11th May, 2024
By Oluwapelumi Oluwayemi
The African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) is in progress, with winners bubbling with excitement to the stage at Eko Hotel to grab their awards.
This year, notable contenders include “Over the Bridge,” which boasts 12 nominations across categories like Best Movie, Best Director, and Best Lead Actress, as well as the black-and-white fantasy thriller “Mami Wata,” which secured 11 nominations.
Also vying for top honours are “Breath of Life” and “Jagun Jagun – The Warrior,” each earning 10 nominations.
Here are the winners of the AMVCA 2024 announced so far:
Best Makeup
- Francesca Otaigbe (“Over the Bridge”)
- Campbell Precious (“Mami Wata”) – Winner
- Hadizat Gambo (“Mojisola”)
- Hakeem Onilogbo (“Jagun Jagun – The Warrior”)
- Feyisayo Oyebisi (“A Tribe Called Judah”)
Best Art Direction
- “Blood Vessel” (Victor Akpan)
- “Over The Bridge” (Abisola Omolade) – Winner
- “Breath of Life” (Okechukwu Frost Nwankwo, Kelechi Odu)
- “The Black Book” (Pat Nebo and Chima Temple)
- “Jagun Jagun: The Warrior” (Tunji Afolayan)
- “Mami Wata” (C.J Fiery Obasi)
- “Omen” (Eve Martin)
Best Costume Design
- Demola Adeyemi (“Over The Bridge”)
- Bolanle Austin Peters, Ituen Basi, Folake Coker, and Clement Effanga (“Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti”)
- Lola Awe (“Jagun Jagun: The Warrior”) – Winner
- Bunmi Demilola Fashina (“Mami Wata”)
- Daniel Obasi (“Breath of Life”)
Best Writing TV Series
- “Skinny Girl in Transit” (Season 7)
- “Wura” (Season 2)
- “Visa on Arrival”
- “MTV Shuga Naija”
- “Volume” – Winner
- “Masquerades of Aniedo”
- “Slum King”
Best Writing in a Movie
- “Breath of Life” (BB Sasore)
- “Over The Bridge” (Tosin Otudeko)
- “Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti” (Tunde Babalola) – Winner
- “Jagun Jagun: The Warrior” (Adebayo Tijani)
- “Afamefuna” (Anyanwu Sandra Adaora)
- “A Tribe Called Judah” (Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele, Collins Okoh, and Akinlabi Ishola)
- “Mami Wata” (CJ Fiery Obasi)
Best Sound Design
- Ava Momoh (“Over the Bridge”)
- Daniel Pellerin and Amin Bhatia (“Kipkemboi”)
- Grey Jones Ossai (“Blood Vessel”) – Winner
- Grey Jones Ossai (“Breath of Life”)
- Samy Bardet (“Mami Wata”)
Best Editing
- Chuka Ejorh And Onyekachi Banjo (“Over The Bridge”)
- Holmes Awa (“Breath of Life”)
- Alex Kamau And Victor Obok (“Volume”)
- Dayo Nathaniel (“Ogeere – Earth”)
- Antonio Ribeiro (“The Black Book”) – Winner
- Nathan Delannoy (“Mami Wata”)
Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)
- “Mami Wata” (CJ Fiery Obasi)
- “Jagun Jagun” (Femi Adebayo) – Winner
- “Ijogbon” (Kunle Afolayan)
- “Orisa” (Odunlade Adekola)
- “Nana Akoto” (Kwabena Gyansah)
Best Lead Actor:
- Wale Ojo (Breath of Life) – Winner
- Stan Nze (Afamefuna)
- Marc Zinga (Omen)
- Gideon Okeke (Egun)
- David Ezekiel (Blood Vessel)
- Richard Mofe Damijo (The Black Book)
- Adedimeji Lateef (Jagun Jagun – The Warrior)
- Gabriel Afolayan (This is Lagos)
Best Multichoice Talent Factory Movie:
- Grown
- Her Dark Past – Winner
- Somewhere in Kole
- Full Time Husband
- The 11th Commandment
- Mfumukazi
Best Scripted Series:
- Volume
- Wura (Season 2)
- Slum King
- Itura – Winner
- Chronicles
Best Unscripted Series:
- Lol Naija (Season 1)
- Nightlife In Lasgidi
- The Real Housewives Of Lagos (Season 2)
- Gh Queens (Season 2) – Winner
- Mutale Mwanza Unscripted (Season 1)
Best Director:
- Moses Inwang (Blood Vessel)
- Adebayo Tijani And Tope Adebayo (Jagun Jagun – The Warrior)
- BB Sasore (Breath of Life) – Winner
- Johnscott Enah (Half Heaven)
- C.J. Fiery Obasi (Mami Wata)
- Kayode Kasum (Afamefuna)
- Tolu Ajayi (Over The Bridge)
- Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
- Breath of Life – Winner
- Over The Bridge
- Blood Vessel
- A Tribe Called Judah
- The Black Book
- Mami Wata