Kunle Afolayan
Kunle Afolayan is
probably the happiest filmmaker in Africa right now as his most recent movie ‘October 1’
dominated the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA)winning nine prizes!
‘October 1’ which
had a total of 13 nominations won the awards for ‘Best movie’, ‘Best Director
(Kunle Afolayan) and ‘Best Actress in a Drama’ (Kehinde Bankole).
It also won the awards for ‘Best Costume Designer’ (Deola Sagoe),
‘Best Lighting Designer’ (Lanre
Omofaye), ‘Best Make-Up Artist’ (Lola Maja),
‘Best Sound Editing’ (Kulanen
Ikyo), ‘Best Art Director’ (Pat Nebo) and ‘Best Drama Writer’ (Tunde Babalola).
The action thriller (released in 2014) beat the likes of Lancelot
Imasuen’s ‘Invasion
1897’, Zeb
Ejiro’s ‘Yellow
Cassava’ and two other movies to win the coveted prize of ‘Best
Movie’
The movie features the likes of Sadiq
Daba, Kehinde Bankole and many more.
“I want to thank the cast and
crew for putting so much effort into this. I want to thank the Lagos State
Government and Raji Babatunde Fashola also”, Afolayan said as he
collected his award.
The 2015 AMVCA held on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Expo hall of Eko
Hotel and Suites, Lagos.
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