Created to recognise and honor Africa’s film and TV talent, the AMVCAs is quickly becoming established as a highlight on the continent’s entertainment calendar, with the nominee announcement paving the way toward the big night in March, when winners will be named!
Led by the StarGist team of Vimbai Mutinhiri and Lawrence Maleka, and featuring Big Brother Africa’s IK Osakioduwa as a guest anchor, the highly anticipated ‘Nominee Announcement’ is sure to captivate the interest and imagination of industry professionals, and fans alike as the race to take home the coveted AMVCA crown begins.
With over 1,000 entries received for the 2014 AMVCAs, three times the amount submitted last year, the nominations were hugely diverse this season spanning productions from the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In total, there are 137 nominations chosen from across 80 productions, up from 110 nominations chosen from 42 productions a year ago.
Leading the nominations is Ghanaian film Contract with nine nods, following by Nigeria’s Living Funeral with eight, Tanzania’s Siri Ya Mtungi with seven, Kenya’s Nairobi Half Life with seven and Last Flight to Abjua with six.
In the hotly contested category of Best Movie are five standout titles – Last Flight to Abuja by Obi Emelonye, Contract by Shirley Frimpong Manso, Yvonne Okoro and Ken Attoh; Living Funeral by Udoka Oyeka and Orode Ryan; Flower Girl by Michelle Bello and Awakening by James Omokwe.
In the acting categories, the best Actress in Drama nominees include Stephanie Wilson, Veronica Waceke, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Nkiru Sylvanus and Ivie Okujaiye. In the Best Actor in a Drama category, Juma Rajab Rashid, Hlomla Dandala and Tope Tedela were all nominated alongside Majid Michel, who scored two nominations.
Echoing Majid’s nomination success is Funke Akindele, who scored an impressive three noms in the Best Actress in a Comedy category. Nominated alongside her was Yvonne Okoro, Jackie Appiah and Mary Ogbonna. In the Best Actor in a Comedy category, nominations went to John Okafor, Chinedu Ikedieze and Hlomla Dandala with Osita Iheme also drawing two nominations.
In addition, AfricaMagic also announced a brand new category The New Era Award, which aims to recognise and honour individuals who have made significant contribution to creating a new era for African film and television. Nominees in this category are: Desmond Elliot, Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic, Rukky Sanda and Uche Jombo.
M-Net Africa Managing Director, Biola Alabi, congratulated the nominees on their achievements and urged them to use their nominations as a source of future motivation.
“We are so impressed by these skilled persons whose value to Africa must be recognized and honored.”
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