Nominees for the eighth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) have been revealed.
Announcing the nominees were Nollywood actors, Adesua Etomi-Wellington and Daniel Etim-Effiong during a special live broadcast, which aired on all Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv on Saturday, 19 March.
See the full list of nominees below:
| CATEGORY | NOMINEE | |
| 1 | BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY (MOVIE/TV SERIES) | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | FUNKE AKINDELE | |
| BREADED LIFE | BIMBO ADEMOYE | |
| QUAMS MONEY | NSE NKPE ETIM | |
| DWINDLE | BISOLA AIYEOLA | |
| KAMBILI – THE WHOLE 30 YARDS | NANCY ISIME | |
| JUST IN TIME | SARAH HASSAN | |
| 2 | BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES) | |
| VOICELESS | ASABE MADAKI | |
| RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY | OSAS IGHODARO | |
| FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI | MEG OTANWA | |
| THIS LADY CALLED LIFE | BISOLA AIYEOLA | |
| SUPERSTAR | NANCY ISIME | |
| A TUNE AWAY | GENOVEVA UMEH | |
| DEAR AFFY | KEHINDE BANKOLE | |
| 3 | BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – HAUSA | |
| VOICELESS | ROGERS OFIME | |
| SARKI GOMA ZAMANI GOMA | ABUBAKAR BASHIR MAISHADDA | |
| BANA BAKWAI | ABUBAKAR BASHIR MAISHADDA | |
| TSANGAYAR ASALI | ABDULKADIR NUHU AMINU | |
| BAYI | DIANE RUSSET AND AYO NEWO | |
| 4 | BEST DIRECTOR MOVIE | |
| LA FEMME ANJOLA | MILDRED OKWO | |
| AMINA | IZU OJUKWU | |
| RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY | RAMSEY NOUAH | |
| COLLISION COURSE | BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS | |
| VOICELESS | ROBERT O. PETERS | |
| LIGHT IN THE DARK | EKENE SOM MEKWUNYE | |
| NAMASTE WAHALA | TIENCEPAY LAWAL & HAMISHA DARYANI AHUJA | |
| 5 | BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – IGBO | |
| NNEKA | UCHE NNANNA MADUKA | |
| UHURUCHI (SUNSET) | VICTOR IYKE | |
| ECHEZONA | VICTOR ONWUDIWE AND UGOMMA ONWE | |
| UDENE | OMA NNADI | |
| 6 | BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – SWAHILI | |
| OBAMBO | FREDDY FERUZI | |
| JARAMANDIA | DENNIS HUMPHREY AND BERNARD KAHINDI | |
| RISHAI | OMAR HAMZA HASSAN | |
| 7 | BEST TELEVISION SERIES DRAMA OR COMEDY | |
| THE MYSTIC RIVER | ROGERS OFIME | |
| THE SMART MONEY WOMAN | ARESE UGWU/ISOKEN OGIEMWONYI/LALA AKINDOJU/ AKINTUNDE MARINE MARINHO | |
| RUMOUR HAS IT SEASON 3 | VINCENT NWACHUKWU | |
| LITTLE BLACK BOOK | OLAWALE ADETULA | |
| MY NAME A-ZED | OLAWALE ADETULA | |
| BUTUKU | MWAKA NAKWETI | |
| JENIFA’S DIARY | OLUFUNKE AKINDELE | |
| 8 | BEST SOUND TRACK MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY | LARRY GAAGA | |
| COLLISION COURSE | COLLISSION COURSE | |
| JUST IN TIME | BOUMEESTER LINDSAY & KAGWE MUNGAI | |
| AMINA | DABS AGWOM | |
| GOLD COAST LOUNGE | PASCAL AKA & RAQUEL | |
| LIGHT IN THE DARK | AWELE MEKWUNYE & BIZZOUCH | |
| THE WHITE LINE | MICHAEL PULSE & PONTI DIKUUA | |
| 9 | BEST MAKE UP CATEGORY | |
| VOICELESS | GIFT AMEH | |
