The 11th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) is underway at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. Lisabi: The Uprising has emerged as the breakout winner so far, scooping three major awards in the technical categories.
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The ongoing ceremony is celebrating the best of African film and television, with both veteran stars and newcomers competing across a wide range of categories.
Best Costume Design
Winner: Christmas In Lagos — Adedamola Adeyemi
Nominees:
- Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Toyin Ogundeji
- House Of Ga’a — Bolanle Austen-Peters, Yolanda Okereke, Juliana Dede, Gloria Oyu
- Lisabi: The Uprising — Oluwatoyin Balogun, Oyeade Adeimpe Adedimeji
- Phoenix Fury — Opeyemi Sogeke
Best Makeup
Winner: Lisabi: The Uprising — Hakeem Onilogbo (Hakeem Effect)
Nominees:
- Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Hakeem Onilogbo
- Seven Doors — Hakeem Onilogbo
- Inside Life — Kpoudosu Winifred
- Suspicion — Tracy Izogie & Adeleke Toluwulashe Maigari
- Farmer’s Bride — Abejide Oluwatosin Mercy
Best Art Direction
Winner: Lisabi: The Uprising
Nominees:
- Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre
- Christmas In Lagos
- Farmer’s Bride
- Seven Doors
- The Man Died
Best Sound/Sound Design
Winner: Suspicion
Nominees:
- Inkabi
- Seven Doors
- Freedom Way
- Lisabi: The Uprising
- Ajakaju: Beast Of Two Worlds
Best Editing
Winner: Inkabi — Tongai Furusa
Nominees:
- Christmas In Lagos — Martini Akande
- Skeleton Coast — Jordan Koen
- Soft Love — Holmes Awa & Paballo Modingoane
- Lisabi: The Uprising — Anthill Studios
- Princess on A Hill — Laughter Ephraim & Peter Ugbede
Best Writing TV Series
Untying Kantai — Abel Mutua Musyoka — WINNER
Tuki? — Louise Kamwangi
Roses and Ivy — Biodun Stephen and Abimbola Akinrinbola
Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Shola Dada
Princess on A Hill — Bibi Ukpo, Niyi Adeniji, and Sonia Nwosu
Cheta’M — Ifeanyi Chidi Barbara
Seven Doors — Adebayo Tijani, Yinka Laoye, and Soyombo-Oluyombo Oluwagbemiga
Best Writing in a Movie
Freedom Way — Blessing Uzzi — WINNER
The Weekend — Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, and Vanessa Kanu, and Frederick O. Anyaebunam Jnr
Skeleton Coast — Omolola Lamikanra
Phoenix Fury — Ifeoma N. Chukwuogo
A Ghetto Love Story — Victoria Eze
House of Ga’a — Tunde Babalola
Christmas In Lagos — Jadesola Osiberu
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