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Here Are the Nominees for the Eighth Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

Nominees for the eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) have been revealed.

Announcing the nominees were Nollywood actors, Adesua Etomi-Wellington and Daniel Etim-Effiong during a special live broadcast, which aired on all Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv on Saturday, 19 March.

See the full list of nominees below:

 

CATEGORY

NOMINEE

1

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

FUNKE AKINDELE

BREADED LIFE

BIMBO ADEMOYE

QUAMS MONEY

NSE NKPE ETIM

DWINDLE

BISOLA AIYEOLA

 

KAMBILI – THE WHOLE 30 YARDS

NANCY ISIME

JUST IN TIME

SARAH  HASSAN

2

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

 

 

VOICELESS

ASABE MADAKI

 

RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY

OSAS IGHODARO

 

FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI

MEG OTANWA

 

THIS LADY CALLED LIFE

BISOLA AIYEOLA

 

SUPERSTAR

NANCY ISIME

 

A TUNE AWAY

GENOVEVA UMEH

 

DEAR AFFY

KEHINDE BANKOLE

3

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – HAUSA

 

 

VOICELESS

ROGERS OFIME

 

SARKI GOMA ZAMANI GOMA

ABUBAKAR BASHIR MAISHADDA

 

BANA BAKWAI

ABUBAKAR BASHIR MAISHADDA

 

TSANGAYAR ASALI

ABDULKADIR NUHU AMINU

 

BAYI

DIANE RUSSET AND AYO NEWO

4

BEST DIRECTOR  MOVIE

 

 

LA FEMME ANJOLA

MILDRED OKWO

 

AMINA

IZU OJUKWU

 

RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY

RAMSEY NOUAH

 

COLLISION COURSE

BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS

 

VOICELESS

ROBERT O. PETERS

 

LIGHT IN THE DARK

EKENE SOM MEKWUNYE

 

NAMASTE WAHALA

TIENCEPAY LAWAL & HAMISHA DARYANI AHUJA

5

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – IGBO

 

 

NNEKA

UCHE NNANNA MADUKA

 

UHURUCHI (SUNSET)

VICTOR IYKE

 

ECHEZONA

VICTOR ONWUDIWE AND UGOMMA ONWE

 

UDENE

OMA NNADI

6

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – SWAHILI

 

 

OBAMBO

FREDDY FERUZI

 

JARAMANDIA

DENNIS HUMPHREY AND BERNARD KAHINDI

RISHAI

OMAR HAMZA HASSAN

7

BEST TELEVISION SERIES DRAMA OR COMEDY

 

 

THE MYSTIC RIVER

ROGERS OFIME

 

THE SMART MONEY WOMAN

ARESE UGWU/ISOKEN OGIEMWONYI/LALA AKINDOJU/ AKINTUNDE MARINE MARINHO

 

RUMOUR HAS IT SEASON 3

VINCENT NWACHUKWU

 

LITTLE BLACK BOOK

OLAWALE ADETULA

 

MY NAME A-ZED

OLAWALE ADETULA

 

BUTUKU

MWAKA NAKWETI

 

JENIFA’S DIARY

OLUFUNKE AKINDELE

8

BEST SOUND TRACK MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

 

RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY

LARRY GAAGA

 

COLLISION COURSE

COLLISSION COURSE

 

JUST IN TIME

BOUMEESTER LINDSAY & KAGWE MUNGAI

 

AMINA

DABS AGWOM

 

GOLD COAST LOUNGE

PASCAL AKA & RAQUEL

 

LIGHT IN THE DARK

AWELE MEKWUNYE & BIZZOUCH

 

THE WHITE LINE

MICHAEL PULSE & PONTI DIKUUA

9

BEST MAKE UP CATEGORY

 

 

VOICELESS

GIFT AMEH

 

AMINA

DAGOGO DIMINAS & GABRIEL OKORIE GABAZZINI

 

