FILM AWARDS — SHORT FILMS

 

 

Best Short Film – By a Black Filmmaker

• See The City

• Canvas Of Roots – United Kingdom

• Returnee – France

• The Blanket – Uganda

• Beg Yuh A Call – Jamaica

• Bottled Love – U.S. Virgin Islands

• Memento Mori – Canada

• See The City – Canada

• Switch'n Lanez - United States

• Raw n Reel - United States

• Hiding At A Funeral

• Memento Mori – Canada

• Bad Day: Bad Dreams - USA

 

Best Short Film – By a Black Filmmaker (Canada)

• See The City

• Dorsin & Brown

• Keep Up

• Memento Mori

• See The City

• ANGELA

• The Housemaid

• Milton On The Runway

• Hiding At A Funeral

• Memento Mori

• Stay Awhile

 

 

Best Short Film – By a Black Filmmaker (USA)

• Bad Day: Bad Dreams - USA

• Raw n Reel - United States

• The Skin I'm In Vol. 1: Melanin Melanie – United States

• No Vagrancy – United States

• Lowelyfe Episode 1: The Only Way Out Is Through – United States

• The Sixth Stage – United States

• Waiting for Nia – United States

• Wonder Child – United States

• The Last Ride – United States

• Beyond the Limits Pilot Episode - Act The Part - United States

 

Best Short Film – By a Black Filmmaker (International)

• Crossroads – United Kingdom

• Justice – United Kingdom

• Westbound – United States

• What Are You Doing With Your Life? – United States

• Bad Day: Bad Dreams – United States

• Together (The Short) – United States

• JUMPER – United States

• Switch'n Lanez - United States

• Bad Day: Bad Dreams - USA

• Amelia – Nigeria

 

Best Short Film

• HITMAN EX – United States

• See The City - Canada

• Raw n Reel - United States

• The Housemaid – Canada

• ANGELA – Canada

• Love Missing – United States

• Float – United States

• Hail, Queen! – Brazil

• Rest – Mauritius

• Moisture – Brazil

• The Other Side – United States

• UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada 

 

Best Short Film – International

• JUMPER – United States

• UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• Black and White - Armenia

• Beg Yuh A Call – Jamaica

• The Last Day – Italy

• The Wait – Italy

• Gags – Italy

• TV Man – Italy

• Homecoming Shenanigans – Zimbabwe

• HITMAN EX – United States

• Waiting For Nia – Country Not Specified

• Beyond the Limits Pilot Episode - Act The Part - United States

 

Best Student Short Film

• Tenderhead – Canada

• Unbroken – Ghana

• Black(out) – United States

• Epic Senior Film – United States

• Don't Move – United States

• Verified – U.S. Virgin Islands

 

Best LGBT Film

• Shea, by Nasra – Canada

• Meet The Friends – United States

• Iss Taraf – India

• The G.O.A.T. – Greatest of All Trans – United States

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TV / REALITY / WEB SERIES

 

Best TV / Web Series – By a Black Filmmaker

• Dating App Chronicles – Canada

• Mancala: Crisis in Bauxite Mining – Canada

• It's Not You. It's Me: Chicago – United States

• Beyond the Limits Pilot Episode – Act The Part – United States

• Black Beyond Borders: Dakar, Senegal – United States

• The Swarm Legacy - United States

 

 

DIRECTING

 

Best Director

• Frank Rice Jr. - JUMPER – United States

• Maurice Moore - Finding Solace – United States

• Andrew Moodie - Memento Mori – Canada

• Mia Golden – See The City – Canada

• Andrew Moodie – Memento Mori – Canada

• Mikey T. Campbell – Beg Yuh A Call – Jamaica

• Michael Fantauzzi – The Last Day – Italy

• Maurice Simmons – Waiting For Nia – Country Not Specified

• Mona Hersi, & Hannah Yohannes - Hiding At A Funeral – Canada

• Michael Fantauzzi – The Wait – Italy

• Alexandre Bernard Belke  - UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• David Li - The Lucky Draw – Canada

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Best Director – USA

• Mark Yeazel  - CAPTIVES – USA

• Maurice Moore - Finding Solace – United States

• Teco Benson – SHATTA – United States

• Anthony L. Williams – It's Not You. It's Me: Chicago – United States

• Cortez Mack – Director's Reel – United States

• Stephanie Annette – 2 Story Home – United States

• Miles Eason – Can't Buy Loyalty – United States

• Brian Jervay – The Truth About Cynthia – United States

• Richard G. Miller – The Tank (Teaser Cut) – United States

• James Curry – Westbound – United States

• Frank Rice Jr. - JUMPER – United States

• Jeffrey Williams - Force of Blue - United States

 

Best Director – International

• James Curry – Masterjam – United States

• Kem Frasier – Life Gave Me A Twist – United States

• Mark Yeazel – Captives – United States

• Jamon Holmes – HITMAN EX – United States

• Michael Fantauzzi – Gags – Italy

• Maurice Moore - Finding Solace – United States

• Mark Yeazel  - CAPTIVES – USA

• Stephanie Annette - 2 Story Home – United States

• Alexandre Bernard Belke - UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• Kendrick Ramon McLin - Bad Day: Bad Dreams – USA

• Nathaniel Lloyd Richards - Drowning: The Art of Survival - United Kingdom

• David Li - The Lucky Draw – Canada

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Best Visual Effects

• Beyond the Limits Pilot Episode – Act The Part – United States

• The Tank (Teaser Cut) – United States

• A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

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FILM AWARDS — FEATURE FILMS

 

