Africa’s Stars Shine Bright at 8th AMVCAs! 8th AMVCAs: See Full List of Winners

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.

See the full list of winners below and visit www.africamagic.tv/AMVCA for more news and highlights of the night:

S/NO
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