AMVCA 2025: The Complete List of Winners

AMVCA 2025: Full List of Winners from the 11th Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards

The 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) took place on Saturday in Lagos, bringing together the continent’s most celebrated stars in television and film. The evening was a grand celebration of African storytelling, with both seasoned industry veterans and emerging talent vying for top honors across a range of competitive categories.

Among the night’s biggest wins, Chioma Akpotha claimed Best Lead Actress for her compelling performance in Seven Doors, while Femi Adebayo took home Best Lead Actor for the same film. Awam Amkpa was awarded Best Director for The Man Died, a powerful biopic on Wole Soyinka. The top honor of the evening, Best Movie, went to Freedom Way.

Below is the complete list of winners:

🏆 Technical & Creative Awards

Best Costume Design
Adedamola Adeyemi – Christmas In Lagos — WINNER

Best Makeup
Hakeem Onilogbo (Hakeem Effect) – Lisabi: The Uprising — WINNER

Best Art Direction
Lisabi: The Uprising — WINNER

Best Sound/Sound Design
Suspicion — WINNER

Best Editing
Inkabi – Tongai Furusa — WINNER

Best Cinematography
The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos – Leo Purman — WINNER

Best Score/Music
Seven Doors – Tolu Obanro — WINNER

✍️ Writing & Directing

Best Writing (TV Series)
Untying Kantai – Abel Mutua Musyoka — WINNER

Best Writing (Movie)
Freedom Way – Blessing Uzzi — WINNER

Best Director
Awam Amkpa – The Man Died — WINNER

🎬 Performance Categories

Best Lead Actress
Chioma Akpotha – Seven Doors — WINNER

Best Lead Actor
Femi Adebayo – Seven Doors — WINNER

Best Supporting Actress
Mercy Aigbe – Farmer’s Bride — WINNER

Best Supporting Actor
Gabriel Afolayan – Inside Life — WINNER

🎥 Film & Series Awards

Best Movie
Freedom Way — WINNER

Best Short Film
Brukaci — WINNER

Best Documentary
Dundun – Ifeoluwa Fatogun & Ebi Atawodi — WINNER

Best Scripted Series
Clarence Peters’ Inside Life — WINNER

Best Unscripted Series
Wa Milele? (Forever) — WINNER

🌍 Indigenous Language Films

Best Indigenous Language Film (South Africa)
Mwizukanji — WINNER

Best Indigenous Language Film (East Africa)
Makosa Di Tangu — WINNER

Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)
Lisabi: The Uprising — WINNER

🎞️ M-Net Original Productions

Best Indigenous M-Net Original
Onye Agbata Obim — WINNER

Best Scripted M-Net Original
My Fairytale Wedding — WINNER

Best Unscripted M-Net Original
Nigerian Idol — WINNER

🌟 Special Awards

Best Digital Content Creator
Iyo Prosper — WINNER

Trailblazer Award
Kayode Kasum

Industry Merit Award
Sani Mu’azu & Nkem Owoh

Best Multichoice Talent Factory Movie
Everything Light Touches (West Africa) — WINNER