2023 Filmmaker Awards Announced!

JURIED AWARDS

Best Feature Narrative

Rye Lane
(UK)
Director: Raine Allen-Miller

 

Best First Feature Narrative

A Song From the Dark
(Nigeria/UK)
Director: Ogo Okpue

 

Best Feature Documentary

King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
(France/US)
Director: Harriet Marin Jones

 

Best First Feature Documentary

Wade in the Water: A Journey into Black Surfing and Aquatic Culture
(US)
Director: David Mesfin

 

Best Short Narrative

True Story: God Tells Bad Jokes
(US)
Director: Matthew Law

 

Best Short Documentary

American Justice on Trial: People vs. Newton
(US)
Directors: Andrew Abrahams & Herb Ferrette

 

PROGRAMMERS’ AWARDS

Programmers’ Award: Best Narrative Feature

The Honeymoon
(S.A.)
Director: Bianca Isaac

 

Programmers’ Award: Best Documentary Feature

The Africologist: The Chronicles of Africa
(Cape Verde/Egypt/Ghana/Guinea Bissau/Kenya/Morocco/Senegal/
S.A./Tanzania)
Director: Valerio Lopes

 

Programmers’ Award: Best Short Narrative

Raw Materials
(Jamaica)
Director: Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly

 

Programmers’ Award: Short Documentary

Team Dream (US)
Director: Luchina Fisher

 

PAFF EXECUTIVES’ AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature

Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Senegal/Mali/Italy/France/Canada)
Director: Robert Guédiguian

 

Best Documentary Feature

Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet
(US)
Director: Yvan Iturriaga & Francisco Nuñez

 

Best Short Narrative

We Were Meant To
(US)
Director: Tari Wariebi

 

Best Short Documentary

Ifine
(US/Sierra Leone)
Director: Adisa Gilbert & Ebony Gilbert