| AMINA | DAGOGO DIMINAS & GABRIEL OKORIE GABAZZINI | |
| OMO GHETTO(THE SAGA) | BALOGUN ABIODUN | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | UGOCHINYERE IHENDI | |
| RATTLESNAKE-THE AHANNA STORY | CARINA OJOKO | |
| PEREGUN | ADEWUNMI FATAI & AYOBAMI ABOLARIN | |
| LA FEMME ANJOLA | ABIOLA POPOOLA | |
| 10 | BEST SOUND EDITOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| AMINA | JIM LIVELY & JAMES NELSON | |
| PROPHETESS | BAYO ADEPETUN & BIOLA ‘LALA’ OLAYINKA | |
| OMO GHETTO(THE SAGA) | PUFFY TEE | |
| FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI | TOM KOROLUK | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | HABIB ADEBAYO OLAORE | |
| TINKA’S STORY | HASSAN MAGEYE | |
| 11 | BEST DOCUMENTARY | |
| ROAD2BLOW | TAIWO ADEYEMI | |
| UNMASKED: LEADERSHIP, TRUST AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA | FEMI ODUGBEMI | |
| THIS LOVE | EUGENE MBUGUA | |
| SUNSET IN MAKOKO | ALLEN ONYIGE | |
| IF OBJECTS COULD SPEAK | SAITABAO KAIYARE, MUMO LIKU, ELENA SCHILLING, DANIELLA FRITZ, ANN KATRINA BOBERG | |
| STREETS OF LAGOS: DEAR LITTLE PEOPLE | LAWRENCE ADEJUMO | |
| 12 | BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| AMINA | STANLEY IBEGBU OKECHUKWU | |
| THE MYSTIC RIVER | YEMI AWOPONLE | |
| RATTLESNAKE- THE AHANNA STORY | MATHEW YUSUF | |
| THE WHITE LINE | JACO STRAUSS | |
| LIGHT IN THE DARK | GODWIN LAWANI | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | MATHEW YUSUF | |
| DEAR AFFY | FEI MUSTAPHA | |
| 13 | BEST MOVIE SOUTHERN AFRICA | |
| HAIRAREB | DANTAGOS JIMMY-MELANI | |
| BLACK DOLLAR | DAVID KAZADI | |
| MARIA KRISTU | PAUL.S.WILO | |
| VEZA – THE UNFOLDING | DUMIE MANYATHELA | |
| 14 | BEST ART DIRECTOR MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| THE SMART MONEY WOMAN | EDIRI OKWA | |
| RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY | PAT NEBO | |
| THE MYSTIC RIVER | MAYOWA LABIRAN | |
| AMINA | TUNJI AFOLAYAN | |
| ONE LAGOS NIGHT | CHIMA ADIGHIJE | |
| DAY OF DESTINY | CHRIS UDOMI | |
| INTRODUCING THE KUJU’S | ADEOYE ADETUNJI | |
| 15 | BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| RATTLESNAKE | BUCCI FRANKLIN | |
| GOLD COAST LOUNGE | ADJETEY ANANG | |
| JANKARIWO | ODUNLADE ADEKOLA | |
| A SOLDIER’S STORY | ERIC ROBERTS | |
| AMINA | MAGAJI MIJINYAWA | |
| THE NEW NORMAL | YEMI BLAQ | |
| COUNTRY HARD | TOPE TEDELA | |
| 16 | BEST COSTUME DESIGNER MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| VOICELESS | TITI AINA RAJI | |
| AMINA | MILLICENT T. JACK | |
| THE SMART MONEY WOMAN | ISOKEN OGIEMWONYI | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO | |
| THE MYSTIC RIVER | OBIJIE ORU | |
| LA FEMME ANJOLA | YOLANDA OKEREKE | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | YOANNA ‘PEPPER’ CHIKEZIE | |
| 17 | BEST SHORT FILM OR ONLINE VIDEO | |
| SOMETHING ABOUT ZEE | MARY NSIKANABASI UYOH | |
| FRACTURED | ABIMBOLA CRAIG | |
| OUNJE ALE | OZOR UCHE | |
| KORO | NICHOLAS ‘BIG GHUN’ NARTEY | |
| KIITAN | KOREDE OLAYINKA | |
| DICES | SANDRA TETTEH | |
