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