The 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCA 2026, has successfully concluded. Nollywood’s most glamorous evening delivered a memorable celebration of African talent, with the red carpet rolling out at 4:00 p.m. WAT and the main awards ceremony commencing at 7:00 p.m. WAT. The event aired live across all Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv, and streamed on DStv Stream and GOtv Stream.
Below is the list of winners and nominees:
1. BEST COSTUME DESIGN: COLOURS OF FIRE – VALERIE OKEKE (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Serpent’s Gift” – Mary Chukwuma; “The Real Housewives of Lagos (S3)” – Deola Art Alade, Darey Art Alade; “Something About The Briggs” – Yolanda Okereke; “To Kill a Monkey” – Ikechukwu Urum, John Joseph Angel
2. BEST MAKE UP: “WARLORD” – HAKEEM ONILOGBO (HAKEEM EFFECT) (WINNER)
Other nominees: “Behind The Scenes” – Mojisola Imam; “Lisabi: A Legend Is Born” – Adeola Bamgboye; “Gingerrr” – Dablaq Artistry; “Abanisete” – Adeola Bamgboye; “Suky” – Ruth Harcourt; “Labake Olododo” – Adeola Bamgboye
3. BEST ART DIRECTION: COLOURS OF FIRE – AJAMOLAYA BUNMI (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Serpent’s Gift” – Zainab Oladipupo; “The Herd” – Omolade Abisola; “Aljana” – Olatunji Afolayan, Gideon Stephen; “Suky” – Victor Akpan; “Inimba” – Thabiso Senne
4. BEST SOUND DESIGN: MY FATHER’S SHADOW – PIUS FATOKE, CJ MIRRA (WINNER)
Other nominees: “Gingerrr” – Tolu Obanro; “Ben Made It” – Vaughan Phillips; “The Party” – Tolu Obanro; “Sebata: The Beast” – Vaughan Phillips; “The Herd” – Fisayo Adefolaju
5. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TO KILL A MONKEY – KABELO THATHE (WINNER)
Other nominees: “My Father’s Shadow” – Jermaine Edwards; “The Herd” – Emmanuel Igbekele; “Finding Nina” – Daanong Gyang; “The Serpent’s Gift” – Emmanuel Igbekele; “Stitches” – KC Obiajulu; “Gingerrr” – Emmanuel Igbekele
6. BEST WRITING TV SERIES: MTV SHUGA MASHARIKI – TV SERIES “MTV SHUGA MASHARIKI” – ANNETTE SHADEYA, NATASHA LIKIMANI, MKAMZEE MWATELA, ARNOLD MWANJILA, MAKGANO MAMABOLO (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Wives” – Donald Tombia, Timendu Aghahowa, Chiemeka Osuagwu; “Our Husband” – Xavier Ighorodje; “Addis Fikir” – Besufekade Mulu; “Baba Oh” – Temilola Balogun; “The Party” – Stephen Okonkwo; “Gizat” – Yednekachew Ayne
7. BEST WRITING MOVIE: MY FATHER’S SHADOW – WALE DAVIES (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Herd” – Lani Aisida; “Blackout” – Ikenna Okpara; “Cards On The Table” – Shirleen Wangari; “Gingerrr” – Xavier Ighorodje; “Suky” – Isaac Ayodeji; “3 Cold Dishes” – Tomi Adesina
8. BEST DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR: LEAVE TO LIVE – EMMANUEL KANAGA, SOPHIA CHISOM (WINNER)
Other nominees: Elozonam Ogbolu, Genoveva Umeh; Akwaman; Destiny Ogie Osarewinda; Benedict Ehimare Oriaifo; Taaooma; Steve Chuks
9. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (CENTRAL AFRICA): MABANDA – KANG QUINTUS (WINNER)
Other Nominees: Safou – A Gift from Nature by Nyasha Makamba; Golden Spoon by Egbe Francis Ettabrown
10. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (NORTH AFRICA): ARTAL ALHANIN – OUR MEMORIES – MOHAMED AWAD AND MOHAMED ABDULRAHAM ELDOUMA (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Omnipresent”; “The Delivery”; “The Hidden Voice”; “This Is Portsaid”; “Artal Alhanin: Our Memories”
11. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (EAST AFRICA): ADDIS FIKR – LEUL SHOAFERAW (WINNER)
Other nominees: “Inside Job”; “Sayari”; “Addis Fikir”; “My Son”; “Kimote”
12. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (SOUTHERN AFRICA): TLHAHO YA MOSADI – NALEDI GALANE, PROMISE RAMOROKA, ERNEST RAMOROKA, AND MODIPADI MOKGOHIOA (WINNER)
Other nominees: “Bet I Love You”; “Sebata: The Beast”; “Ben Made It”; “Terra Of Queens And Kuma 2”; “Tlhaho Ya Mosadi”