| I AM THE PROSTITUTE MAMA DESCRIBED | TAIWO OGUNNIMO | |
| 18 | BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA (MOVIE/TV SERIES) | |
| RATTLESNAKE | STAN NZE | |
| VOICELESS | UZEE USMAN | |
| FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI | GABRIEL AFOLAYAN | |
| THIS LADY CALLED LIFE | EFA IWARA | |
| INTRODUCING THE KUJUS | FEMI JACOBS | |
| DEAR AFFY | EYINNA NWIGWE | |
| INTRODUCING THE KUJUS | TIMINI EGBUSON | |
| 19 | BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MOVIE OR TV SERIES – YORUBA | |
| JANKARIWO | BUKUNMI OLUWASINA | |
| ALAISE | DAVID AKANDE, DEMOLA YUSUF, EDGARD LEROY | |
| ABEKE | SAMUEL ONIYITAN | |
| BALOKUN | OLAMIDE AKINMOLAYAN | |
| IJOLEWA | OLAPEJU WAHAB | |
| ARODAN | WUNMI AJIBOYE | |
| 20 | BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER | |
| RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY | MUHAMMED ATTA AHMED | |
| COLLISION COURSE | JAMES AMUTA | |
| AMINA | PETER KREIL, WALE ADEBAYO, SAMUEL JONATHAN & MORUF FADARO | |
| THE MYSTIC RIVER | SAMUEL JONATHAN & MORUF FADARO | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | JOHN NJAGA DEMPS | |
| JUST IN TIME | VICTORIA OMBOGO | |
| SUPERSTAR | BARNABAS EMORDI | |
| 21 | BEST PICTURE EDITOR | |
| VOICELESS | ROGERS OFIME | |
| JUST IN TIME | DOLAPO ADELEKE | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | JJC SKILLZ, ADEYEMI SHOMADE & VALENTINE CHUKWUMA | |
| LOCKDOWN | TESTER BASSEY/ABIODUN OKUNOLA/MOSES INWANG | |
| BAD COMMENTS | MOSES INWANG | |
| FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI | TUNDE APALOWO | |
| COLLISION COURSE | TEGA SALUBI | |
| 22 | BEST WRITER IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| LA FEMME ANJOLA | TUNDE BABALOLA | |
| THIS LADY CALLED LIFE | TOLUWANI OBAYAN & KAYODE KASUM | |
| FOR MARIA EBUN PATAKI | TUNRAY FEMI & DAMILOLA E. ORIMOGUNJE | |
| ONE LAGOS NIGHT | CHIGOZIRIM NWANEGBO | |
| INTRODUCING THE KUJUS’ | MANIE OISEOMAYE, DONALD TOMBIA, BIODUN STEPHEN | |
| AMINA | FRANK CHINEDU UBA | |
| LITTLE BLACK BOOK | ABOSI OGBA, SALLY KENNETH DADZIE, LYDIA IDAKULA SOBOGUN, OLAWALE ADETULA & BELINDA YANGA AGEDAH | |
| 23 | BEST MOVIE EAST AFRICA | |
| THE GIRL IN THE YELLOW JUMPER | MOROCCO OMARI | |
| A GRAND LITTLE LIE | DENISE KIBISU NGUBUINI | |
| MY HUSBAND’S WIFE | NDAGIRE MARIAM | |
| JUST IN TIME | SARAH HASSAN AND DOLAPO ADELEKE | |
| UGONWA WA KIFO | RAPHAEL EMMANUEL | |
| BEAUTIFUL ASHES | AYENY T. STEVE | |
| 24 | BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR TV SERIES | |
| SUGAR RUSH | BISOLA AIYEOLA | |
| THE NEW NORMAL | MERCY JOHNSON | |
| AMINA | CLARION CHUKWURAH | |
| LA FEMME ANJOLA | MUMBI MAINA | |
| THE NEW NORMAL | ENADO ODIGIE | |
| COUNTRY HARD | OM0WUNMI DADA | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | CHIOMA CHUKWUKA AKPOTHA | |
| 25 | BEST MOVIE WEST AFRICA | |
| TAINTED CANVAS | ORWI MANNY AMEH | |
| COLLISION COURSE | BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS & JOSEPH UMOIBOM | |
| AMINA | OKEY OGUNJIOFOR | |
