Social media comedian Investor Sabinus managed to steal the headlines with his Best Online Content Creator win at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2022 or AMVCA 8. On a night dedicated to African movies and TV shows, and one that features various big-name stars and celebs, it is no easy feat for Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu (Sabinus’ real name) to dominate the news.
This is a testament to the popularity of easy-to-access comedy content. No wonder, even household names in the Nigerian film industry are jumping at the chance of being featured in these comedians’ skits.
While Sabinus win was getting the most attention, it could not distract from the glamour on the menu. With Osas Ighodaro and Denola Grey singled out for the Best Dressed honor, there were several other looks that had eyes stinging with tears of admiration and mouths slack with surprise.
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Here is a complete list of all the winners and nominees at the AMVCA 2022:
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (Movie/TV Series)
BIMBO ADEMOYE – BREADED LIFE
BISOLA AIYEOLA – DWINDLE
FUNKE AKINDELE – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) (WINNER)
NANCY ISIME – KAMBILI – THE WHOLE 30 YARDS
NSE IKPE ETIM – QUAMS MONEY
SARAH HASSAN – JUST IN TIME
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (Movie/TV Series)
ASABE MADAKI – VOICELESS
BISOLA AIYEOLA – THIS LADY CALLED LIFE
GENOVEVA UMEH – A TUNE AWAY
KEHINDE BANKOLE – DEAR AFFY
MEG OTANWA – FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI
NANCY ISIME – SUPERSTAR
OSAS IGHODARO – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Movie/TV Series)
ADJETE ANANG – GOLD COAST LOUNGE
BUCCI FRANKLIN – RATTLESNAKE
ERIC ROBERTS – A SOLDIER’S STORY
MAGAJI MIJINYAWA – AMINA
ODUNLADE ADEKOLA – JANKARIWO (WINNER)
TOPE TEDELA – COUNTRY HARD
YEMI BLAQ – THE NEW NORMAL
BEST SHORT FILM OR ONLINE VIDEO
ABIMBOLA CRAIG – FRACTURED
KOREDE OLAYINKA – KIITAN
MARY NSIKANABASI UYOH – SOMETHING ABOUT ZEE
NICHOLAS ‘BIG GHUN’ NARTEY – KORO
OZOR UCHE – OUNJE ALE
SANDRA TETTEH – DICES
TAIWO OGUNNIMO – I AM THE PROSTITUTE MAMA DESCRIBED (WINNER)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA (Movie/TV Series)
EFA IWARA – THIS LADY CALLED LIFE
EYINNA NWIGWE – DEAR AFFY
FEMI JACOBS – INTRODUCING THE KUJUS
GABRIEL AFOLAYAN – FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI
STAN NZE – RATTLESNAKE (WINNER)
TIMINI EGBUSON – INTRODUCING THE KUJUS
UZEE USMAN – VOICELESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
(Movie/TV Series)
BISOLA AIYEOLA – SUGAR RUSH
CHIOMA CHUKWUKA AKPOTHA – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)
CLARION CHUKWURAH – AMINA
ENADO ODIGIE – THE NEW NORMAL
MERCY JOHNSON – THE NEW NORMAL
MUMBI MAINA – LA FEMME ANJOLA
OMOWUNMI DADA – COUNTRY HARD (WINNER)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY (Movie/TV Series)
BRODA SHAGGI/SAMUEL PERRY – DWINDLE (WINNER)
DEYEMI OKANLAWON – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)
FEMI ADEBAYO – PROGRESSIVE TAILORS CLUB
GIDEON OKEKE – LOVING RONA
SHAWN FAQUA – SOOLE
TIMINI EGBUSON – PONZI
WILLIAMS UCHEMBA – DEAR AFFY
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE – SWAHILI (Movie/TV Series)
DENNIS HUMPHREY AND BERNARD KAHINDI – JARAMANDIA
FREDDY FERUZI – OBAMBO (WINNER)
OMAR HAMZA HASSAN – RISHAI
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE – YORUBA (Movie/TV Series)
BUKUNMI OLUWASINA – JANKARIWO
DAVID AKANDE, DEMOLA YUSUF AND EDGARD LEROY – ALAISE (WINNER)
OLAMIDE AKINMOLAYAN – BALOKUN
OLAPEJU WAHAB – IJOLEWA
SAMUEL ONIYITAN – ABEKE
WUNMI AJIBOYE – ARODAN
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE – HAUSA (Movie/TV Series)
ABDULKADIR NUHU AMINU – TSANGAYAR ASALI
ABUBAKAR BASHIR MAISHADDA – SARKI GOMA ZAMANI GOMA
