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Full List: All the AMVCA 8 winners

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14 May 2022
See who won BIG at the eighth Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards!
AMVCA 8 Winner list

Lagos, Nigeria; 14 May 2022: The eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) came to a rousing end on Saturday, 14 May 2022, with winners announced on the biggest and most glamorous night to celebrate African film and TV talent.

The movies, Rattlesnake – The Ahanna Story and Amina came tops with four AMVCA honors each with Best Director going to Ramsey Nouah for Rattlesnake – The Ahanna Story and Best Overall Movie to Amina.

In the public voting categories, Stan Nze clinched the award for Best Actor in Drama while Osas Ighodaro won Best Actress in Drama. First time AMVCA nominees, Samuel Perry popularly known as ‘Broda Shaggi’ and Omowunmi Dada won Best Actor in a Comedy and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama respectively.

Producer, Rogers Ofime, also had multiple wins in the categories; Best Television Series for The Mystic River, Best Indigenous Language Movie (Hausa) for Voiceless and Best Africa Magic Original Comedy Series for The Johnsons.

The regional awards saw Collision Course winning Best Movie West Africa, while The Girl in the Yellow Jumper and Hairareb won in the Best Movie East Africa and Best Movie Southern Africa respectively.

In the special recognition categories, the AMVCA industry Merit award for this edition was given to veteran Nigerian actress, journalist and television presenter, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett (OON) whilst the Trailblazer award, an award given to an outstanding achievement by a young and upcoming act, went to Teni Aladese.

The eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards is brought by Africa Magic in association with MultiChoice and is proudly sponsored by Amstel Malta.

Here's the full winners list below:

     

       CATEGORY                                                         NOMINEE

           1.BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY (MOVIE/TV SERIES)     

DWINDLE                                                              BRODA SHAGGI/SAMUEL PERRY

 

           2. BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

RATTLESNAKE - THE AHANNA STORY                   STAN NZE

 

          3. BEST ACTRESS IN A  COMEDY (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)                                   FUNKE AKINDELE

 

4. BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES)

RATTLESNAKE - THE AHANNA STORY                   OSAS IGHODARO

 

5. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

JANKARIWO                                                 ODUNLADE ADEKOLA

 

6. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

COUNTRY HARD                                                    OMOWUNMI DADA

 

7. BEST SHORT FILM OR ONLINE VIDEO

I AM THE PROSTITUTE MAMA DESCRIBED           TAIWO OGUNNIMO

 

8. BEST ONLINE SOCIAL CONTENT CREATOR

MR FUNNY                                                   OGA SABINUS

 

9. BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES

THE RISHANTES                                                     DIMBO ATIYA

 

10. BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES

THE JOHNSONS                                                     ROGERS OFIME

 

11. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – HAUSA

VOICELESS                                                             ROGERS OFIME

 

12. BEST DIRECTOR/PRODUCER MOVIE

RATTLESNAKE - THE AHANNA STORY                   RAMSEY NOUAH

 

13. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – IGBO

NNE-KA                                                                 UCHE NNANNA MADUKA

 

14. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – SWAHILI

OBAMBO                                                               FREDDY FERUZI

 

15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES DRAMA OR COMEDY

THE MYSTIC RIVER                                       ROGERS OFIME

 

16. BEST SOUND TRACK MOVIE OR TV SERIES

GOLD COAST LOUNGE                                          PASCAL AKA & RAQUEL

 

17. BEST MAKE UP CATEGORY

OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)                                   BALOGUN ABIODUN

 

18. BEST SOUND EDITOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES

AMINA                                                         JIM LIVELY & JAMES NELSON

 

             19. BEST DOCUMENTARY

      IF OBJECTS COULD SPEAK                                     SAITABAO KAIYARE, MUMO LIKU, ELENA SCHILLING, DANIELLA FRITZ, ANN KATRINA BOBERG

 

20. BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES

NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT                               MATHEW YUSUF

 

21. BEST MOVIE SOUTHERN AFRICA

HAIRAREB                                                             DANTAGOS JIMMY - MELANI

 

22. BEST ART DIRECTOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES

AMINA                                                         TUNJI AFOLAYAN

 

23. BEST COSTUME DESIGNER MOVIE OR TV SERIES

AMINA                                                         MILLICENT T. JACK

 

             24. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – YORUBA

       ALAISE                                                          DAVID AKANDE, DEMOLA YUSUF, EDGARD LEROY

 

25. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

RATTLESNAKE - THE AHANNA STORY                   MUHAMMED ATTA AHMED

 

26. BEST PICTURE EDITOR

FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI                                              TUNDE APALOWO

 

             27. BEST WRITER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES

      INTRODUCING THE KUJUS'                                            MANIE OISEOMAYE, DONALD TOMBIA, BIODUN STEPHEN

 

28. BEST MOVIE EAST AFRICA

THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW JUMPER                                MOROCCO OMARI

 

             29. BEST MOVIE WEST AFRICA

COLLISION COURSE                                                        BOLANLE AUSTEN PETERS, JOSEPH UMOIBOM & JAMES AMUTA

 

30. BEST MULTICHOICE TALENT FACTORY

ENGAITO                                                                        DAISY MASEMBE

 

             31. BEST OVERALL MOVIE

      AMINA                                                                        IZU OJUKWU & OKEY OGUNJIOFOR

 

The eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards was brought to you by Africa Magic in association with MultiChoice and proudly sponsored by Amstel Malta. Join the conversation from awards night using the hashtag #AMVCA8 and follow @africamagictv.