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AMVCA Nominations: 'Anikulapo' Leads With 16 Nods [FULL LIST]

AMVCA Nominations: 'Anikulapo' Leads With 16 Nods [FULL LIST

The highly anticipated Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) nominations have been revealed ahead of the ninth edition of the prestigious event.

MultiChoice, the organizers, released the list of nominees in various categories on Sunday, April 16, 2023.

The annual ceremony, which celebrates exceptional performances in film, television, and entertainment, now includes digital content creation from Nollywood and the entire African content in its lineup.

This year’s edition will have 33 categories, ten of which will be open for public voting.

The night’s most significant nominees include 'Anikulapo', which has received 16 nods, followed by 'Brotherhood' and 'Shanty Town' with 11 nominations each.

Femi Adebayo’s 'King of Thieves' (Agesinkole), Funke Akindele’s 'Battle on Buka Street', Jade Osiberu’s 'Brotherhood', and Kunle Afolayan’s 'Anikulapo', Kayode Kasum’s 'Ile Owo', Mugisha Morris’ 'Tembele' and Winifred Mena-Ajakpovi’s 'Four Four Forty-Four' are among the contenders for the Best Overall Movie category.

The awards ceremony will take place on May 20 in Lagos, Nigeria, and was announced by Bisola Aiyeola and Ghanaian actor Adjetey Anang. 

Full List of Nominations

BEST UNSCRIPTED ORIGINAL

Come Play Naija
Off Air with Gbemi & Tools
Judging Matters
Rock That Aisle Again
Sankofa
Kan-See-Me
King Bugar

BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES (MoniePoint)

Unmarried
Ricordi
The Rishantes
To Have and To Hold
Accra Medic
Dirty Laundry
Njila
Pete
Junior Drama Club
A Infiltrada
Pazia

BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES

Flatmates
The Johnsons
My Siblings and I
Co-Habits
RSM
Uncle Limbani
Mussulando
Njoro Wa Uba
Popi
The Return Of Original Comedy

BEST ORIGINAL TELENOVELA (Moniepoint)

Itura
Covenant
Huba
Dede
Prestige
Salem
Mahinga
Mpali
Maida

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA, MOVIE OR TV SERIES (Pepsi)

Anikulapo — Bimbo Ademoye
Flawsome — Ini Dima-Okojie
Ile Owo — Immaculata Oko Kasum
Man of God — Osas Ighodaro
Flawsome — Enado Odigie
The Planters Plantation — Nimo Loveline
Strained — Queen Nwokoye
Shanty Town —  Nse Ikpe-Etim
Shanty Town —  Ini Edo
Wura — Scarlet Gomez

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY/TV SERIES (Onga - Promasidor)

Battle On Buka Street — Mercy Johnson
Battle On Buka Street — Funke Akindele
Red Carpet — Rosely Ngissah
Passport — Mercy Johnson Okojie
Selina — Bimbo Ademoye
Visa On Arrival — Albert Oluwatoyin
Married To Work — Grace Wacuka

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY DRAMA, MOVIE OR TV SERIES (Twisco - Promosidor)

The Razz Guy — Nosa Afolabi
Inside Life — Samuel Perry 'Broda Shaggi'
Unintentional — Kunle Idowu
Inside Life —  Adokiye Horsfall 'Romeo_WJ'
Battle On Buka Street — Nkem Owoh
Survivors — Samuel A. Perry (Broda Shaggi)
Just Friends — Charles Etubiebi
City Hustler — Charles Inojie
Aki & PawPaw — Chinedu Ikedieze
Inside Life — Nedu Ani (Nedu Wazobia)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA, MOVIE OR TV SERIES (Indomie)

Shanty Town — Chidi Mokeme
The Trade — Blossom Chukwujekwu
All The Colours Of The World Are Between Black and White — Tope Tedela
King of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Femi Adebayo
Black Mail — O.C. Ukeje
Tembele — Nkakalukanyi Patriq
Kofa — Daniel Etim-Effiong
Choke — Chimezie Imo
Brotherhood — Tobi Bakre
Four Four Forty Four — Richard Mofe Damijo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MOVIE/TV SERIES) (Supa Komando)

County 49 — James Webbo
Anikulapo — Yinka Quadri
The Razz Guy — Bucci Franklin
Anikulapo — Taiwo Hassan
Brotherhood — OC Ukeje
Gacal — Abdisattar Ahmed
Bedroom Chains — Jeffroberts Walusimbi

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA, MOVIE OR TV SERIES (Indomie) 

On Your Own — Ivie Okujaye
Brotherhood — Toni Tones
Anikulapo — Sola Sobowale
Love In A Pandemic — Teniola Aladese
Four Four Forty Four — Efe Irele
Kofa — Gina Castel

BEST ONLINE SOCIAL CONTENT CREATOR (Zagg)

