AMVCA 2025 winners list: Lateef Adedimeji's Lisabi wins big

• The 2025 variation of the Nigerian Movie Awards ceremony, the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), went down connected Saturday, May 10
• The lawsuit kicked disconnected connected Thursday, May 8, with a nighttime of icons and a vibrant Cultural Day solemnisation connected Friday, May 9
• Taking the pb successful the 2025 AMVCA nominations were deed movies similar Femi Adebayo’s ‘Seven Doors,’ Lateef Adedimeji’s ‘Lisabi: The Uprising,’ and Robert Peters’ ‘Skeleton Coast'

The 2025 variation of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) took spot astatine the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, connected Saturday, May 10, with fashionable stars successful the Nigerian movie and amusement manufacture astatine ample storming the lawsuit successful style.

The AMVCA festivies, which recognised African actors, actresses, and commenced astatine 4 PM with reddish carpet coverage, wherever celebrities and nominees arrived successful style.

The main awards ceremonial began astatine 7 PM, honouring the champion performances and productions successful African cinema implicit the past year.

Nigerian music stars similar Johnny Drille, Arike's prima Kunmie, among others, performed astatine the AMVCA.

Recall that the 2025 AMVCA included 28 grant categories, with 18 decided by a sheet of manufacture professionals and 10 determined done nationalist voting.

There was besides the instauration of the Best Music Score category, aimed astatine recognising composers and dependable designers.

Legit.ng previously reported that Seven Doors by Femi Adebayo, Lateef Adedimeji’s Lisabi: The Uprising, and Robert Peters’ ‘Skeleton Coast' took the pb connected the information list.

Adedimeji Lateef, Uzor Arukwe aka Odogwu Paranran, and Chioma Chukwuka were nominated successful competitory categories.

The afloat database of AMVCA 2025 is below:

Best Costume Design

Winner: Christmas In Lagos — Adedamola Adeyemi

Nominees:

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Toyin Ogundeji

House Of Ga’a — Bolanle Austen-Peters, Yolanda Okereke, Juliana Dede, Gloria Oyu

Lisabi: The Uprising — Oluwatoyin Balogun, Oyeade Adeimpe Adedimeji

Phoenix Fury — Opeyemi Sogeke

Best Makeup

Winner: Lisabi: The Uprising — Hakeem Onilogbo (Hakeem Effect)

Nominees:

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Hakeem Onilogbo

Seven Doors — Hakeem Onilogbo

Inside Life — Kpoudosu Winifred

Suspicion — Tracy Izogie & Adeleke Toluwulashe Maigari

Farmer’s Bride — Abejide Oluwatosin Mercy

Best Art Direction

Winner: Lisabi: The Uprising

Nominees:

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre

Christmas In Lagos

Farmer’s Bride

Seven Doors

The Man Died

Best Sound/Sound Design

Winner: Suspicion

Nominees:

Inkabi

Seven Doors

Freedom Way

Lisabi: The Uprising

Ajakaju: Beast Of Two Worlds

Best Editing

Winner: Inkabi — Tongai Furusa

Nominees:

Christmas In Lagos — Martini Akande

Skeleton Coast — Jordan Koen

Soft Love — Holmes Awa & Paballo Modingoane

Lisabi: The Uprising — Anthill Studios

Princess connected A Hill — Laughter Ephraim & Peter Ugbede

Best Writing TV Series

Untying Kantai — Abel Mutua Musyoka — WINNER

Tuki? — Louise Kamwangi

Roses and Ivy — Biodun Stephen and Abimbola Akinrinbola

Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre — Shola Dada

Princess connected A Hill — Bibi Ukpo, Niyi Adeniji, and Sonia Nwosu

Cheta’M — Ifeanyi Chidi Barbara

Seven Doors — Adebayo Tijani, Yinka Laoye, and Soyombo-Oluyombo Oluwagbemiga

Best Writing successful a Movie

Freedom Way — Blessing Uzzi — WINNER

The Weekend — Egbemawei Dimiyei Sammy, and Vanessa Kanu, and Frederick O. Anyaebunam Jnr

Skeleton Coast — Omolola Lamikanra

Phoenix Fury — Ifeoma N. Chukwuogo

A Ghetto Love Story — Victoria Eze

House of Ga’a — Tunde Babalola

Christmas In Lagos — Jadesola Osiberu

Best Indigenous Language Film (South Africa)

Mwizukanji — WINNER

Walvis Tale

The Vow

Man of Gold

Lukas

Best Indigenous Language Film (East Africa)

Makosa Di Tangu — WINNER

The Caller

Sabotage

Wa Milele? (Forever)

Liquorose, Prince triumph AMVCA champion dressed

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that BBNaija stars Liquorose and Prince emerged as the winners of the AMVCA 2025 champion dressed.

While Liquorose spotted an outfit displaying the Yoruba culture, Prince rocked an attire paying respect to the Oba of Benin. The brace besides returned location with sum of N1 cardinal arsenic gift.

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Source: Legit.ng