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The biggest winners of the night at the Nollywood Movie Awards held yesterday, 13th October 2013, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos were popular Nollywood actor, OC Ukeje and the movie, Phone Swap, which emerged Box Office Movie of the Year.

The Nollywood Movies Awards was hosted by Dakore Akande and Segun Arinze who stood in for comedian.

Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Phone Swap’ not only won ‘The Box Office Movie Award’, it also went home with most awards after winning Best Movie and Best Original Screenplay

See the full winners below.

BEST MOVIE: 1. Hoodrush 2. Journey to self 3. The Meeting 4. Phone swap- winner 5. Udeme mmi 6. Mrs Somebody BEST LEAD ACTOR: 1. Bayo Alawiye – The Gods are still not to blame 2. Gabriel Afolayan – First Cause 3. Iyke Adiele – Broken 4. OC Ukeje – Hoodrush- winner 5. Moses Armstrong – Udeme mmi 6. Wale Ojo – Phone swap BEST LEAD ACTRESS: 1. Rita Dominic – The Meeting- winner 2. Nse Ikpe Etim – Mr & Mrs 3. Mercy Johnson – Dumebi 4. Funke Akindele – Maami 5. Bimbo Akintola – Hoodrush 6. Uche Jombo – Mrs Somebody BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: 1. Imeh Bishop Udoh – Udeme mmi 2. Akin Lewis – Heros & Zeros 3. Bimbo Manuel – Broken 4. Gabriel Afolayan – Hoodrush 5. Afeez Oyetoro – Phone swap 6. Bob Manuel Udokwu – Adesuwa BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. Ngozi Ezeonu – Adesuwa 2. Barbara Soky – Bridge of Hope 3. Ada Ameh – Phone swap 4. Chelsea Eze – Hoodrush 5. Mary Chukwu – Broken BEST ACTOR INDIGENOUS: 1. Ekere Nkanga – Kokomma 2. Wole Ojo – Maami 3. Segun ‘Lanko’ Ogunremi – Odasan 4. Imeh Bishop Udoh – Udeme mmi- winner BEST ACTRESS INDIGENOUS: 1. Tope Brass – Odasan 2. Belinda Effah – Kokomma 3. Obonganwan Bennet-James – Udeme Mmi 4. Funke Akindele – Maami- winner BEST INDIGENOUS MOVIE: 1. Udeme mmi 2. Odasan 3. Maami- winner 4. Kokomma BEST DIRECTOR: 1. Mildred Okwo – The Meeting- winner 2. Lancelot Imasuen – Udeme mmi 3. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush 4. Kunle Afolayan – Phone swap 5. Tope Oshin Ogun – Journey to self BEST EDITING: 1. Paul Apel – Mr & Mrs 2. Yemi Jolaosho – Phone swap 3. Victor Ehi-Amedu – Adesuwa 4. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush 5. Okey Benson – The Meeting 6. Kunle Adejuyigbe – Journey to self- winner BEST SOUND DESIGN: 1. Obi Emelonye – Last flight to Abuja- winner 2. Semiu Adewuyi – Kokomma 3. Carl Raccah – Journey to self 4. Olukunle Adegbite – The Gods are still not to blame 5. Alex Njuguna – The meeting 6. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 1. Alfred Chia – Heros & Zeros 2. James Costello – Last flight to Abuja 3. Shalom Uyi Enabulele – Broken 4. Yinka Edward – Phone swap – winner 5. Jim Bishop – The Meeting 6. Byron Ene – The Gods are still not to blame BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: 1. Tunde Babalola – Maami 2. Mildred Okwo/ Tunde Babalola – The Meeting 3. Rita C Onwurah – Udeme mmi 4. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush 5. Tchidi Chikere – Dumebi 6. Kemi Adesoye – Phoneswap BEST COSTUME DESIGN: 1: Jaiye Owolabi – The Gods are still not to blame- winner 2. Titi Aluko – Phone swap 3. Ekene Okoye Mpon: Kiss and the brides 4. Yolanda Okereke/ Aminat Olateju – Journey to self 5. Wanger Ayu/ Rosaline Ijejem – Mr & Mrs 6. Iyen Agbonifo – Adesuwa BEST MAKE-UP 1. Temisan Etsede – Adesuwa 2. Touch of Glamour/Tobi Jeje- Phillip & Korede Olowoyo – Journey to self 3. Tracy Iyoha – The Gods are still not to blame 4. Jennifer Alegieuno – The Meeting 5. Olivia Obasi – Broken BEST SET DESIGN: 1. Pat Nebo – Phone swap 2. Adeoye Bakare – Heros & Zeros 3. Hilary Patrick – The Meeting 4. Sango B’ Song – Last flight to Abuja BEST SOUNDTRACK: 1. Truth – The Meeting 2. Luke Corradine – Last flight to Abuja 3. Patrick Mathias – Hoodrush- winner 4. Slam – Udeme Mmi 5. Truth – Phone swap 6. Oludare Olateju – The Gods are still not to blame BEST DIASPORA MOVIE: 1. Man on Ground- winner 2. Alaalo 3. Turning Point 4. The past came calling 5. Secret past BEST SHORT MOVIE: 1. Unspoken- winner 2. 15 Minutes 3. Epitaph 4. Ogondah 5. Blink 6. Till Death do us apart BEST RISING STAR MALE: 1. OC Ukeje – Hoodrush 2. Ifeanyi Kalu – Kokomma 3.Bobby Obodo – Mrs Somebody 4. Uti Nwachukwu – In the cupboard- winner BEST RISING STAR FEMALE: 1. Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting 2. Belinda Effah – Kokomma- winner 3. Ijeoma Agu – Hoodrush 4. Rachel Isaac – Daisy 5. Tehila Adiele – Broken 6. Tess Abubakar – In the cupboard BEST CHILD ACTOR: 1. Ayomide Abati – Maami 2. Adeola Faseyi – Married but living single 3. Regina Ojeogwu – Wave of Glory 4- Obiora Samuel Olife – Broken Silence TOP BOX OFFICE MOVIE – Phone Swap