OMO GHETTO(THE SAGA)

BALOGUN ABIODUN

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

UGOCHINYERE IHENDI

 

RATTLESNAKE-THE AHANNA STORY

CARINA OJOKO

 

PEREGUN

ADEWUNMI FATAI & AYOBAMI ABOLARIN

 

LA FEMME ANJOLA

ABIOLA POPOOLA

10

BEST SOUND EDITOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

 

AMINA

JIM LIVELY & JAMES NELSON

 

PROPHETESS

BAYO ADEPETUN & BIOLA ‘LALA’ OLAYINKA

 

OMO GHETTO(THE SAGA)

PUFFY TEE

 

FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI

TOM KOROLUK

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

HABIB ADEBAYO OLAORE

 

TINKA’S STORY

HASSAN MAGEYE

11

BEST DOCUMENTARY

 

 

ROAD2BLOW

TAIWO ADEYEMI

 

UNMASKED: LEADERSHIP, TRUST AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA

FEMI ODUGBEMI

 

THIS LOVE

EUGENE MBUGUA

 

SUNSET IN MAKOKO

ALLEN ONYIGE

 

IF OBJECTS COULD SPEAK

SAITABAO KAIYARE, MUMO LIKU, ELENA SCHILLING, DANIELLA FRITZ, ANN KATRINA BOBERG

 

STREETS OF LAGOS: DEAR LITTLE PEOPLE

LAWRENCE ADEJUMO

12

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

AMINA

STANLEY IBEGBU OKECHUKWU

 

THE MYSTIC RIVER

YEMI AWOPONLE

 

RATTLESNAKE- THE AHANNA STORY

MATHEW YUSUF

 

THE WHITE LINE

JACO STRAUSS

 

LIGHT IN THE DARK

GODWIN LAWANI

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

MATHEW YUSUF

 

DEAR AFFY

FEI MUSTAPHA

13

BEST MOVIE SOUTHERN AFRICA

 

HAIRAREB

DANTAGOS JIMMY-MELANI

 

BLACK DOLLAR

DAVID KAZADI

 

MARIA KRISTU

PAUL.S.WILO

 

VEZA – THE UNFOLDING

DUMIE MANYATHELA

14

BEST ART DIRECTOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

THE SMART MONEY WOMAN

EDIRI OKWA

 

RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY

PAT NEBO

 

THE MYSTIC RIVER

MAYOWA LABIRAN

 

AMINA

TUNJI AFOLAYAN

 

ONE LAGOS NIGHT

CHIMA ADIGHIJE

 

DAY OF DESTINY

CHRIS UDOMI

 

INTRODUCING THE KUJU’S

ADEOYE ADETUNJI

15

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

RATTLESNAKE

BUCCI  FRANKLIN

 

GOLD COAST LOUNGE

ADJETE ANANG

 

JANKARIWO

ODUNLADE ADEKOLA

 

A SOLDIER’S STORY

ERIC ROBERTS

 

AMINA

MAGAJI MIJINYAWA

 

THE NEW NORMAL

YEMI BLAQ

 

COUNTRY HARD

TOPE TEDELA

16

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

VOICELESS

TITI AINA RAJI

 

AMINA

MILLICENT T. JACK

 

THE SMART MONEY WOMAN

ISOKEN OGIEMWONYI

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO

 

THE MYSTIC RIVER

OBIJIE ORU

 

LA FEMME ANJOLA

YOLANDA OKEREKE

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

YOANNA ‘PEPPER’ CHIKEZIE

17

BEST SHORT FILM OR ONLINE VIDEO

 

SOMETHING ABOUT ZEE

MARY NSIKANABASI UYOH

 

FRACTURED

ABIMBOLA CRAIG

 

OUNJE ALE

OZOR UCHE

 

KORO

NICHOLAS ‘BIG GHUN’ NARTEY

 

KIITAN

KOREDE OLAYINKA

 

DICES

SANDRA TETTEH

 

