Riverwood Academy Awards is an annual Kenyan film award founded by Mwaniki Mageria. [1] It was formed with a goal to recognize and celebrate local productions, low budget film making and nurture talent by creating opportunities for training players in the industry on how to tell Kenyan stories in a Kenyan way. [2] [3] Riverwood Academy Awards started on 17 March 2014. [4] The first River wood Awards was held at Alliance Francaise and well known people in film industry attended also the former Cabinet Secretary of Sports, Culture and the Arts; Dr. Hassan Wario Arero was among the guest of honors who attended. [5]
BEST SCRIPTWRITER [6]
Best Sound
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Cinematography
Best Supporting Actress in a tv Series
Best Supporting Actor in a tv Series
Best Lead Actress in a tv Series
Best Lead Actor in a tv Series
Best tv Series
Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film
Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film
Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film
Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film
Best Director
Best Feature
Year | Awards | Actress | Ref |
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2017 | Elimu tales | Raymond Ofula | [7] |
2017 | Best actor in film | Samuel Ngunjiri | [8] |
2017 | Best Cinematography | Lucas Sakwa | |
2017 | Best Lead Actress in a TV series | Millicent Ogutu | |
2018 | Best Documentary | Samuel Wanjohi | [9] |
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