| RATTLESNAKE – THE AHANNA STORY | CHRIS ODEH | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO AND JJC SKILLZ | |
| BREADED LIFE | BIODUN STEPHEN & TARA AJIBULU | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | CHRIS ODEH | |
| 26 | BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY (MOVIE/TV SERIES) | |
| SOOLE | SHAWN FAQUA | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | DEYEMI OKANLAWON | |
| LOVING RONA | GIDEON OKEKE | |
| DWINDLE | BRODA SHAGGI/SAMUEL PERRY | |
| PROGRESSIVE TAILORS CLUB | FEMI ADEBAYO | |
| DEAR AFFY | WILLIAMS UCHEMBA | |
| PONZI | TIMINI EGBUSON | |
| 27 | BEST ONLINE SOCIAL CONTENT CREATOR | |
| MULTI PERSONALITY DISORDER | MR MACARONI | |
| NOLLYWOODEPIC LOVE STORY 1& 2(PARODY) | TEE KURO | |
| KAYAMATA | BUKUNMI ADEAGA-ILORI | |
| MR FUNNY | OGA SABINUS | |
| ROAD RAGE | TAAOOMA | |
| OF LINE AND LAYERS | JACQUELINE SUOWARI | |
| FIRST DATE – MUMMY’S BOY | EDEM VICTOR | |
| AFFIAH-DE JA VU | ELOZONAM OGBOLU | |
| 28 | BEST MULTICHOICE TALENT FACTORY | |
| BRIDE UNTANGLED | ABISOLA ABOABA | |
| ENGAITO | DAISY MASEMBE | |
| NYAU | MASUZYO MWALE, COSMAS NGANDWE, ABEL NGOMA AND EDWARD SAKALA | |
| REBIRTH | BRIAN ONTIRI | |
| OKO K3 AKUETEH | CHRISTINE BOATENG AND ERIC OKYEREFO | |
| 29 | BEST OVERALL MOVIE | |
| AMINA | IZU OJUKWU & OKEY OGUNJIOFOR | |
| VOICELESS | ROBERT O. PETERS & ROGERS OFIME | |
| RATTLESNAKE | RAMSEY NOUAH & CHRIS ODEH | |
| COLLISION COURSE | BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS | |
| OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) | JJC SKILLZ & FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO | |
| NNEKA THE PRETTY SERPENT | TOSIN IGHO & CHRIS ODEH | |
| LA FEMME ANJOLA | MILDRED OKWO & RITA DOMINIC | |
| JUST IN TIME | DOLAPO ADELEKE, SARAH HASSAN | |
| 30 | BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES | |
| MOVEMENT- JAPA | FEMI ODUGBEMI | |
| RIONA | JAMES OMOKWE | |
| UNMARRIED | UCHE IKEJIMBA | |
| DILEMMA | UCHE IKEJIMBA | |
| VENGE | TOSIN IGHO & ROGBA ARIMORO | |
| EVE | WINIFRED NWOKEDI | |
| ENAKHE | VICTOR SANCHEZ AGHAHOWA | |
| RISHANTE | DIMBO ATIYA | |
| 31 | BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES | |
| MOVEMENT- JAPA | FEMI ODUGBEMI | |
| RIONA | JAMES OMOKWE | |
| UNMARRIED | UCHE IKEJIMBA | |
| DILEMMA | UCHE IKEJIMBA | |
| VENGE | TOSIN IGHO & ROGBA ARIMORO | |
| EVE | WINIFRED NWOKEDI | |
| ENAKHE | VICTOR SANCHEZ AGHAHOWA | |
| RISHANTE | DIMBO ATIYA | |
| 32 | BEST AFRICA MAGIC ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES | |
| THE JOHNSONS | ROGERS OFIME | |
| MY FLATMATES | BRIGHT OKPOCHA & SOLOMON ADEKUNLE | |
| MY SIBLINGS & I | FUNKE AKINDELE BELLO & JJC SKILLZ |
Voting for the eighth AMVCAs opened from 23:00 CAT on Saturday, 19 March 2022 and close 23:00 CAT on Friday, 29 April 2022. All terms and conditions apply and are available on the Africa Magic website. Viewers can join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #AMVCA8 and follow Africa Magic on Twitter Facebook and Instagram for more updates.