The 2020 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards took place over the past weekend in Ekiti State and there were some big winners last night. The biggest of those winners was Charles Okpaleke’s Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, which took home the coveted Movie of the Year Award.
In addition to that, the box office hit also earned Ramsey Nouah a Director of the Year Award; as well as accolades for the best use of special effects and movie with the best use of makeup.
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free also shared the award for best editing with Kayode Kasum’s This Lady Called Life; which in turn took the awards for the Best Screenplay, Best use of Food in a movie, and Movie with the Best Production Design.
Here’s a list of all the winners at the 2020 BON Awards:
- Best Actor in a Lead Role (English) — Swanky JKA – Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (English) – Omowunmi Dada – The Sessions
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (English) – Alex Ekubo – Bling Lagosians
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (English) – Bimbo Ademoye/Bisola Aiyeola – Sugar Rush
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Yoruba) – Ibrahim Yekini – Lucifer
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Yoruba) – Adebimpe Oyebade – Agbelebu Jade
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Yoruba) – Femi Adebayo/Kelvin Ikedua – Lucifer
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Yoruba) – Abiola Adebayo – Agbelebu Jade
- Best Actor in a Leading Role (Igbo) – Francis Duru – Mboputa
- Best Actress in a Leading Role (Igbo) – Happy Julian Uchendu – Mboputa
- Best Child Actor – Molawa Onajobi – This Lady Called Life
- Best Child Actress – Amarachi Onwe – Secrets
- Movie with the Best Social Message – The Session
- Movie with the Best Comedy – Dear Affy
- Best Short Film – Pole Girl
- Best Documentary – Tame The Serial Killer
- Best Special Effect – Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
- Best Screenplay – This Lady Called Life
- Best Use of Nigerian Food in a Movie – This Lady Called Life
- Best Costume – Unroyal
- Best Makeup – Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
- Best Sound – Unroyal
- Best Soundtrack – Colours of Deceit
- Best Editing – This Lady Called Life/ Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
- Best Production Design – This Lady Called Life
- Best Cinematography – Bling Lagosians
- Best Kiss in a movie – Laura Fidel/Kunle Remi- Pole Girl
- Most Promising Actor of the Year – Denola Grey – Bling Lagosians
- Most Promising Actress of the Year – Aisha Mohammed – Colours of Deceit
- Revelation of the Year (Male) – Swanky JKA
- Revelation of the Year (Female) – Bolaji Ogunmola
- Director of the Year – Ramsey Nouah – Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
- Movie of the Year – Living in Bondage: Breaking Free