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:

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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

Check some pictures of the awardees below:

Funke Akindele and JJC Skillz Bello
Mercy Eke and Mike Edwards
Charles Okpaleke
Jidekene Achufusi (Swanky JKA)
Timini Egbuson
Toyin Abraham

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