13. BEST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE (WEST AFRICA): LISABI – A LEGEND IS BORN (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Serpent’s Gift”; “Labake Olododo”; “Olorisha”; “Aljana”
14. BEST EDITING: TO KILL A MONKEY – DANIEL ANYIAM (WINNER)
Other nominees: “Cordelia” – Kazeem Agboola; “My Father’s Shadow” – Omar Guzman Castro; “Landline” – Wanguma Peter Chidebere, Dele Doherty; “3 Cold Dishes” – Asurf Amuwa Oluseyi; “Osamede” – Winston Aig-Ohioma
15. BEST DOCUMENTARY: BEYOND OLYMPIC GLORY (WINNER)
Other nominees: “The Good, The Bad of Afrobeat”; “The People Shall”; “Not Addressing This Anymore”; “BOU”
16. BEST SHORT FILM: HISSAINI (WINNER)
Other nominees: “Fleas”; “Rise”; “Telephone”; “My Body, God’s Temple”
17. BEST SCORE/MUSIC: MY FATHER’S SHADOW – DUVAL TIMOTHY, CJ MIRRA (WINNER)
Other nominees: “3 Cold Dishes” – Nissi Ogulu; “Osamede” – Chubb Okobah; “Gingerrr” – Tolu Obanro; “The Party” – Tolu Obanro; “MTV Shuga Mashariki” – Sofresh; “To Kill A Monkey” – Oscar Heman-Ackah
18. BEST INDIGENOUS M-NET ORIGINAL: INIMBA – SIPHOSETHU TSHAPU, THANDI RAMATHESELE AND YOLANDA NDHLOVU (WINNER)
Other nominees: Kukoyi; Undugu; Out N’ About (Harar); Kampala Creme; The Chocolate Empire; Mgbuka
19. BEST UNSCRIPTED M-NET ORIGINAL: NIGERIAN IDOL S10 – SULAIMAN KASSIM AND ANNEKE DE RIDDER (WINNER)
Other nominees: Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa; Chapa Chapa My Love; Out N About (Harar); Undugu
20. BEST SCRIPTED M-NET ORIGINAL: THE LOW PRIEST – FEMI OGUNSANWO AND THE CAST (WINNER)
ther nominees: Adam to Eve; Mother of the Bride; The Yard; Bobo
21. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: LINDA EJIOFOR — THE HERD (WINNER)
Other nominees: Olamide Kidbaby — Oversabi Aunty; Bisola Aiyeola — Gingerrr; Sola Sobowale — The Covenant; Nadia Dutch — Aljana; Amal Umar — The Herd; Juliebrenda Nyambura — MTV Shuga Mashariki; Funke Akindele — Behind The Scenes
22. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: BUCCI FRANKLIN — TO KILL A MONKEY (WINNER)
Other nominees: Simileoluwa Hassan — The Yard; Lateef Adedimeji — Gingerrr; Gabriel Afolayan — Colours Of Fire; Femi Adebayo — King Of Thieves 2; Lateef Adedimeji — Red Circle; Femi Branch — Owambe Thieves; Uzor Arukwe — Behind The Scenes
BEST UNSCRIPTED SERIES: OUT N’ ABOUT (HARAR) – BRUK YIBRAH (WINNER)
Other nominees: The Real Housewives Of Lagos; Nigerian Idol; Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa; Offair With Gbemi And Toolz
BEST SCRIPTED SERIES: INIMBA – SIPHOSETHU TSHAPU, THANDI RAMATHESELE AND YOLANDA NDHLOVU (WINNER)
Other nominees: To Kill A Monkey; The Yard; The Chocolate Empire; Kash Money
BEST LEAD ACTRESS: LINDA EJIOFOR — THE SERPENT’S GIFT (WINNER)
Other nominees: Bimbo Akintola — To Kill A Monkey; Ifeoma Fafunwa — The Lost Days; Ariyike Owolagba — Something About The Briggs; Sola Sobowale — Her Excellency; Scarlet Gomez — Behind The Scenes; Genoveva Umeh — The Herd; Gloria Anozie-Young — Mother Of The Brides
BEST LEAD ACTOR: UZOR ARUKWE — COLOURS OF FIRE (WINNER)
Other nominees: Mike Ezuruonye — Oversabi Aunty; Lateef Adedimeji — Lisabi: A Legend Is Born; William Benson — To Kill A Monkey; Kanayo O. Kanayo — Grandpa Must Obey; Khumbuza Meyiwa — Bet I Love You; Wale Ojo — 3 Cold Dishes; Femi Branch — Red Circle
BEST DIRECTOR: AKINOLA DAVIES Jr. — MY FATHER’S SHADOW (WINNER)
BEST OVERALL MOVIE: “MY FATHER’S SHADOW” (WINNER)
SPECIAL AWARDS
TRAILBLAZER AWARD: UCHE MONTANA (WINNER)
INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD: SOLA SOBOWALE (WINNER)
INDUSTRY MERIT AWARD: KANAYO O. KANAYO (WINNER)
The night proved to be a deeply competitive and memorable celebration of African excellence, with several outstanding films and performances delivering strong showings across major categories.