TFA 2026 Winners

​​BEST PICTURE
  • ​THOMAS NEGOVAN, DANIELLE MONTANA - Aurora
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  • BISI ALIMI, LANRE NJOKU - Shall We Meet Tonight (Winner)

  • IVY KIRU - Inheritance
  •  MEL ROUGE - Toll Free
  • STAN NZE, BLESSING OBASI NZE - Unbound
  • SOMTO IHEZUE, BELLA NADIA BEMIGHO, EMMY WILLIAMS & OREOLUWA OBADOFIN - On Our Skin
  • EUGENE KOSHIN - Chop Chop!
BEST DIRECTOR
  • WAPAH EZEIGWE - Shall We Meet Tonight
  • JOY NMEZI - Slot
  • JAMES AMUTA , MEL ROUGE - Toll-Free

  • ABIODUN UDOM, ADEJO ‘STORY PRIEST’ EMMANUEL - On Our Skin (Winner)

  • PETER INYANG - Unbound
  • KOLADE MANN - Ovisa
  • AYOMIDE  A. COKER - Two Of Us​
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
  • THOMAS NEGOVAN - Aurora  (United States)
  • LEVGEN KOSHY - Chop Chop! (United Kingdom)

  • ADI ALFA - Bleached Out (United Kingdom) (Winner)
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  • STACEY DARKWAAH DUAH - The Wilderness (United Kingdom)
  • TREVOR HARDY - Buckshot (United Kingdom)
BEST AFRICAN FILM
  • BARBARA MINISHI - Inheritance (Kenya)

  • BISI ALIMI, LANRE NJOKU - Shall We Meet Tonight (Nigeria) (Winner)
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  • MYDE GLOVER, MORENIKEJI UKA - Irin Ajo (The Journey) (Nigeria)
  • MYDE GLOVER - Isekonu (Nigeria)
  • MAURICE MUENDO - The Date (Kenya)
  • ABISOLA AJAYI - Ogbanje (Nigeria)
BEST INDIGENOUS FILM (NIGERIA)
  • WAPAH EZEIGWE - Shall We Meet Tonight

  • ADEJO ‘STORY PRIEST’ EMMANUEL  - Isekonu (Winner)
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  • NATHANIEL DEME  - Ogbanje
  • UCHENNA UGWU - I Too Crave Death
  • FAYOMI TEMITOPE SAMSON - ÀǸFÀNÍ ÌKẸYÌN (CHANCE MEDLEY)
  • JOY NMEZI - Slot
  • KOLADE MANN - Ovisa
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • AYOOLA OLADIMEJI - Shall We Meet Tonight (Winner)
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  • IFEME C.S - Slot
  • UBONG OFONG - Ovisa
  • JOSEPH OLADUNJOYE - Toll-Free    
  • OLUWASEUN SODEKE - Mara
  • TOSIN IGHO - Unbound 
  • OYEDOKUN ‘DAVOY’ DAVID - Two Of Us
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
  • WAPAH EZEIGWE - Shall We Meet Tonight
  • LANCY ARTISTRY - Isekonu
  • BABATUNDE OLUWASHOGO - Ovisa

  • NNEKA JANE MEKWUNYE - On Our Skin (Winner)
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  • TEGA OBAHOR  - Nightmare
  • STANLEY OKEKE, MAYOWA DAMILARE - Slot
  • OLUWATOMIWA OTUN - Mara​
BEST SOUND OVERALL
  • MCPHERSON AGHAH - Shall We Meet Tonight 
  • IDONO ONYEMUNOSA-IBEEABUCHI - Slot
  • ELIAS GBADEBO - On Our Skin 

  • KOLADE MANN - Ovisa (Winner)
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  • DAVISON ONYEMALI -  The Cry
  • ADAMS ILIA SMITH, JOSEPH BANKOLE - Unbound
  • ELIAS GBADEBO - Ebiren Re
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
  • MOSHOOD FATTAH - Slot
  • SEUN AJAYI - Mofe
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  • KOREDE LAWAL  - On Our Skin (Winner)

  • ANTHONY NWAHIRI - Song of Solomon
  • CHEYI OKOAYE -  Cause, Effect & Maybe Consequence
  • NWANKWO KINGSLEY OBI -To He Who Wants Nothing More
  • JOSIAH CHUKS ADIGWE - Beneath The Surface
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
  • GOODNESS EMMANUEL - Shall We Meet Tonight 
  • ADUNOLAOLUWA OSILOWO - Isekonu
  • JESSICA GABRIEL’S UJAH - Echoes
  • CHINAZA EZEANI  -  The Cry
  • CHINELO EJIANWU - Unbound
  • HAUWA ‘NANANIKEJI’ ISSA - Inside Of Me
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  • ​DIEKOLA BLESSING - Two Of Us (Winner)
BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED)
  • MYDE GLOVER - Irin Ajo 
  • ADEJO ‘STORY PRIEST’ EMMANUEL - Isekonu

