This weekend, as preparations reach top gear for the unprecedented celebration of Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen’s 30 unbroken years as a movie maker, awards have been flooding in from all corners.
Some days ago, in far away Addis-Ababa as parts of the events marking the 2025 Africans celebrate in collaboration with Bustline media UK Ambassador Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, he was conferred with special Diamond Recognition Award for all he has done for the upliftment of African cinema in a highly attended ceremony.
The award ceremony witnessed a host of ambassadors from many African countries present, including that of Nigeria, Botswana, top government officials from Ethiopia, and ministers from several Africa countries delegates from the European Union
The award was presented by the representatives of the European Union in Africa.
Still basking in the euphoria of the Diamond Recognition award, Lancelot who arrived Nigeria on Sunday, November 9, 2025, was again cornered and presented another award, this time around it was the African Movie Academy Award, AMMA, recognising him as one of the pillars of African Stories.
Again yesterday, 10th of November, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria’s longest lasting film festival, The Abuja International Film Festival, honored this African most consistent filmmaker with another indistry’s special recognition award in celebration of his 30-years behind the camera which started with an Acting master class organised and jointly put together by the Benin Film Academy and fast rising multiple awards wining Actor and coach Benjamin Olaye who personally delivered an unforgettable session in honor of Lancelot Imasuen.
At the event, Lancelot himself was available to inspire the young aspiring actors by showing them his AMAA Awards and having a feeling of his humble beginning before God helped him to be where he is today. At Abuja, at the closing ceremony of Longest running film festival in Nigeria the Abuja international film festival founded ny Mr fidelis Dukar Lancelot Award was received on his behalf by president of the Directors Guild of Nigeria and the National public relations officer Who is also the festival director of Lancelot Imasuen’s international student film festival Mr Emmanuel Eyaba,
On Tuesday 11th November in Benin city, Lancelot was on the ground to deliver a heart rendering round table talk with the Edo state chapter of Association of movie producers, and it was massive other planned programmes lined up continues.
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