Nollywood Epic Love Story Parody (The Finale) — Tee Kuro
Husband’s Side Chick — Steve Chuks
My Sweet Mother Inlaw — Isbae U
VIP Bathroom — Abiola
Back From the Future — Elozonam & Kiekie
Quick Pronunciations — Kenzy Udosen
Soldiers at War (Compilation) — Oluwadolarz & Abayomi Alvin
The Activist — Edem Victor
Fake Alert with Mercy Johnson — Adeaga Bukunmi
Iya Barakat Teropi Secxxion — Bimbo Ademoye

BEST SHORT FILM OR ONLINE VIDEO (MTN)

Teniola Zara King
Teju's Tale
Nkem Nwaturuocha
The Song Maiden
Usama Mukwaya, Loukman Ali
Sixteen Rounds
Victor Onwudiwe & Goodnews
Erico Isika
Away
Adeoye Adetunji
Pa Aromire
Gbenga Salu
Convictus
Uzoamaka Aniunoh
Love Language

NON-VOTING CATEGORIES

BEST WRITER IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

The Trade — Jade Osiberu
Kanaani — Tunde Apalowo & Jeffery Musa David
Diiche Episode 5 — Sodi Kurubo, Stephanie Dadet & Victor Aghahowa
Battle On Buka Street — Funke Akindele, Jack'enneth Opukeme, Stephen Oluboyo & Jemine Edukugho
King of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Yinka Laoye
Choke — Uche Ateli
Anikulapo — Sola Dada

BEST ART DIRECTOR (MOVIE OR TV SERIES)

Brotherhood — Olugbenga Ogunshina and Joy Kadiri
Crime & Justice — Pat Nebo & Temple Chima Adighije
King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Wale Adeleke
Battle On Buka Street — Olatunji Afolayan
Shanty Town — Olalekan Isiaka
Almajiri — Toka Mcbaror
Diiche — Uche Nwaohiri & Tunde Lawal

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

Crime & Justice — Francis Wanyahdeh
Brotherhood — Mathew Yusuf
Anikulapo — Lanre Omofaiye
Shanty Town — Walter Odhiambo
Ile Owo — Ismail Adewunmi
Four Four Forty Four — Muri Salami
Diiche — Francis Wanyahdeh & Ebuka Enejere
Real Housewives Of Lagos — Renaldo Van Den Berg, Emmanuel Patrick, David Otuokere
Tarella — Godwin Lawal
Flawsome — Segun Adeleke

BEST DOCUMENTARY (2Sure)


Awaiting Trial — Chude Jideowo
100 Of Us — Best Okoduwa
Truck Blind Spot — Nathaniel George
Green: The Amazons — Charles F. Solomon, Oluchi Nsofor, Aaron Olayemi & Famous Odion
Nigeria: The Debut — Nora Awolowo
Way to the Top — Charles F. Solomon
Baby Blues — Nora Awolowo

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES: SWAHILI

Safari — Phoebe Ruguru & Njue Kevin
Barakatatu — Malcom Hamisi
Click Click Bang — Philip Karanja Njenga
Frida — Wilson Nkya & Jane Moshi
Mpiganaji — Daniel Manege
Dau — Freddy Feruzi
Mvanmizi (The Intruder) — Wilson Nkya

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES: YORUBA

Anikulapo — Kunle Afolayan
Ogeere — Ololade Tijani-Ebong
Abebi Seranko Seniyan — Funmi Bank Anthony & Abdullahi Abdulrasaq
Mr Raji — Okusanya Bayonle Samson
Morenikeji — Karamot Adeboye

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES: HAUSA


Aisha — Abubakar Bashir Maishadda
Kwana Casa'In — Evans Ejiogu
Lulu Da A — Ty Shaban
Guzama — Nancy Yiljep

BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES: IGBO (Amstel Malta)

Ifediche — Brown Ene, Victor Onwudiwe & Ben Cassie
The Bride Price (Imego) — Trinity Ugonabo
Uhuruchi — Victor Iyke
Ijeoma — Shileola A. Ibironke
Ego Mbute — Shileola A. Ibironke

BEST SOUNDTRACK IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES (Amstel Malta)

Anikulapo — Kent Edunjobi
King of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Adam Songbird & Tolu Obanro
Shanty Town — Jaysynths & Hotkid
Black Mail — Joel Christian Goffin
Battle On Buka Street — Gbas Gbos by Tolu Obanro & Adam Songbird
Obara' M — Q Rodney Abia, Angelo Anosike & Kayode Kasum
L.I.F.E. — Abiola Olayinka & Habeeb Adebayo

BEST PICTURE EDITOR IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

Brotherhood —  Martini Akande
Crime & Justice — Holmes Awa & Daniel Tom
Anikulapo — Temitope Folarin
Ile Owo — Adio Solanke
King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Sanjo Adegoke
Tembele — Kimera Paul
Diiche — Banjo Onyekachi, Winston Aig-Ohioma, Oluwaseun Adeosun
Ijakumo The Born Again Stripper — Steve Sodiya
Battle On Buka Street — Valentine Chukwuma

