MultiChoice, Africa’s leading provider of local entertainment content, and organisers of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCA, has announced the appointment of Nigerian filmmaker, Victor Okhai, as head judge of the eighth Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) billed to hold later this year in Lagos, Nigeria.
Okhai is a seasoned producer, scriptwriter, cinematographer, director and film consultant. He is the current National President of the Directors’ Guild of Nigeria (DGN), founder and Director of IN-Short Film Festival, the biggest short film festival in sub-Saharan Africa and a member of the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC).
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He has sat on and headed the jury of several local and international film festivals, including The Audio Visual Awards (2009- 2012), Cairo International Film festival (2009), shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival (2012),
The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (2013) and Ecrans Noir (2018) in Yaounde. Speaking on Okhai’s appointment, Executive Head, Content and West Africa Channels, MultiChoice Nigeria,
Dr. Busola Tejumola said: “We are delighted to have Okhai head the nomination and judging process for the eighth edition of the AMVCAs.
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