3. No Man of God — Ampong Kwaku Kwakye, Ghana

4. Slum Bomber — Maureen Mona Jolly, Uganda

5. Boda Love — Florence Nduta, Kenya

18. Achievement in Costume Design

1. Colors of fire — Valerie Okeke, Nigeria

2. Ebinto — Raymonde Lozo, Côte d'Ivoire

3. Two — Aphua Larbi-Amoah, Ghana

4. One Woman One Bra — Vincho Nchogu, Fatuo Hassan and Neema Mbeti Ithea, Kenya/Nigeria

5. Amenfi — Lucy Opoku, Ghana

6. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Vivian Njeri Kimotho, Kenya

7. Evi — Kingsley Okoye Rex, Nigeria

19. Achievement in Hair & Make-up

1. Evi — Tolu Obadipe and Carina Ojoko, Nigeria

2. Colors of Fire — Alakpa Uduoghene Beautifly, Nigeria

3. Ebinto — Madjeneba Diomande, Côte d'Ivoire

4. Amenfi — Frederick Boateng, Ghana

5. Adui — Micheal Wawuyo Snr, Uganda

6. Heaven Must Wait — Maureen Ifezue, Nigeria

20. Achievement in Production Design

1. Slum Bomber — Suuna Abubakar, Uganda

2. Amenfi — Emanuel Owusu Sarpong, Ghana

3. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Erixon Kangethe, Kenya

4. Ebinto — Franck-Lionel Groude, Côte d'Ivoire

5. The Creek — Toka Mcbaror, Nigeria

6. Two — Nana Kofi Asihene, Ghana

7. Colors of fire — Ayanmo Yakub, Nigeria

21. Achievement in Soundtrack

1. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Apuu Mourine and Amadeus Indetzki, Kenya

2. Colors of Fire — Gbenga Akinnola, Nigeria

3. Evi — Tolu Obanro, Nigeria

4. Vibes - The Movie — Nicholas "Big Ghun" Nartey, Ghana

5. No Man of God — Tito Marshall Gomez, Ghana

22. Achievement in Sound

1. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Roman Pogorzelski, Kenya

2. Colors of Fire — Adam Songbird, Nigeria

3. No Man of God — Tito Marshall Gomez, Ghana

4. Vibes: The Movie — Nicholas "Big Ghun" Nartey, Ghana

5. Two — Ivan Ayitey, Ghana

6. Slum Bomber — Andrew Ahuurra, Uganda

7. Son of the Soil — Tolu Obanro, Nigeria

23. Achievement in Visual Effects

1. The Creek — Nigeria

2. No Man of God — Peter Kojo Sampah, Ghana

3. Black Pepper — Banjo Ayodele, Nigeria

4. Colours of Fire — Nigeria

5. Son of The Soil — Steve Askey, Nigeria

24. Achievement in Cinematography

1. Nawi – Dear Future Me — Klaus Kneist and Mwende Renata, Kenya/Nigeria

2. Two — John Kwame Markin, Ghana

3. No Man of God — Kelly Doe and Eric Oppong Appiah, Ghana

4. Colors of Fire — Barnabas Emordi Barny, Nigeria

5. The Creek — Tolu Timilehin, Nigeria

6. Ebinto — Mandione Laye Ka, Moussa Diallo and Elie Josue Dabire, Côte d'Ivoire

7. Evi — Barnabas Emordi Barny, Nigeria

25. Achievement in Editing

1. Nawi – Dear Future Me — Tobias Schmutzler, Kenya

2. Colors for Fire — Dolapo Adigun, Nigeria

3. Son of the Soil — Alistair Cave, Nigeria

4. Ebinto — Penda Ndiaye, Côte d'Ivoire

5. The Creek — Toka Mcbaror, Nigeria

6. Two — Mohammed Abdul Majeed, Ghana

7. No Man of God — Magdalene Morton, Ghana

26. Achievement in Screenplay

1. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Kevin Schmutzler and Tobias Schmutzle, Kenya

