7th AMVCA Winners!

Africa! Here Are Your Winners at the 7th AMVCAs1

4 March 2020

It was an emotionally charged night full of entertainment, glamour and red carpet extravaganza as Africa’s biggest film and television stars gathered at the Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos for the seventh edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs).

Hosted by the duo of IK Osakioduwa and AMVCA newbie Amina Abdi Rabar, the event held on Saturday, March 14, and is organized by Africa Magic in association with MultiChoice. The 7th edition of the AMVCAs was also sponsored by Amstel Malta

The biggest winner of the night was Nigerian thriller ‘Living in Bondage’, which walked home with seven awards including Best Overall Movie and Best Director which went to Nollywood legend, Ramsey Nouah. Timini Egbuson won Best Actor in a Drama whilst Toyin Abraham won in the Best Actress in a Drama, both wins for their performances in the movie ‘Elevator Baby’. Meanwhile, The MultiChoice Academy award went to East Africa for the movie ‘Promises’.

One of the highlights of the night was a family affair as a cinematic father-son duo took home awards. The Industry Merit award was presented to veteran broadcaster, Peter Igho who is best known for his achievements with the Nigerian Television Authority where many of his produced works laid the foundation for the Nigerian film and television industry. Breakout Living in Bondage star, Swanky JKA won the 2020 Trailblazer award.

Another highlight was the performance by award-winning African music icon Innocent ‘2baba’ Idibia who performed a medley of his popular songs, whilst talented vocalists Mercy Aghedo, Adeniyi Timilehin Adeola, Ighwiyisi Jacobs also gave special renditions of songs nominated for the Best Soundtrack award.

See the full list of winners below:

S/NO	CATEGORY
1	BEST ART DIRECTOR
	RATNIK	DIMEJI AJIBOLA & IWAOTAN OLUSOLA ROBERTS

2	BEST MAKE-UP
	GOD CALLING	LILIAN OMOZELE PAUL

3	BEST COSTUME DESIGNER MOVIE OR TV SERIES
	RATNIK	DIMEJI AJIBOLA

4	BEST PICTURE EDITOR
	SEVEN	TOSIN IGHO & BRYAN DIKE

5	BEST SOUND EDITOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES
	LIVING IN BONDAGE	CRISTINA ARAGON

6	BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES
	GOD CALLING	CARDOSO

7	BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
	LIVING IN BONDAGE	JOHN DEMPS

8	BEST DOCUMENTARY
	SKIN	BEVERLY NAYA

9	BEST SOUNDTRACK MOVIE OR TV SERIES
	LIVING IN BONDAGE	LARRY GAGA & FLAVOUR - TENE

10	BEST WRITER
	LIVING IN BONDAGE	ASINUGO NICOLE & CJ OBASI

11	BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (SWAHILI)
	SUBIRA	RAVNEET SIPPY CHADH

12	BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (HAUSA)
	TUNTUBE	MUHAMMAD T. FINISHER

13	BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (YORUBA)
	ALUBARIKA	YEWANDE FAMAKIN

14	BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (IGBO)
	NNE	VICTOR IYKE

15	SHORT VIDEO ONLINE
	THORN	BOLA AKANBI

16	BEST TV SERIES
	TRUTH	ANIS HALLOWAY

17	MULTICHOICE TALENT FACTORY FILM
	PROMISES	EAST AFRICA

18	BEST MOVIE SOUTHERN AFRICA
	DALITSO	ABRAHAM KABWE

19	BEST MOVIE EAST AFRICA
	PLAN B	SARAH HASSAN

20	BEST MOVIE WEST AFRICA
	LIVING IN BONDAGE	STEVE GUKAS

21	BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE/TV SERIES
	GLORIA SARFO	PERFECT PICTURE: 10 YEARS LATER

22	BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE/TV SERIES
	PASCAL TOKODI	DISCONNECT

23	BEST ACTRESS COMEDY IN A MOVIE/TV SERIES
	FUNKE AKINDELE	MOMS AT WAR

24	BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
	CHIBUNOR “FUNNY BONE” STANLEY	SMASH

25	BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES)
	TOYIN ABRAHAM	ELEVATOR BABY

26	BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES)
	TIMINI EGBUSON	ELEVATOR BABY

27	BEST DIRECTOR
	RAMSEY NOUAH	LIVING IN BONDAGE

28	BEST OVERALL MOVIE
	LIVING IN BONDAGE	STEVE GUKAS

	INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD	PETER IGHO

	TRAIL BLAZER AWARD	SWANKY JKA

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Here are some few images from the event