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Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards calls for entries

By MERCY NJOKI September 12th, 2015 1 min read

African filmmakers, actors and technicians have a reason to celebrate following the call to entry for the Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards fourth edition.

The awards recognizes the success of the various players in the continent’s film and television industry and with the success of the previous three editions, filmmakers have every reason to look forward to the 2016 edition.

When making the announcement for the event’s next edition, M-Net’s (West) Regional Director Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, said:

“We are pleased to announce the call to entry for the 2016 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards. At Africa Magic and MultiChoice, we have continued to show our support to the film and television industry across Africa even as we continue to provide world class entertainment for Africa by Africans.”

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The third edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards ceremony took place in Lagos in March 2015, and was broadcast live to DStv and GOtv audiences across the continent.

The event, which drew big names from the continent’s TV and film industry, saw Nigerian superstars OC Ukeje (a second time winner) and Kehinde Bankole winning respectively, in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories.

For next year’s edition of the AMVCAs, the organisers are calling for entries for film and television works produced and broadcast or publicly exhibited between October 01, 2014 and September 30, 2015.