2. No Man of God — Ampong Kwaku Kwakye, Ghana

3. Ebinto — Amadou Koné, Côte d'Ivoire

4. Unvirtous — Chloé Aïcha Boro, Burkina Faso

5. Slum Bomber — Nanfuka Rehema and Musa Luswata, Uganda

6. Boda Love — Grace Irungu and Janet Wells, Kenya

7. One Woman One Bra — Vincho Nchogu, Kenya/Nigeria

27. Lifetime Achievement

28. Best Supporting Actor (Female)

1. No Man of God — Bamike Olawunmi, Ghana

2. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Michelle Tiren, Kenya

3. Ebinto — Maud Guerard, Côte d'Ivoire

4. Two — Dela Seade, Ghana

29. Best Supporting Actor (Male)

1. No Man of God — Adjetey Anang, Ghana

2. Evi — Uzor Arukwe, Nigeria

3. Slum Bomber — Samuel Kabugo, Uganda

4. The Creek — Kelechi Udegbe, Nigeria

5. Nawi - Dear Future Me — Ochungo Obiero, Kenya

6. Two — Senanu Gbedawo, Ghana

30. Best Actor (Female)

1. Nawi – Dear Future Me — Michelle Lemuya Ikeny, Kenya

2. No Man of God — Gadede Segbefia, Ghana

3. Slum Bomber — Jackline Nafula, Uganda

4. Monica — Uche Montana, Nigeria

5. Ebinto — Armande Lo, Côte d'Ivoire

6. Safari — Osas Ighodaro, Nigeria

7. One Woman One Bra — Sarah Karei, Kenya/Nigeria

31. Best Actor (Male)

1. Ebinto — Ephriam Oka Kouakou, Côte d'Ivoire

2. No Man of God — Majid Michel, Ghana

3. The Creek — Bucci Franklin, Nigeria

4. Two — Gideon Boakye, Ghana

5. Boda Love — Murunyu Duncan Mungai, Kenya

6. Heaven Must Wait — Fredrick Leonard, Nigeria

7. Safari — Emmanuel Mugo, Nigeria

32. Best Director

1. Nawi – Dear Future Me — Vallentine Chelluget, Apuu Mourine, Kevin Schmutzler and Tobias Schmutzler, Kenya

2. Ebinto — Luc Gnepa, Côte d'Ivoire

3. No Man of God — Ampong Kwaku Kwakye, Ghana

4. Slum Bomber — Maureen Mona Jolly, Uganda

5. One Woman One Bra — Vincho Nchogu, Kenya/Nigeria

6. Son of the Soil — Chee Keong Cheung, Nigeria

7. Two — Nana Kofi Asihene, Ghana

33. Best Picture

1. Nawi – Dear Future Me — Caroline Heim, Brizan Were and Lydia Wrensch, Kenya

2. No Man of God — Ampong Kwaku Kwakye, Ghana

3. Colors of Fire — Osas Ighodaro, Nigeria

4. Ebinto — Charly Kodjo, Côte d'Ivoire

5. One Woman One Bra — Josh Olaaluwa and Esther de Rothschild, Kenya/Nigeria

6. Two — Nana Kofi Asihene, Aphua Larbi-Amoah, Louis Lamis, Isaac "Yaw Skyface" Mensah and Johnn "Kwame Black" Markin, Ghana

7. Slum Bomber — Maureen Mona Jolly, Uganda

The REFFA 2026 nominations recognise a broad range of creative work, from emerging filmmakers and student productions to performances and technical achievements in established film projects.

Ghanaian productions appear in several major categories, including Best Ghanaian Film, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best TV Series and multiple technical achievement categories. Nigerian, Kenyan, Ugandan and other international productions also feature throughout the list.

The nominations reflect the festival's stated theme, “Reimagining Africa: Stories Beyond Borders,” and its focus on showcasing film and television talent across national and cultural boundaries.