ABUBAKAR BASHIR MAISHADDA – BANA BAKWAI
DIANE RUSSET AND AYO NEWO – BAYI
ROGERS OFIME – VOICELESS (WINNER)
BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE – IGBO (Movie/TV Series)
OMA NNADI – UDENE
UCHE NNANNA MADUKA – NNE-KA (WINNER)
VICTOR IYKE – UHURUCHI (SUNSET)
VICTOR ONWUDIWE AND UGOMMA ONWE – ECHEZONA
BEST ART DIRECTOR (Movie/TV Series)
ADEOYE ADETUNJI – INTRODUCING THE KUJU’S
CHIMA ADIGHIJE – ONE LAGOS NIGHT
CHRIS UDOMI – DAY OF DESTINY
EDIRI OKWA – THE SMART MONEY WOMAN
MAYOWA LABIRAN – THE MYSTIC RIVER
PAT NEBO – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY
TUNJI AFOLAYAN – AMINA (WINNER)
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER (Movie/TV Series)
FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)
ISOKEN OGIEMWONYI – THE SMART MONEY WOMAN
MILLICENT T. JACK – AMINA (WINNER)
OBIJIE ORU – THE MYSTIC RIVER
TITI AINA RAJI – VOICELESS
YOANNA ‘PEPPER’ CHIKEZIE – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
YOLANDA OKEREKE – LA FEMME ANJOLA
BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER (Movie/TV Series)
FEI MUSTAPHA – DEAR AFFY
GODWIN LAWANI – LIGHT IN THE DARK
JACO STRAUSS – THE WHITE LINE
MATHEW YUSUF – RATTLESNAKE- THE AHANNA STORY (WINNER)
MATHEW YUSUF – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
STANLEY IBEGBU OKECHUKWU – AMINA
YEMI AWOPONLE – THE MYSTIC RIVER
BEST PICTURE EDITOR (Movie/TV Series)
CHUKA EJORH – COLLISION COURSE
DOLAPO ADELEKE – JUST IN TIME
JJC SKILLZ, ADEYEMI SHOMADE AND VALENTINE CHUKWUMA – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)
MOSES INWANG – BAD COMMENTS
ROGERS OFIME – VOICELESS
TESTER BASSEY, ABIODUN OKUNOLA AND MOSES INWANG – LOCKDOWN
TUNDE APALOWO – FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI (WINNER)
BEST SOUND EDITOR (Movie/TV Series)
BAYO ADEPETUN AND BIOLA ‘LALA’ OLAYINKA – PROPHETESS
HABIB ADEBAYO OLAORE, OVIE ODIGIE AND CHIKA DIL AJUFO – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
HASSAN MAGEYE – TINKA’S STORY
JIM LIVELY AND JAMES NELSON – AMINA (WINNER)
PIUS OLAMILEKAN FATOKE, KOLADE MORAKINYO, PUFFY T – OMO GHETTO(THE SAGA)
TOM KOROLUK – FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI
BEST SOUND TRACK (Movie/TV Series)
AWELE MEKWUNYE AND BIZZOUCH – LIGHT IN THE DARK
BOUMEESTER LINDSAY AND KARANJA KIARIE – JUST IN TIME
LARRY GAAGA AND GEORGE KALLIS – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY
MICHAEL PULSE AND PONTI DIKUUA – THE WHITE LINE
PASCAL AKA AND RAQUEL – GOLD COAST LOUNGE (WINNER)
TCHELLA AND DANNYBEATS – COLLISION COURSE
UPEPO AND KARL FORCE – AMINA
BEST MAKEUP (Movie/TV Series)
ABIOLA POPOOLA – LA FEMME ANJOLA
ADEWUNMI FATAI AND AYOBAMI ABOLARIN – PEREGUN
BALOGUN ABIODUN – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) (WINNER)
CARINA OJOKO – RATTLESNAKE-THE AHANNA STORY
DAGOGO DIMINAS AND GABRIEL OKORIE GABAZZINI – AMINA
GIFT AMEH – VOICELESS
TEMITOPE ONAYEMI – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
BEST WRITER (Movie/TV Series)
ABOSI OGBA, SALLY KENNETH DADZIE, LYDIA IDAKULA SOBOGUN, OLAWALE ADETULA AND BELINDA YANGA AGEDAH – LITTLE BLACK BOOK
CHIGOZIRIM NWANEGBO – ONE LAGOS NIGHT
FRANK CHINEDU UBA – AMINA
MANIE OISEOMAYE, DONALD TOMBIA AND BIODUN STEPHEN – INTRODUCING THE KUJUS (WINNER)
TOLUWANI OBAYAN AND KAYODE KASUM – THIS LADY CALLED LIFE
TUNDE BABALOLA – LA FEMME ANJOLA
TUNRAY FEMI AND DAMILOLA E. ORIMOGUNJE – FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (Movie/TV Series)
BARNABAS EMORDI – SUPERSTAR
JOHN NJAGA DEMPS – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
LANCE GEWER – COLLISION COURSE
MUHAMMED ATTA AHMED – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY (WINNER)
PETER KREIL AND WALE ADEBAYO – AMINA
SAMUEL JONATHAN AND MORUF FADARO – THE MYSTIC RIVER
VICTOR OMBOGO – JUST IN TIME
BEST MOVIE SOUTHERN AFRICA
