The 2026 awards

Categories and winners

• Best Art Direction

  Ajamolaya Bunmi

  Colours of Fire

• Best Cinematography

  Kabelo Thathe

  To Kill A Monkey

• Best Costume Design

  Valerie Okeke

  Colours of Fire

• Best Digital Content Creator

  Emmanuel Kanaga and Sophia Chisom

  Leave To Live

• Best Director

  Akinola Davies Jr.

  My Father's Shadow

• Best Documentary

  Shedrack Salami

  Beyond Olympic Glory

• Best Editing

  Daniel Anyiam

  To Kill a Monkey

• Best Indigenous Language Film (West Africa)

  Lateef Adedimeji

  Lisabi: A Legend Is Born

• Best Indigenous M-Net Original

  Siphosethu Tshapu, Thandi Ramathesele and Yolanda Ndhlovu

  Inimba

• Best Lead Actor

  Uzor Arukwe

  Colours of Fire

• Best Lead Actress

  Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman

  The Serpent's Gift

• Best Makeup

  Hakeem Onilogbo

  Warlord

• Best Movie

  Funmbi Ogunbanwo and Rachel Dargavel

  My Father's Shadow

  Producers credited for the Best Movie win.

• Best Scripted M-Net Original

  Femi D. Ogunsanwo

  The Low Priest

• Best Scripted Series

  Siphosethu Tshapu, Thandi Ramathesele and Yolanda Ndhlovu

  Inimba

• Best Short Film

  Orire Nwani and Josh Olaoluwa

  Hussainin

• Best Supporting Actor

  Bucci Franklin

  To Kill a Monkey

• Best Supporting Actress

  Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman

  The Herd

  Same-night lead and supporting double win.

• Best Unscripted M-Net Original

  Sulaiman Kassim and Anneke De Ridder

  Nigerian Idol (S10)

• Best Writing (Movie)

  Wale Davies

  My Father's Shadow

• Industry Merit Award

  Sola Sobowale and Kanayo O. Kanayo

• Trailblazer Award

  Uche Montana

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Related categories

Follow a single prize across every edition, or come back to the 2026 list from there.

• Public voteBest Actor in a Comedy
• Public voteBest Actor in a Drama
• Public voteBest Actor in an M-Net Original Comedy Series
• Public voteBest Actor in an M-Net Original Drama Series

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