I AM THE PROSTITUTE MAMA DESCRIBED

TAIWO OGUNNIMO

18

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

 

RATTLESNAKE

STAN NZE

 

VOICELESS

UZEE USMAN

 

FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI

GABRIEL AFOLAYAN

 

THIS LADY CALLED LIFE

EFA IWARA

 

INTRODUCING THE KUJUS

FEMI JACOBS

 

DEAR AFFY

EYINNA NWIGWE

 

INTRODUCING THE KUJUS

TIMINI EGBUSON

19

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – YORUBA

 

JANKARIWO

BUKUNMI OLUWASINA

 

ALAISE

DAVID AKANDE, DEMOLA YUSUF, EDGARD LEROY

 

ABEKE

SAMUEL ONIYITAN

 

BALOKUN

OLAMIDE AKINMOLAYAN

 

IJOLEWA

OLAPEJU WAHAB

 

ARODAN

WUNMI AJIBOYE

20

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

 

RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY

MUHAMMED ATTA AHMED

 

COLLISION COURSE

JAMES AMUTA

 

AMINA

PETER KREIL, WALE ADEBAYO, SAMUEL JONATHAN & MORUF FADARO

 

THE MYSTIC RIVER

SAMUEL JONATHAN & MORUF FADARO

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

JOHN NJAGA DEMPS

 

JUST IN TIME

VICTORIA OMBOGO

 

SUPERSTAR

BARNABAS EMORDI

21

BEST PICTURE EDITOR

 

VOICELESS

ROGERS OFIME

 

JUST IN TIME

DOLAPO ADELEKE

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

JJC SKILLZ, ADEYEMI SHOMADE & VALENTINE CHUKWUMA

 

LOCKDOWN

TESTER BASSEY/ABIODUN OKUNOLA/MOSES INWANG

 

BAD COMMENTS

MOSES INWANG

 

FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI

TUNDE APALOWO

 

COLLISION COURSE

TEGA SALUBI

22

BEST WRITER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

LA FEMME ANJOLA

TUNDE BABALOLA

 

THIS LADY CALLED LIFE

TOLUWANI OBAYAN & KAYODE KASUM

 

FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI

TUNRAY FEMI & DAMILOLA E. ORIMOGUNJE

 

ONE LAGOS NIGHT

CHIGOZIRIM NWANEGBO

 

INTRODUCING THE KUJUS’

MANIE OISEOMAYE, DONALD TOMBIA, BIODUN STEPHEN

 

AMINA

FRANK CHINEDU UBA

 

LITTLE BLACK BOOK

ABOSI OGBA, SALLY KENNETH DADZIE, LYDIA IDAKULA SOBOGUN, OLAWALE ADETULA & BELINDA YANGA AGEDAH

23

BEST MOVIE EAST AFRICA

THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW JUMPER

MOROCCO OMARI

 

A GRAND LITTLE LIE

DENISE KIBISU NGUBUINI

 

MY HUSBAND’S WIFE

NDAGIRE MARIAM

 

JUST IN TIME

SARAH HASSAN AND DOLAPO ADELEKE

 

UGONWA WA KIFO

RAPHAEL EMMANUEL

 

BEAUTIFUL ASHES

AYENY T. STEVE

24

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES

 

SUGAR RUSH

BISOLA AIYEOLA

 

THE NEW NORMAL

MERCY JOHNSON

 

AMINA

CLARION CHUKWURAH

 

LA FEMME ANJOLA

MUMBI MAINA

 

THE NEW NORMAL

ENADO ODIGIE

 

COUNTRY HARD

OM0WUNMI DADA

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

CHIOMA CHUKWUKA AKPOTHA

25

BEST MOVIE WEST AFRICA

 

TAINTED CANVAS

ORWI MANNY AMEH

 

COLLISION COURSE

BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS &  JOSEPH UMOIBOM

 

AMINA

OKEY OGUNJIOFOR

 

RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY

CHRIS ODEH

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO AND JJC SKILLZ

 

BREADED LIFE

BIODUN STEPHEN & TARA AJIBULU

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

CHRIS ODEH

26

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

 

SOOLE

SHAWN FAQUA

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

DEYEMI OKANLAWON

 

LOVING RONA

GIDEON OKEKE

 

DWINDLE

BRODA SHAGGI/SAMUEL PERRY

 

PROGRESSIVE  TAILORS CLUB

FEMI ADEBAYO

 

DEAR AFFY

WILLIAMS UCHEMBA

 

PONZI

TIMINI EGBUSON

27

BEST ONLINE SOCIAL CONTENT CREATOR

 

MULTI PERSONALITY DISORDER

MR MACARONI

 

NOLLYWOODEPIC LOVE STORY 1& 2(PARODY)

TEE KURO

 

KAYAMATA

BUKUNMI ADEAGA-ILORI

 

MR FUNNY

OGA SABINUS

 

ROAD RAGE

TAAOOMA

 

OF LINE AND LAYERS

JACQUELINE SUOWARI

 

FIRST DATE – MUMMY’S BOY

EDEM VICTOR

 

AFFIAH-DE JA VU

ELOZONAM OGBOLU

28

BEST MULTICHOICE TALENT FACTORY

 

BRIDE UNTANGLED

ABISOLA ABOABA

 

ENGAITO

DAISY MASEMBE

 

NYAU

MASUZYO MWALE, COSMAS NGANDWE, ABEL NGOMA AND EDWARD SAKALA

 

REBIRTH

BRIAN ONTIRI

 

OKO K3 AKUETEH

CHRISTINE BOATENG AND ERIC OKYEREFO

29

BEST OVERALL MOVIE

 

AMINA

IZU OJUKWU & OKEY OGUNJIOFOR

 

VOICELESS

ROBERT O. PETERS & ROGERS OFIME

 

RATTLESNAKE

RAMSEY NOUAH & CHRIS ODEH

 

COLLISION COURSE

BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS

 

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)

JJC SKILLZ & FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO

 

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT

TOSIN IGHO & CHRIS ODEH

 

LA FEMME ANJOLA

MILDRED OKWO & RITA DOMINIC

 

JUST IN TIME

DOLAPO ADELEKE, SARAH HASSAN

30

BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES

 

MOVEMENT- JAPA

FEMI ODUGBEMI

 

RIONA

JAMES OMOKWE

 

UNMARRIED

UCHE IKEJIMBA

 

DILEMMA

UCHE IKEJIMBA

 

VENGE

TOSIN IGHO & ROGBA ARIMORO

 

EVE

WINIFRED NWOKEDI

 

ENAKHE

VICTOR SANCHEZ AGHAHOWA

 

RISHANTE

DIMBO ATIYA

31

BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES

 

MOVEMENT- JAPA

FEMI ODUGBEMI

 

RIONA

JAMES OMOKWE

 

UNMARRIED

UCHE IKEJIMBA

 

DILEMMA

UCHE IKEJIMBA

 

VENGE

TOSIN IGHO & ROGBA ARIMORO

 

EVE

WINIFRED NWOKEDI

 

ENAKHE

VICTOR SANCHEZ AGHAHOWA

 

RISHANTE

DIMBO ATIYA

32

BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES

 

 

THE JOHNSONS

ROGERS OFIME

 

MY FLATMATES

BRIGHT OKPOCHA & SOLOMON ADEKUNLE

 

MY SIBLINGS & I

FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO & JJC SKILLZ

 

Voting for the eighth AMVCAs open from 10pm WAT on Saturday, 19 March 2022 and close 10pm on Friday, 29 April 2022. All terms and conditions apply and are available on the Africa Magic website. Viewers can join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #AMVCA8 and follow Africa Magic on Twitter Facebook and Instagram for more updates.

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