The 2022 AMVCAs to be held on May 14 in Lagos; full list of nominees

Africa Magic in association with MultiChoice have announced that the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) will be held on May 14, 2022, in Lagos. The eighth edition of the awards will be hosted by Nigerian media personality, IK Osakioduwa and South Africa’s media personality, Bonang Matheba.

For the eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), organizers announced a special eight-day series of events, starting with an Opening Night on Saturday, 7 May. This will be followed by a first-ever AMVCA runway show on Sunday, 8 May. On Monday, 9 May will be Young Filmmakers’ Day with movie screenings and panel discussions by students of the MultiChoice Talent Factory academy.

Africa Magic will host industry stakeholders to a special Content Market Workshop on Tuesday, 10 May and an African food festival and cultural day on Wednesday, 11 May. A Digital Content Creators’ brunch, to spotlight the growing popularity of online content creators, will be held on Thursday, 12 May followed by a special gala for nominees on Friday, 13 May.

The awards gala night will be on Saturday, 14 May and aired live on Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv from 4pm WAT.

Kenyan nominees in the 2022 AMVCA include:

Full List of Nominees for Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards ‘AMVCA’

Best Movie (East Africa)

• The Girl In The Yellow Jumper
• A Grand Little Lie
• My Husband’s Wife
• Just In Time
• Ugonwa Wa Kifo
• Beautiful Ashes

Best Actress in a Comedy

• Bimbo Ademoye – Breaded Life
• Bisola Aiyeola -Dwindle
• Funke Akindele – Omo Ghetto
• Nancy Isime – Kambili
• Sarah Hassan – Just In Time

Best Documentary

• Taiwo Adeyemi – Road2Blow
• Femi Odugbemi – Unmasked: Leadership, Trust and the COVID19 Pandemic in Nigeria
• Eugene Mbugua – This Love
• Allen Onyige – Sunset in Makoko
• Saitabao Kaiyare, Mumo Liku Elena Schilling, Daniela Fritz, Ann Katrina Boberg – If Objects Could Speak
• Lawrence Adejumo – Streets of Lagos: Dear Little People

Best Actor in a Comedy

• Shawn Faqua -Soole
• Deyemi Okanlawon – Omo Ghetto: The Saga
• Gideon Okeke -Loving Rona
• Samuel Perry ‘Broda Shaggi’ – Dwindle
• Femi Adebayo – Progressive Tailor’s Club
• Williams Uchemba -Dear Affy
• Timini Egbuson -Ponzi

Best Supporting Actor (Movie or TV Series)

• Bucci Franklin – Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
• Adjetey Anang – Gold Coast Lounge
• Odunlade Adekola -Jankariwo
• Eric Roberts – A Soldier’s Story
• Amina – Magaji Mijinyawa
• Yemi Blaq -The New Normal
• Tope Tedela -Country Hard

Best Supporting Actress (Movie or TV Series)

• Bisola Aiyeola -Sugar Rush
• Mercy Johnson Okojie -The New Normal
• Clarion Chukwurah -Amina
• Mumbi Maina -La Femme Anjola
• Enado Odigie – The New Normal
• Omowunmi Dada -Country Hard
• Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha – Omo Ghetto: The Saga

Best Online Content Creator

• Mr Macaroni
• Tee Kuro
• Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori
• Oga Sabinus
• Jacqueline Suowari
• Eden Victor
• Elozonam

Best Short Film or Online Video

• Something About Zee
• Fractured
• Ounje Ale
• Koro
• Kiitan
• Dices
• I am the prostitute mama described

Best Actor in a Drama

• Stan Nze – Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
• Uzee Usman – Voiceless
• Gabriel Afolayan – For Maria Ebun Pataki
• Efa Iwara – This Lady Called Life
• Femi Jacobs – Introducing the Kujus
• Enyinna Nwigwe – Dear Affy
• Timini Egbuson – Introducing the Kujus

Best Actress in a Drama

• Asabe Madaki – Voiceless
• Osas Ighodaro – Rattlesnake
• Meg Otanwa – For Maria Ebun Pataki
• Bisola Aiyeola -This Lady Called Life
• Nancy Isime – Superstar
• Genoveva Umeh – A Tune Away
• Kehinde Bankole – Dear Affy

Best Movie (Southern Africa)

• Hairareb
• Black Dollar
• Paul S. Wilo
• Veza The Unfolding

Best Movie West Africa

• Tainted Canvas
• Collision Course
• Amina
• Rattlesnake
• Omo Ghetto
• Breaded Life
• Nneka The Pretty Serpent

Best TV Series (Drama or Comedy)

• The Mystic River
• The Smart Money Woman
• Rumour Has It (S3)
• My Name Is A-Zed
• Butuku
• Jenifa’s Diary