BEST SOUND EDITOR IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES

Shanty Town — Kolade Kayode Morakinyo
Ile Owo — Dare Olaitan & Adio Solanke
Battle On Buka Street — Kolade Morakinyo & Pius Fatoke
Black Mail — Shiloh Godson
Anikulapo — Anu Afolayan
Ijakumo The Born Again Stripper — Kazeem Agboola
Obara' M — Q Rodney Abia, Angelo Anosike & Kayode Kasum
Bedroom Chains — Ismail Kyobe Ssebowa
The Set Up 2 — Grey Jones
Click Click Bang — Fredrick Karumba

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (TECNO)

Crime & Justice — Yinka Edward
Tembele — Ekuka Ishaq
Shanty Town — Jonathan Kovel
Brotherhood — Loukman Ali
Diiche — Charles Oleghe
Ijakumo The Born Again Stripper — Idowu Adedapo
Real Housewives Of Lagos — Mex Ossai, Philip Okpokoro, Esmond Igho, KC Obiajulu & Goke Oyerinde
Anikulapo — Jonathan Kovel
Flawsome — Idowu Adedapo (Mr Views)
Jolly Roger — Paul Gambit

BEST DIRECTOR (Close Up)

Black Mail — Obi Emelonye
Anikulapo — Kunle Afolayan
All The Colours Of The World Are Between Black and White — Babatunde Apalowo
Brotherhood — Loukman Ali
Shanty Town — Dimeji Ajibola
Tembele — Mugisha Herbert Morris
King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Adebayo Tijani & Tope Adebayo
The Trade — Jade Osiberu
Man Of God — Bolanle Austen-Peters
Diiche — Tolu Ajayi, Fiyin Gambo, Ifeoma Chukwuogo & James Omokwe

BEST MAKEUP ARTIST MOVIE OR TV SERIES

Anikulapo — Hakeem Effects Onilogbo
Shanty Town — Maryam Ndukwe & Hakeem Effects Onilogbo
King of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Francisca Otaigbe
The Trade — Carina SFX
Tarella — Sandra Oyiana-Ogbeni
Ile Owo — Feyzo Artistry
Battle On Buka Street — Hakeem Effects Onilogbo & Jemila Sedik

BEST MOVIE EAST AFRICA

Click Click Bang — Philip Karanja Njenga
Karamoja — Eleanor Nwabiso
Bedroom Chains — Hassan Mageye
Baba Twins — Lucy Mwangi
Married To Work — Nadira Shakur
Dial M For Maya — Gashumba Emmanuel
Tembele — Mugisha Herbert Morris
Gacal — Omar Hamza
Mvamizi (The Intruder) — Wilson Nkya & Philipo Ngonyani
Frida — Wilson Nkya & Jane Moshi

BEST MOVIE SOUTHERN AFRICA

Silver Lining — Emmanuel Mwape
Jewel — Elvis Chucks
Ke Bona Spoko — Leburugraphy

MULTICHOICE TALENT FACTORY (Amstel Malta)


Leaked
Revisit
Stinger
Cheza
A Quiet Intruder
Strings

BEST MOVIE WEST AFRICA (Quickteller)

Four Four Forty Four — Winifred Mena Ajakpovi
Anikulapo — Kunle Afolayan
Kanaani — Rent-A-Studio & Native Media TV
Obara' M — Kayode Kasum
Choke — Chris Odeh
Brotherhood — Jade Osiberu
Red Carpet — Samira Yakubu

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (Verve)

Crime & Justice — Yinka Edward
Diiche — James Omokwe
The Plan — Dimbo Atiya, Rahama Sadau, Safina Mellisa
When are we getting married — Ife Olujuyigbe, Kayode Kasum
Visa On Arrival Season 1 — Bovi Ugboma, Ann Obaseki
Real Housewives of Lagos — Adeola Art-Alade & Dare Art Alade
Single Kiasi — Grace Kahaki & Philippe Bresson
Flawsome — Tola Odunsi & Akin Akinkugbe
County 49 — Millicent Ogutu
Game On Season 2 — Vincent Nwachukwu

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER MOVIE/TV SERIES (Zagg)

Four Four Forty Four — Millicent Jack
Brotherhood — Ezugworie Franca
Man of God — Bolanle Austen-Peters, Clement Effanga, Juliana Dede
Anikulapo — Toyin Ogundeji
The Real Housewives of Lagos Reunion Episode — Adeola Art-Alade
Shanty Town — Bunmi Fashina, Tiannah Empire & Secrets of April
Nnewi The Land of Gold — Kingsley Okoye Rex

BEST OVERALL MOVIE (Amstel Malta)

Anikulapo — Kunle Afolayan
Battle On Buka Street — Funke Akindele
Brotherhood — Jade Osiberu
King Of Thieves (Agesinkole) — Femi Adebayo
Four Four Forty Four —Winfred Mena-Ajakpovi
Ile Owo — Kayode Kasum
Tembele — Mugisha Herbet Morris

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