The nominees for the 2025 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards have been revealed, with Femi Adebayo’s Seven Doors topping the list with nine nominations. Close behind is Ibrahim Yekini’s Abanisete, which earned eight nods. Other notable films include My Mother Is a Witch and Farmer’s Bride, securing seven and six nominations, respectively.

The awards ceremony is set for December 14, 2025, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, and will feature a Guinness World Record attempt for the longest red carpet along the new Coastal Road.

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Full List of Nominees

Best Actor

• Ibrahim Yekini – Abanisete
• Gideon Okeke – Blackout
• Femi Adebayo – Seven Doors
• Razaq Adoti – Son of the Soil
• Tobi Bakre – Farmer’s Bride
• Jide Awobona – Inspector Jero

Best Actress

• Folu Storms – Red Circle
• Gbubemi Ejeye – Farmer’s Bride
• Padita Agu – Blackout
• Efe Irele – My Mother Is a Witch
• Chioma Chukwuka – Seven Doors
• Florence Nwachukwu – Fury

Best Kiss

• Tobi Bakre & Gbubemi Ejeye – Farmer’s Bride
• Timini Egbuson & TJ Omusuku – Reel Love
• Kunle Remi & Tope Olowoniyan – The Party
• Padita Agu & Demola Adedoyin – Planning Forever
• Tobi Bakre & Folu Storms – Red Circle

Best Director

• Niyi Akinmolayan – My Mother Is a Witch
• Adebayo Tijani & Tope Adebayo – Abanisete
• Adebayo Tijani & Jack’enneth Opukeme – Farmer’s Bride
• Tope Adebayo & Adebayo Tijani – Her Excellency
• Toka McBaror – The Waiter
• Adebayo Tijani, Tope Adebayo & Femi Adebayo – Seven Doors

Movie of the Year

• Abanisete
• My Mother Is a Witch
• Farmer’s Bride
• The Waiter
• Her Excellency
• The Serpent’s Gift

Best Series

• The Party
• Seven Doors

Best Supporting Actor

• Stan Nze – Serpent’s Gift
• Femi Branch – Owambe Thieves
• Adedimeji Lateef – Red Circle
• Buchi Franklin – The Waiter
• Taye Arimoro – Son of the Soil
• Neo Akpofure – My Mother Is a Witch

Best Supporting Actress

• Mercy Aigbe – My Mother Is a Witch
• Bolaji Ogunmola – Longing
• Tina Mba – The Serpent’s Gift
• Mercy Aigbe – Farmer’s Bride
• Susan Jimah – Take My Breath Away
• Kehinde Bankole – Iyalode

Best Social Message

• Out in the Darkness
• My Mother Is a Witch
• Fury
• Longing
• Mayomi
• Blackout
• Single Mother

Best Costume

• Owambe Thieves
• Abanisete
• Iyalode
• Labake Olododo
• Seven Doors
• Olomi
• The Serpent’s Gift

Best Sound

• Red Circle
• Agemo
• Anjola
• Fury
• Reel Love
• Ewu Ife

Best Soundtrack

• My Mother Is a Witch
• Take My Breath Away
• Olomi
• Durotimi
• The Serpent’s Gift

Best Use of Food

• Owambe Thieves
• Longing
• Alakada: Bad and Boujee
• 07.03 (The 7th of the 3rd)
• Farmer’s Bride

Best Child Actor

• Ahmad Isa – Finding Nina
• Yoma Davidson – Den of Safety
• Royal Aziomaku – Seven Doors
• Adeshina Daniel – Telephone

Best Child Actress

• Ijelu Folajimi – Son of the Soil
• Darasimi Nadi – Agemo
• Diva Owoniyi – Den of Safety
• Kamdi Ugochkwu – A Ride with Forever
• Angel Unigwe – In My Circle

Most Promising Actor

• Razaaq Adoti – Son of the Soil
• Yomi Orimadegun – The Boy from the Window
• Korede Lawal – On Our Skin
• Abduazeem M. Ibrahim – Finding Nina

Most Promising Actress

• Dolapo Oyebamiji – Olomi
• Lila Idoko – I Am Anis
• Sylvia Ebere – Flipside
• Sunshine Rosman – Son of the Soil
• Temitope Luqman – Durotimi

Best Production Design

• Seven Doors
• Labake Olododo
• Abanisete
• Iyalode
• Farmer’s Bride

Best Screenplay

• Thinline
• Ewu Ife
• Owambe Thieves
• Fixing Others
• The Serpent’s Gift
• Blackout
• Agemo

Best Special Effect

• Seven Doors
• Labake Olododo
• Son of the Soil
• Red Circle
• The Waiter
• Abanisete
• Iyalode

Best Documentary

• Beyond Olympic Glory
• Nigeria Laughs
• Not Addressing This Anymore

Best Editing

• Son of the Soil
• The Waiter
• Reel Love
• Red Circle
• Between Silence & Truth
• Olomi
• Agemo

Best Cinematography

• 07.03 (The 7th of the 3rd)
• My Mother Is a Witch
• Abanisete
• Agemo
• Seven Doors
• The Serpent’s Gift
• Finding Nina

Best Indigenous Movie

• Abanisete
• Brotherly Love
• Iyalode
• The Serpent’s Gift
• Agemo
• My Mother Is a Witch
• Olomi

Best Makeup

• The Waiter
• Seven Doors
• Iyalode
• Abanisete
• Labake Olododo

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The BON Awards return to Lagos this year, with industry stakeholders praising the organizers for their commitment to recognizing excellence in Nollywood.