AMVCA 2025 – Seven Doors Lands 9 Nominations! Who Else Made the List?

The 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) has officially announced its nominations, and one movie is making major waves, Femi Adebayo’s Seven Doors. 

The Yoruba-language Netflix original has bagged nine nominations, cementing its place as one of the most celebrated films this year.

Set to hold on May 10, 2025, in Lagos, Nigeria, the AMVCAs will bring together the best of African cinema, honoring top talents across multiple categories.

Seven Doors Nominations at AMVCA 2025

Femi Adebayo’s Seven Doors has secured nominations in nine key categories:

• Best Movie – Seven Doors
  
• Best Director – Femi Adebayo, Adebayo Tijani, and Tope Adebayo (Seven Doors)
  
• Best Lead Actor – Femi Adebayo (Seven Doors)
  
• Best Lead Actress – Chioma Chukwuka (Seven Doors)
  
• Best Supporting Actor – Aliu Gafar (Seven Doors)
  
• Best Indigenous Language (West Africa) – Seven Doors
  
• Best Cinematography – Seven Doors
  
• Best Make-Up – Seven Doors
  
• Best Series (Scripted) – Seven Doors
  

Other Top Nominees

Beyond Seven Doors, several other films have secured multiple nominations:

Best Movie

• Lisabi: The Uprising
  
• Skeleton Coast
  
• Suspicion
  
• Inkabi
  
• House of Ga’a
  
• Freedom Way
  
• Christmas in Lagos
  
• Farmer’s Bride
  

Best Lead Actor

• Gideon Okeke – Tokunbo
  
• Bucci Franklin – The Weekend
  
• Femi Branch – House of Ga’a
  
• Thapelo Makoena – Skeleton Coast
  
• Bimbo Manuel – Princess on A Hill
  
• Stan Nze – Suspicion
  
• Adedimeji Lateef – Lisabi: The Uprising
  

Best Lead Actress

• Gbubemi Ejeye – Farmer’s Bride
  
• Uzoamaka Onuoha – Agemo
  
• Uche Montana – Thinline
  
• Uzoamaka Aniunoh – Phoenix Fury
  
• Hilda Dokubo – The Uprising: Wives on Strike 3
  
• Bimbo Ademoye – Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre
  

Best Supporting Actor

• Gabriel Afolayan – Clarence Peters’ Inside Life
  
• Adedayo Adebowale Macaroni – Lisabi: The Uprising
  
• Femi Jacobs – Freedom Way
  
• Richard Mofe-Damijo – Christmas in Lagos
  
• Uzor Arukwe – Suspicion
  
• Mike Folarin – House of Ga’a
  
• Efa Iwara – Princess On A Hill
  

Best Supporting Actress

• Meg Otanwa – Clarence Peters’ Inside Life
  
• Tina Mba – Suspicion
  
• Ireti Doyle – All’s Fair in Love
  
• Ini Dima-Okojie – Skeleton Coast
  
• Mercy Aigbe – Farmer’s Bride
  
• Omoni Oboli – The Uprising: Wives on Strike 3
  
• Darasimi Nnadi – Aburo
  

Best Indigenous Language (West Africa)

• Lisabi: The Uprising – Adedimeji Lateef & Adebimpe Oyebade Adedimeji
  
• Kaka – Prince Daniel
  
• Anikulapo: Rise of the Spectre – Kunle Afolayan
  
• Mai Martaba – Prince Daniel
  

Best Director

• Robert O. Peters – Skeleton Coast
  
• Norman Make – Inkabi
  
• Bolanle Austen-Peters – House of Ga’a
  
• Awam Amkpa – The Man Died
  
• Daniel Emeke Oriahi – The Weekend
  

Best Cinematography

• Onasis Gaisie, Michael Sefa, Apagnawen Annankra – Yen Ara Asaase Ni (This Is Our Land)
  
• Chuanne Blofield – Inkabi
  
• Leo Purman – The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos
  
• Wesley Johnston – Skeleton Coast
  
• Ebrahim Hajee – Soft Love
  
• Barnabas Emordi & Nora Awolowo – Lisabi: The Uprising
  
• Papama Tangela – Agemo
  

The road to AMVCA 2025

The nominations have set the stage for an exciting awards night. With Seven Doors leading the pack and strong contenders like Lisabi: The Uprising and Skeleton Coast also making waves, fans are eager to see who will take home the top prizes.

Will Seven Doors dominate the night, or will another film surprise us? The countdown to May 10 begins!