MultiChoice has announced the commencement of preparations toward the ninth edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA), with a call for entries.

Its head of Content and West Africa Channels, Dr Busola Tejumola, made the announcement in a statement yesterday, calling on all African filmmakers to submit their movies and films publicly exhibited or broadcast between Dec. 1, 2021 and Jan. 31, 2023, for 2023 edition of the awards.

According to her, the entry portal opens on February 20 and closes on March 10.

To enter the awards, all filmmakers must prepare a 5-minute-long show reel, the video must be less than 300MB and submitted on the Africa Magic website, the website will allocate a unique reference number to each completed online submission.

According to Tejumola, the ninth edition, slated for later in the year, will see the return of the ‘Best Online Social Content Creator’ category which comedian, Sabinus, took home last year.–