Ama Ampadu

Ama Ampadu is Senior Production and Development Executive at the BFI Filmmaking Fund.  She worked as an independent producer across UK and international projects for over 12 years and produced Yared Zeleke’s Lamb (2015), the first Ethiopian film selected for the official Cannes line-up in Un Certain Regard.

Ama is associate producer of Mati Diop’s Dahomey, winner of the Golden Bear for best film at the 74th Berlin film festival.

She also produced two films from Ayo Akingbade (2022 Screen Star of Tomorrow), The Fist and Faluyi, as well as Lions, a short film by Beru Tessema, supported by BFI NETWORK, and nominated for the BIFA Best British Short Film in 2023.