The 2024 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards took place on May 11, 2024, at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos State. The annual award show, presented by MultiChoice, recognizes outstanding achievements in television and film.

This year’s edition had 27 categories, 16 non-voting and nine audience voting categories. The winners were selected by a jury led by filmmaker and head judge Femi Odugbemi.

Though coming into the ceremony with fewer nominations than some competitors – Over the Bridge held a leading 12 – Breath of Life managed to snag the most wins in some of the major categories. This included the coveted awards for Best Movie, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Lead Actor.

Further, Chimezie Imo, who played lead alongside Wale Ojo in Breath of Life won the Trailblazer Award. Idowu Philips, aka Iya Rainbow, and  Richard Mofe Damijo received this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Other winners included Over the Bridge and Jagun Jagun which both won two awards. The critically-acclaimed black-and-white fantasy thriller by CJ Obasi, Mami Wata won only one award for Best Makeup. 

Some high-profile films, however, went home empty-handed. Funke Akindele’s record-breaking A Tribe Called Judah and Kayode  Kasum’s Afamefuna, despite nominations, couldn’t convert them into wins.

See the full winners’ list:

Best Supporting Actor

Ademola Adedoyin (Breath of Life)

Best Supporting Actress

Genoveva Umeh (Breath of Life)

Best Lead Actor

Wale Ojo (Breath of Life)

Best Lead Actress

Kehinde Bankole (Adire)

Best Movie

Breath of Life

Best Makeup

Campbell Precious (Mami Wata)

Trailblazer Award

Chimezie Imo

Industry Merit Award

Idowu Phillips aka Iya Rainbow

Second Industry Merit Award

Richard Mofe Damijo

Best Digital Content

Layi Wasabi

Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)

Femi Adebayo – Jagun Jagun

Best Indigenous Language (East Africa)

Wandongwa

Best Indigenous Language (South Africa)

Motshameko O Kotsi

Best Multichoice Talent Factory Movie

Her Dark Past

Best Scripted M-Net Original

Slum King

Best Unscripted M-Net Original

Nwuyee Bekee (Foreign Wives)

Best Indigenous M-Net Original

Irora Iya

Best Short Film

Broken Mask (Kagho Idhebor)

Best Cinematography

Over The Bridge (KC Obiajulu)

Best Editing

Antonio Ribeiro (The Black Book)

Best Sound Design

Grey Jones Ossai (Breathe of Life and Blood Vessel)

Best Art Direction

Abisola Omolade (Over The Bridge)

Best Costume Design

Lola Awe (Jagun Jagun: The Warrior)

Best Writing TV series

Mona Ombogo (Volume)

Best Writing Movie

Tunde Babalola (Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti)

Best Documentary

Lobola

Best Series (Scripted)

Itura 

Best Series (Unscripted)

GH Queens (Season 2)

Best Director

BB Sasore