Emmanuel Thomas l Saturday, March 4, 2017
VICTORIA ISLAND, Lagos, Nigeria – The Movie 76 emerged tue overall best film at the AMVCA 2017. The movie produced in 7 years defeated other big films like 93 Days and others.
Izu Okukwu emerged best director. Rita Dominic won Best Actress while SAMBASA NZERIBE won best actor. He defeated seasoned actors likes of Ramsey Noah, Olu Jacobs and Richard Mofe Damijo.
Funke Akindele, better known as Jenifer emerged the greatest winner at the 2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award, AMVCA.
Her Jenifer’s Diary won two awards, BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY and BEST TV SERIE.IMEH BISHOP UMOH, (OKON), won BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY, while Funke Akindele won Best Actress in a comedy.
But the greatest beneficiaries were Chika Okpala, Chief Zebrudaya who got a jeep for winning AMVCA INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD and Somkele Idhalama, who received the trail blaizer award. She got a salon car.
SEE THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS BELOW
BEST SOUND EDITOR
TUYS STEER, VAYA
BEST PICTURE EDITOR
Nodeem Chigozie and Paula Peterson, Oloibiri
BEST LIGHTING/DESIGN
ELIOT SEWAPE 93 DAYS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
LAMCE GEWER, HAPPINESSNIS A 4 LETTER WORD
BEST SHORT FILM/ ONLINE VIDEO
OGO OKPUE, CAT FISH
BEST DOCUMENTARY
UGA CALINI, ALLISON
EMNET ORIGINAL SERIES PRODUCTION
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
DEBORAH ANEKWE, HUSTLE
BEST ACTOR IN MNET COMEDY
SAMUEL AJIBOLA, FOR THE JOHNSONS
BEST ACTRESS IN AN MNET DRAMA
MEG OTAWA
BEST ACTOR IN MNET DRAMA
DAVID JONES, HOTEL MAKESTIC
BEST MNET COMEDY SERIES
THE JOHNSONS
BEST MNET DRAMA SERIES
TINSEL
BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE, SWAHILI
ZILIZALA
BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE, HAUSA
YAKI DAZU CIYA
BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE, YORUBA
SOMEWHERE IN THE DARK
BEST LOCAL LANGUAGE, IBO
AMUONYE BU-ONYE
BEST SOUND TRACK, ORIGINAL SCORE
THE ENCOUNTER, MICHAEL OGUNLADE
BEST TV SERIES
JENIFER’S DIARY
FUNKE AKINDELE
BEST WRITER
VAYA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
EBELE OKARO-ONYUIKE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROTIMI SALAMI
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
FUNKE AKIMDELE
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
IMEH BISHOP UMOH, (OKON)
TV TRAILBLAIZER
SOMKELE IDHALAMA
AMVCA INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD
CHIKA OKPALA
BEST EAST AFRICAN FILM
KATI KATI
BEST MOVIE, WEST AFRICA
OLOIBIRI
BEST SOUTH AFRICAN FILM
ALL ABOUT LOVE
BEST ACTOR
RITA DOMINIC
BEST ACTOR
SAMBASA NZERIBE
Defeated Ramsey Noah, Olu Jacobs, Richard Mofe Damijo
BEST DIRECTOR
IZU OJUKWU(76)
BEST OVERALL MOVIE
76, ADONIJA ORIWA AND IZU OKUKWU
