‘Breath of Life’ wins big at #AMVCA10 (See full list of winners)

Breath of Life, a 2023 Nigerian drama film is the biggest winner of the 10th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, taking home five golden statuettes out of eleven nominated categories.

Produced by Eku Edewor and directed by BB Sasore and Derin Adeyokunnu, the movie won the best Movie award, defeating others such as Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Over The Bridge, Blood Vessel, A Tribe Called Judah, The Black Book and Mami Wata to emerge winner.

Genoveva Umeh (Breath of Life) also won the Best Supporting Actress, beating Joke Silva (Over the Bridge), Fathia Williams (Jagun Jagun – The Warrior), Bimbo Akintola (The Black Book), Eliane Umuhire (Omen), Tana Adelana (Ijogbon – Chaos) and Ejiro Onojaife (The Origin: Madam Koi Koi) to scoop the award.

Wale Ojo another actor in the Breath of Life movie won the Best Lead Actor award.

Ojo beat Stan Nze (Afamefuna), Marc Zinga (Omen), Gideon Okeke (Egun), David Ezekiel (Blood Vessel), Richard Mofe Damijo (The Black Book), Adedimeji Lateef (Jagun Jagun – The Warrior) and Gabriel Afolayan (This is Lagos) to win the award.

Additional accolades bestowed upon the film include Best Supporting Actor (Demola Adedoyin), and Best Director (BB Sasore).

The event took place at the Eko Hotel & Suites and was hosted by IK Osakioduwa for the tenth time consecutive year. Toke Makinwa, Uti Nwachukwu, and Adams Ibrahim, aka VJ Adams also returned as red carpet hosts.

Here are the winners of the AMVCA 2024 announced:

Best Makeup

• Francesca Otaigbe (“Over the Bridge”)
• Campbell Precious (“Mami Wata”) – Winner
• Hadizat Gambo (“Mojisola”)
• Hakeem Onilogbo (“Jagun Jagun – The Warrior”)
• Feyisayo Oyebisi (“A Tribe Called Judah”)

Best Art Direction

• “Blood Vessel” (Victor Akpan)
• “Over The Bridge” (Abisola Omolade) – Winner
• “Breath of Life” (Okechukwu Frost Nwankwo, Kelechi Odu)
• “The Black Book” (Pat Nebo and Chima Temple)
• “Jagun Jagun: The Warrior” (Tunji Afolayan)
• “Mami Wata” (C.J Fiery Obasi)
• “Omen” (Eve Martin)

Best Costume Design

• Demola Adeyemi (“Over The Bridge”)
• Bolanle Austin Peters, Ituen Basi, Folake Coker, and Clement Effanga (“Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti”)
• Lola Awe (“Jagun Jagun: The Warrior”) – Winner
• Bunmi Demilola Fashina (“Mami Wata”)
• Daniel Obasi (“Breath of Life”)

Best Writing TV Series

• “Skinny Girl in Transit” (Season 7)
• “Wura” (Season 2)
• “Visa on Arrival”
• “MTV Shuga Naija”
• “Volume” – Winner
• “Masquerades of Aniedo”
• “Slum King”

Best Writing in a Movie

• “Breath of Life” (BB Sasore)
• “Over The Bridge” (Tosin Otudeko)
• “Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti” (Tunde Babalola) – Winner
• “Jagun Jagun: The Warrior” (Adebayo Tijani)
• “Afamefuna” (Anyanwu Sandra Adaora)
• “A Tribe Called Judah” (Olufunke Ayotunde Akindele, Collins Okoh, and Akinlabi Ishola)
• “Mami Wata” (CJ Fiery Obasi)

Best Sound Design

• Ava Momoh (“Over the Bridge”)
• Daniel Pellerin and Amin Bhatia (“Kipkemboi”)
• Grey Jones Ossai (“Blood Vessel”) – Winner
• Grey Jones Ossai (“Breath of Life”)
• Samy Bardet (“Mami Wata”)

Best Editing

• Chuka Ejorh And Onyekachi Banjo (“Over The Bridge”)
• Holmes Awa (“Breath of Life”)
• Alex Kamau And Victor Obok (“Volume”)
• Dayo Nathaniel (“Ogeere – Earth”)
• Antonio Ribeiro (“The Black Book”) – Winner
• Nathan Delannoy (“Mami Wata”)

Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)

• “Mami Wata” (CJ Fiery Obasi)
• “Jagun Jagun” (Femi Adebayo) – Winner
• “Ijogbon” (Kunle Afolayan)
• “Orisa” (Odunlade Adekola)
• “Nana Akoto” (Kwabena Gyansah)