Emmanuel Thomas l Saturday, March 4, 2017
FUNKE AKINDELE’S JENIFER’S DIARY WIN BIG AT AMVCA 2017
VICTORIA ISLAND, Lagos, Nigeria – 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 SERIES.
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 OTHER 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
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