Best Cinematographer

• Muhammed Attah Ahmed – Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
• James Amuta – Collision Course
• Peter Kreil, Wale Adebayo, Samuel Jonathan, Moruf Fadaro – Amina
• Samuel Jonathan, Moruf Fadaro – The Mystic River
• John Njaga Demps – Nneka The Pretty Serpent
• Victoria Mbogo – Just in Time

Best Lighting Design

• Stanley Idegbu Okechukwu – Amina
• Yemi Awoponle – The Mystic River
• Mathew Yusuf – Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
• Jaco Strauss – The White Line
• Godwin Lawani – Light In The Dark
• Mathew Yusuf – Nneka The Pretty Serpent
• Fei Mustafa – Dear Affy

Best Makeup

• Gift Ameh – Voiceless
• Dagogo Diminas, Gabriel Okorie Gabazzini – Amina
• Balogun Abiodun – Omo Ghetto: The Saga
• Ugochinyere Ihendi – Nneka The Pretty Serpent
• Carina Ojoko -Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story
• Adewunmi Fatai, Ayobami Abolarin – Peregun
• Abiola Popoola – La Femme Anjola

Best Costume Designer

• Titi Aina Raji – Voiceless
• Millicent T. Jack – Amina
• Isoken Ogiemwonyi – The Smart Money Woman
• Funke Akindele Bello – Omo Ghetto: The Saga
• Obijie Oru – The Mystic River
• Yolanda Okereke – La Femme Anjola
• Yoanna “Pepper” Chikezie + Nneka The Pretty Serpent

Best Writer Nominees

• Tunde Babalola – La Femme Anjola
• Toluwani Obayan, Kayode Kasum – This Lady Called Life
• Tunray Femi, Damilola E. Orimogunje -For Maria Ebun Pataki
• Chigozirim Nwanegbo – One Lagos Night
• Manie Oiseomaye, Donald Tombia, Biodun Stephen – Introducing the Kujus
• Frank Chinedu Uba – Amina
• Abosi Ogba, Sally Kenneth Dadzie, Lydia Idakula Sobogun, Olawale Adetula, Belinda Yanga Agedah -Little Black Book

Best Indigenous Language – Swahili

• Obambo
• Jaramandia
• Rishai

Best Indigenous Language – Yoruba

• Jankariwo
• Alaise
• Abeke
• Balokun
• Ijolewa
• Arodan

Best Indigenous Language – Hausa

• Voiceless
• Sarki Goma Zamani Goma
• Bana Bakwai
• Tsangayar Asali
• Bayi

Best Indigenous Language – Igbo

• Nne-Ka
• Uhuruchi (Sunset)
• Echezona
• Udene

Best Africa Magic Original Comedy Series

• The Johnsons
• My Flatmates
• My Siblings and I

Best Africa Magic Original Drama Series

• Movement: Japa
• Riona
• Unmarried
• Dilemma
• Venge
• Eve
• Enakhe
• Rishante

Best Picture Editor

• Rogers Ofime – Voiceless
• Dolapo Adeleke – Just In Time
• JJC Skillz, Adeyemi Shomade, Valentine Chukwuma – Omo Ghetto: The Saga
• Tester Bassey, Abiodun Okunola, Moses Inwang – Lockdown
• Moses Inwang – Bad Comments
• Tunde Apalowo – For Maria Ebun Pataki
• Tega Salubi – Collision Course

Best Art Director

• Ediri Okwa – The Smart Money Woman
• Pat Nebo – Rattlesnake
• Mayowa Labiran – The Mystic River
• Tunji Afolayan – Amina
• Chima Adighije – One Lagos Night
• Chris Udomi – Day of Destiny

Best Sound Editor

• Jim Lively, James Nelson – Amina
• Bayo Adepetun, Biola “Lala” Olayinka – Prophetess
• Puffy Tee – Omo Ghetto: The Saga
• Tom Koroluk – For Maria Ebun Pataki
• Habib Adebayo Olaore – Nneka The Pretty Serpent
• Hassan Mageye – Tinka’s Story

Best Soundtrack

• Larry Gaaga – Rattlesnake
• Collision Course
• Boumeester Lindsay Kagwe Mungai – Just In Time
• Dabs Agwom – Amina
• Pascal Aka Raquel – Gold Coast Lounge
• Awele Mekwunye Bizzouch – Light In The Dark
• Michael Pulse, Ponti Dikuua – The White Line

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

Best Director (Movie)

• Mildred Okwo – La Femme Anjola
• Izu Ojukwu – Amina
• Ramsey Nouah – Rattlesnake
• Bolanle Austen-Peters – Collision Course
• Robert O. Peters – Voiceless
• Ekene Som Mekwunye – Light in the Dark
• Tiencepay Lawal, Hamisha Daryani Ahuja – Namaste Wahala

Best Overall Movie

• Amina
• Voiceless
• Rattlesnake
• Collision Course
• Omo Ghetto
• Nneka The Pretty Serpent
• La Femme Anjola
• Just In Time