Sinking Sands

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| name = Sinking Sands

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| director = Leila Djansi

| producer = {{unbulleted list|Leila Djansi|Theodore Baidoo}}

| writer = Leila Djansi

| starring = {{unbulleted list|Jimmy Jean-Louis|Ama Abebrese|Yemi Blaq}}

| music = {{unbulleted list|Koo Nimo|Jacob Yoffee}}

| cinematography = Adrian Correia

| editing = {{unbulleted list|Asher Bingham|Howard Heard}}

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| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Ghana{{cite web|url=http://www.zimfilmfest.co.zw/screening/main/screening-sinkingsands.html|title=Screening - SINKING SANDS|publisher=Zimbabwe International Film Festival|accessdate=9 May 2012}}

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Sinking Sands is a 2010 Ghanaian drama film written, produced and directed by Leila Djansi, and starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ama Abebrese, Emmanuel Yeboah A. and Yemi Blaq. The film received nine (9) nominations and won 3 awards at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards, including the awards for Best Screenplay & Best Makeup.{{cite web|url=http://www.paff.org/panafricanfilmfestival/sinking-sands/|title=Films 2011 Ghana Narrative Feature|publisher=Pan-African Film Festival|accessdate=10 March 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2011|title=AMAA Nominees and Winners 2011|date=28 March 2011|publisher=Africa Movie Academy Awards|access-date=28 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403012110/http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2011|archive-date=3 April 2011|df=}}{{cite web|url=http://ama-awards.com/amaa-nominations-2011|title=AMAA Nominations 2011|publisher=Africa Movie Academy Awards|access-date=10 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302124149/http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominations-2011|archive-date=2 March 2011|df=}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/entertainment-extra/2442-nudity-and-sex-sell-leila-ghanaian-actress.html|title=Nudity And Sex Sell — Leila, Ghanaian Actress|date=30 October 2010|work=Nigerian Tribune|accessdate=10 March 2011|location=Ibadan, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://ghanaian-chronicle.com/news/unifem-ghana-endorses-%E2%80%9Csinking-sands%E2%80%9D/|title=UNIFEM Ghana endorses "Sinking Sands"|last=Bondzi|first=Jacquiline Afua|date=10 December 2010|work=The Ghanaian Chronicle|accessdate=10 March 2011|location=Accra, Ghana}}{{cite news|url=http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/ns/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26016:sinking-sands-comes-to-nigeria-&catid=66:inside-nollywood&Itemid=197|title=Sinking Sands Comes To Nigeria|date=27 February 2011|work=Leadership Newspaper|publisher=Leadership Newspaper Group Limited|accessdate=10 March 2011|location=Abuja, Nigeria}}{{cite news|url=http://topics.dallasnews.com/article/00WA7aP4PVcYC|title=UNIFEM Ghana endorses "Sinking Sands"|work=The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=10 March 2011|location=Dallas, Texas, USA}}{{cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201012101150.html|title=Unifem Ghana Endorses "Sinking Sands"|last=Bondzi|first=Jacquiline Afua|work=AllAfrica.com|publisher=AllAfrica Global Media|accessdate=10 March 2011}}