Nigerian film director, actor, lawyer and producer Femi Adebayo’s film ‘Jagun Jagun’ has bagged three awards at the 2024 Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA.
Adebayo’s “Jagun Jagun” which earlier attracted seven nominations, had clinched the Achievement Award in visual effect and make-up respectively.
Announcing the news in a post on his page, Adebayo said ‘Jagun Jagun’ won the “Best Male Actor in Supporting Role, Achievement in Visual Effects and Achievement in Makeup.”
South Africa’s Jahmil X.T. Qubeka’s ‘The Queenstown Kings,’ also won four awards.
The 20th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards was held at the weekend in Lagos State.The movie ‘Jagun Jagun’ was nominated in seven categories: Achievement in Production Design, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, NFVCB Award for Best Nigerian Film, Achievement in Visual Effects, Achievement in Makeup, the Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language, Achievement in Costume Design
‘Out of Bound’ won the achievement award in Production, ‘Boda Love’ bagged the achievement award in Soundtrack, ‘Mai Martaba’ won the achievement award in Costume Design. ‘Queenstown King’ bagged the achievement award in sound.
‘The Weekend’ also bagged the AMAA Best Film award as it also won the Achievement Award in Screenplay, Achievement Award in Cinematography and the National Film and Video Censors Board Award for best Nigerian film.
Adebayo has featured in over 500 Nigerian films, winning four awards as Best Yoruba Actor at the 17th African Film Awards popularly known as Afro Hollywood Awards at the Stratford Town Hall in London. He is the MD/CEO of J-15 Media Network Nigeria. In 2012, the actor and director also won an award in the same category for the Best of Nollywood Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria Awards.He has a long list of movies to his credit, which includes the Sonto Alapata, Wura Ati Fadaka and many others.
Below is the full list of winners
Best Film
The Weekend — WINNER
Under The Hanging Tree
This is Lagos
A Smile, A Wink and A Tear
Orah
Letters to Goddo
The Queenstown Kings
Achievement in Cinematography
The Weekend — WINNER
Nawi
Kipkemboi
Letters to Goddo
This is Lagos
The Queenstown Kings
A Smile, A Wink and A Tear
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Femi Adebayo (Jagun Jagun) — WINNER
Sandile Mahlangu (The Queenstown Kings)
Ochungo Benson (Nawi)
Keppy Ekpeyong-Bassey (The Weekend)
Ikechukwu Onunaku (This is Lagos)
Lucky Ejim (Orah)
Solomon Fixon Owoo (Letters to Goddo)
Achievement in Make-Up
Jagun Jagun — WINNER
The Weekend
Nawi
Letters to Goddo
Out of Breath
Anjola
White and Black
Achievement in Visual Effects
Jagun Jagun — WINNER
Kipkemboi
Under The Hanging Tree
The Weekend
Bokwagter
Out of Breath
Achievement in Screenplay
The Weekend — WINNER
Under The Hanging Tree
Letter To Goddo
This is Lagos
Boda Love
The Queenstown Kings
Out of Breath
NFVCB Award for Best Nigerian Film
The Weekend — WINNER
This is Lagos
Afamefuna
Jagun Jagun
Mai Martaba
A Smile, A Wink and a Tear
Out of Breath
Efere Ozako Award for Best Short Film
The Last Shoe Maker (Uganda) – WINNER
Seben (Mali)
Dear Future Wife (South Africa)
Isolated (Nigeria)
Joia (Angola)
Strike A Blow And Die (Malawi)
Don’t Call Me Beautiful (Ghana)
Sins Of A Father (Zimbabwe/USA)
