The Panafrican film festival featured at least 150 films from Africa and The Diaspora. Attendees were presented with a great opportunity to learn of social and political issues that affect folks of African descent worldwide and learn about our cultural similarities and differences.
Here is the list of the 2015 Panafrican Film & Arts Festival Winners:
Best Feature Narrative:
Difret (Ethiopia), Director: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Special Jury Recognition-Feature Narrative:
Imperial Dreams (US), Director: Malik Vitthal
Best Director-First Feature Narrative:
Unsound (US), Director: Darious Britt
Special Jury Recognition-Director – First Feature Narrative:
Christmas Wedding Baby (US), Director: Kiara C Jones
Best Documentary:
The Case of the Three Sided Dream (US), Director: Adam Kahan
Special Jury Recognition-Documentary:
Tales of the Grim Sleeper (US), Director: Nick Broomfield
Best Narrative Short:
The Bravest, The Boldest (US), Director: Moon Molson
Special Jury Recognition-Short Narrative:
Love Thyself (US), Director: Chris Bailey
Festival Programmers’ Award-Narrative Feature:
October 1 (Nigeria), Director: Kunle Afolayan
Festival Programmers’ Award-Documentary:
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (US), Director: Carol Bash
Festival Founders’ Award- Narrative:
Triangle-Going to America (Sost Maezen) (Ethiopia), Director: Theodros Teshome Kebede
Festival Founders’ Award-Documentary:
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (US), Director: Stanley Nelson
CAPRI Capital Partners Award:
The Man in 3B (US), Director: Trey Haley
Audience Award—Documentary
Bound: Africans vs African Americans (US), Director: Peres Owino
Audience Award—Narrative Feature (tie):
The Two of Us (Thina Sobabili) (South Africa), Director: Ernest Nkosi and Imperial Dreams (US), Director: Malik Vitthal
BAFTA LA PRIZE (Pan African Film Festival-British Academy of Film and Television Arts/LA Prize):
Gone Too Far!, (UK) Director: Destiny Ekaragha
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