  • UCHENNA UGWU - I Too Crave Death (Winner)
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  • WISDOM DEJI-FOLUTILE - Able Leader
  • UFUOMA BAKPORHE - Two Hearts One Soul 
  • TOBI HASSAN - The Cry
  • THECLA UZOZIE - Unbound
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
  • OLUFISAYO SHOLAJA - Isekonu
  • LATIFAT IFUNAYA JADESIMI - On Our Skin 
  • OHLANNA BU ZIKORA - Shall We Meet Tonight 

  • JADESIMI LATIFAT IFUNANYA - Ovisa (Winner)
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  • ADUNJESU PEDRO - Toll-Free
  • PRECIOUS ARAROMI - Mara
  • OLAMIDE AWODIRE - Echoes
BEST MAKE-UP/SFX
  • MAUREEN EBHODAGHE - On Our Skin 
  • JOSEPHINE OLUKOJU - ÀŃFÀNÍ ÌKẸYÌN (CHANCE MEDLEY)
  • DEOLA SONEYE - Nightmare

  • ANUOLUWAPO FAYENUWO - Two Of Us (Winner)
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  • MAUREEN EBHODAGHE - Ebiren Re
  • MODUPE DUROJAIYE - Song of Solomon
  • OMALICHA - Isekonu
BEST FILM EDITING
  • TOBI HASSAN - The Cry (Winner)
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  • TAOFIK AHMED, DARLINGTON ODOR, GODSPOWER EMMANUEL  - Mofe
  • WISDOM DEJI-FOLUTILE - Able Leader
  • ENOBONG ALBERT - Song of Solomon
  • OLOYEDE LCH LUTHMAN - To He Who Wants Nothing More
  • OLAMILEKAN ADEDAYO - Inside Of Me 
  • TAOFIK AHMED, DARLINGTON ODOR, GODSPOWER EMMANUEL - Ovisa
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
  • SHEDRACK SALAMI - Beyond Olympic Glory (Nigeria) (Winner)
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  • ANNABELLE AYANGBADE - What I Do Not Know Will Not Kill Me (Nigeria)
  • CELESTINA ALEOBUA - Tina, When Will You Marry (Nigeria)
  • IAN GITUKU - 10 Toes Down (Kenya)
  • DAMOLA ADEWALE, MAKINDE OLUWASEYIFUNMI, UGO NWACHUKWU - Henry, Reporting (Nigeria)
  • SHITTU ABDULAFIZ - The Grief (Nigeria)
​BEST STUDENT FILM
  • YINKA IKUBUWAJE - Omo Eko (United Kingdom) (Winner)​
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  • OLABODE ISREAL IBUKUNOLUWA, OGHENEKEVWE OKPORUWA - The Samaritan (Nigeria)
  • IVANDE MIRACLE IKYEGH - Photoshoot (Nigeria)
  • KEVIN MUKAMA - Please Wait (Uganda)
  • CHRISTOPHER LEISEWITZ, OBAKENG  MALETE - Isithunzi (South African)
  • REFILWE THAKA - Switched Perception
JURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STORYTELLING
  • THOMAS NEGOVAN - Aurora
  • WAPAH EZEIGWE - Shall We Meet Tonight 
  • BARBARA MINISHI - Inheritance
  • ADEJO ‘STORY PRIEST’ EMMANUEL - Isekonu
  • PETER INYANG - Unbound
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  • LEVGEN KOSHYN - Chop Chop (Winner)
FILMJOINT AWARD FOR VOICE OF IMPACT
  • MYDE GLOVER  - Isekonu
  • JOY NMEZI - Slot

  • MEL ROUGE - Toll-Free (Winner)
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  • WISDOM DEJI-FOLUTILE - Able Leader
  • UCHENNA UGWU - I Too Crave Death
  • ENOBONG ALBERT - Song of Solomon
  • STAN NZE, BLESSING OBASI NZE - Unbound
NAIFF AWARD FOR BEST AI FILM
  • DAVID MGBEAHURU - Godzilla In Lagos (Nigeria) (Winner)
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  • PROMISE AWOJI - Courage (Nigeria)
  • GURKAN ATAKAN - The Root (Turkiye)
  • JIMENA AGUILAR - Finnish And Paranoid Dream (Argentina)
  • STEPHEN SHENBOYEJO - Dead Drop (Nigeria)