DANTAGOS JIMMY-MELANI – HAIRAREB (WINNER)
DAVID KAZADI – BLACK DOLLAR
DUMIE MANYATHELA – VEZA – THE UNFOLDING
PAUL.S.WILO – MARIA KRISTU
BEST MOVIE EAST AFRICA
AYENY T. STEVE – BEAUTIFUL ASHES
DENISE KIBISU NGUBUINI – A GRAND LITTLE LIE
MOROCCO OMARI – THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW JUMPER (WINNER)
NDAGIRE MARIAM – MY HUSBAND’S WIFE
RAPHAEL EMMANUEL – UGONJWA WA KIFO
SARAH HASSAN AND DOLAPO ADELEKE – JUST IN TIME
BEST MOVIE WEST AFRICA
OKEY OGUNJIOFOR – AMINA
BIODUN STEPHEN AND TARA AJIBULU – BREADED LIFE
BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS, JOSEPH UMOIBOM AND JAMES AMUTA – COLLISION COURSE (WINNER)
CHRIS ODEH AND CHARLES OKPALEKE – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO AND JJC SKILLZ – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)
CHRIS ODEH AND CHARLES OKPALEKE – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY
SEGILOLA OGIDAN – TAINTED CANVAS
BEST OVERALL MOVIE (AFRICA)
BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS – COLLISION COURSE
DOLAPO ADELEKE AND SARAH HASSAN – JUST IN TIME
IZU OJUKWU AND OKEY OGUNJIOFOR – AMINA (WINNER)
JJC SKILLZ AND FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO – OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA)
MILDRED OKWO AND RITA DOMINIC – LA FEMME ANJOLA
RAMSEY NOUAH, CHRIS ODEH AND CHARLES OKPALEKE – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY
ROBERT O. PETERS AND ROGERS OFIME – VOICELESS
TOSIN IGHO, CHRIS ODEH AND CHARLES OKPALEKE – NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT
BEST TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA OR COMEDY)
ARESE UGWU/ISOKEN OGIEMWONYI/LALA AKINDOJU/ AKINTUNDE MARINE MARINHO – THE SMART MONEY WOMAN
MWAKA NAKWETI – BUKUTU
OLAWALE ADETULA, IJEOMA GRACE AGU – MY NAME IS A-ZED
OLAWALE ADETULA, LYDIA IDAKULA-SOBOGUN – LITTLE BLACK BOOK
OLUFUNKE AKINDELE – JENIFA’S DIARY
ROGERS OFIME – THE MYSTIC RIVER (WINNER)
VINCENT NWACHUKWU – RUMOUR HAS IT SEASON 3
BEST DIRECTOR
BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS – COLLISION COURSE
EKENE SOM MEKWUNYE – LIGHT IN THE DARK
HAMISHA DARYANI-AHUJA – NAMATSE WAHALA
IZU OJUKWU – AMINA
MILDRED OKWO – LA FEMME ANJOLA
RAMSEY NOUAH – RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY (WINNER)
ROBERT O. PETERS – VOICELESS
BEST DOCUMENTARY
ALLEN ONYIGE – SUNSET IN MAKOKO
EUGENE MBUGUA – THIS LOVE
FEMI ODUGBEMI – UNMASKED: LEADERSHIP, TRUST AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA
LAWRENCE ADEJUMO – STREETS OF LAGOS: DEAR LITTLE PEOPLE
SAITABAO KAIYARE, MUMO LIKU, ELENA SCHILLING, DANIELLA FRITZ, ANN KATRINA BOBERG – IF OBJECTS COULD SPEAK (WINNER)
TAIWO ADEYEMI – ROAD2BLOW
BEST ONLINE SOCIAL CONTENT CREATOR
BUKUNMI ADEAGA-ILORI – KAYAMATA
EDEM VICTOR – FIRST DATE – MUMMY’S BOY
ELOZONAM OGBOLU – AFFIAH-DE JA VU
JACQUELINE SUOWARI – OF LINE AND LAYERS
MR MACARONI – MULTI PERSONALITY DISORDER
OGA SABINUS – MR FUNNY (WINNER)
TAAOOMA – ROAD RAGE
TEE KURO – NOLLYWOOD EPIC LOVE STORY 1& 2(PARODY)
BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES
DIMBO ATIYA – THE RISHANTES (WINNER)
FEMI ODUGBEMI – MOVEMENT JAPA
JAMES OMOKWE – RIONA
TOSIN IGHO & ROGBA ARIMORO – VENGE
UCHE IKEJIMBA – UNMARRIED
UCHE IKEJIMBA – DILEMMA
VICTOR SANCHEZ AGHAHOWA – ENAKHE
WINIFRED NWOKEDI – EVE
BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES
BRIGHT OKPOCHA AND KAYODE PETERS – MY FLATMATES
FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO AND JJC SKILLZ – MY SIBLINGS & I
ROGERS OFIME – THE JOHNSONS (WINNER)
THE MULTICHOICE TALENT FACTORY
ABISOLA ABOABA – BRIDE UNTANGLED
BRIAN ONTIRI – REBIRTH
CHRISTINE BOATENG AND ERIC OKYEREFO – OKO K3 AKUETEH
DAISY MASEMBE – ENGAITO (WINNER)
MASUZYO MWALE, COSMAS NGANDWE, ABEL NGOMA AND EDWARD SAKALA – NYAU
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