By Hassan Sanusi
Award-winning Nollywood filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 was the biggest winner at the 2015 AMVCA which held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, walking away with 9 awards in total.
The filmmaker made it to the winners list, winning the Best Director award as well as the prize for overall Best Movie for his 2014 effort which has been acclaimed as one of the best efforts to come out of Nigeria. This is after it had won in the categories of Best Makeup Artiste, Best Writer Drama, Best Sound Editing, Best Lighting Designer, Best Actress in a Drama and others.
October 1 is a 2014 Nigerian dark psychological thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan. The movie stars Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, David Bailie, Kehinde Bankole, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Nick Rhys, Kunle Afolayan, Femi Adebayo, Bimbo Manuel, Ibrahim Chatta and introduced Demola Adedoyin and Deola Sagoe among others.