Best Picture Film

• Captives – USA

• SHATTA – United States

• A Perfect Blemish – United States

• Homecoming Shenanigans – Zimbabwe

• Memento Mori – Canada

• Finding Solace – United States

• A Long Way Home – United States

• UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• Wages Against Sin - United States

• The Lucky Draw – Canada

 

Best Film – By a Black Filmmaker

• A Long Way Home – United States

• SHATTA – United States

• The Landlord – United States

• 2 Story Home – United States

• The Truth About Cynthia – United States

• Can't Buy Loyalty – United States

• Christmas In The Heart – United States

• Finding Solace – United States

• ANGELA – Canada

• Wages Against Sin - United States

 

Best Film – Black Female Filmmaker

• Through Her Eyes – Nigeria

• See The City – Canada

• SHATTA – United States

• 2 Story Home – United States

• Together (The Short) – United States

• ANGELA – Canada

• Hiding At A Funeral

• 2 Story Home – United States

• Joan Bressler Set in Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition (SIP)

 

Best Film – Female Filmmaker (International)

• Through Her Eyes – Nigeria

• Returnee – France

• SHATTA – United States

• 2 Story Home – United States

• Unforgettable Love and Promises – China

• Life Gave Me A Twist – United States

• A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

• Jennifer Whitney - Finding Solace – United States

• 2 Story Home – United States

• The Lucky Draw – Canada

 

Best First Feature

• Captives – USA

• A Perfect Blemish – United States

• 2 Story Home – United States

• The Truth About Cynthia – United States

• Stepping Off with Juvey-D – United States

• Jeffrey Williams - Force of Blue - United States

• Made For Each Other: A Musical Journey Through Grief – United States

 

FILM AWARDS — DOCUMENTARY

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Best Documentary Feature – By a Black Filmmaker

• Force of Blue - United States

• Heading West 2: If The Lions Don't Tell Their Story – United States

• He-Motions – United States

• The Assassination of President William R. Tolbert Jr. – United States

• The Hamilton Park Way – Country Not Specified

• Three Black Men – United States

• BLACK AF – United States

• Mask-Off: Holding Onto You – United States

• Spray Can Stories – United States

• Force of Blue – United States

• Farewell, America – United States

• Cradled In Culture: Reclaiming the Legacy of Black Doula Care – United States

 

Best Documentary Feature – International

• Farewell, America – United States

• Bittersweet: Black College Life at a Predominantly White Institution – United States

• Twin Tongues – Puerto Rico

• Where's My Coffee Cup? – United States

• No Filter Café – France

• The Assassination of President William R. Tolbert Jr. – United States

• Via Dolorosa: The Path of Sorrows – Palestine

• All The Mountains Give – Iran

• N.P. 2100 – United States

• Black Beyond Borders: Dakar, Senegal – United States

• Made For Each Other: A Musical Journey Through Grief – United States

• Drowning: The Art of Survival - United Kingdom

 

Best Short Documentary – By a Black Filmmaker

• Drowning: The Art of Survival - United Kingdom

• Black Soil Rising: An Alabama Family's Fight for a Legacy Stolen by Oil & Gas – United States

• Dreams Float Around Us – United States

• Love, Law, Legacy: Documentary Short Highlights Florida’s Trailblazing Black Legal Pioneers – United States

• Spray Can Stories – United States

• 1921 – United States

• Bipolar: What They Don't Tell You – Guyana / Mali / Nigeria / Saint Lucia / Sierra Leone / United Kingdom

• Mixed Memories (Mémoires Métissées) – Canada

• State Champions – United States

• Ring Shout – Let The Circle Be Unbroken – United States

• Life Gave Me A Twist – United States

• Made For Each Other: A Musical Journey Through Grief – United States

 

Best Short Documentary – International

• War Child Chose Science – Finland

• Fighting Chance – United Kingdom

• Obroni Wawu – Dead White Man's Clothes – United Kingdom

• Soaring Mission: Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Black Community – United States

• State Champions – United States

• Dreams Float Around Us – United States

• Jamaica – Vibrant Heart of the Caribbean – Jamaica

• The Giant of Africa – Nigeria

• Masterjam – United States

• The Swarm Legacy -  United States

• Black Beyond Borders: Dakar, Senegal – United States

• Made For Each Other: A Musical Journey Through Grief – United States​

 

Best Producer

• Jennifer Whitney, Maurice Moore - Finding Solace – United States

• Ana-Maria Butcura, M. Golden, B. Dondale, P. Tuba – See The City – Canada

• Claret Onukogu – SHATTA – United States

• Anthony L. Williams, D. Motley, M. O'Neal, S. Paez, B. Kowalski – It's Not You. It's Me: Chicago – United States

• Alvin Mankuro – 2 Story Home – United States

• Brian Jervay – The Truth About Cynthia – United States

• Mikey T. Campbell – Beg Yuh A Call – Jamaica

• Prince Humble, R. Iyafokhai – A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

• Mona Hersi, & Hannah Yohannes - Hiding At A Funeral – Canada

• Kevin Romano – Huhn - UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• Kendrick Ramon McLin - Bad Day: Bad Dreams – USA

• Thomas Anderson, J.Kau  & F.Rice Jr. - JUMPER – United States

• Nathaniel Lloyd Richards - Drowning: The Art of Survival - United Kingdom

• Jeffrey Williams - Force of Blue - United States

• Grace Wei - The Lucky Draw – Canada

 

 

Best Cinematography

• A Long Way Home – United States

• See The City – Canada

• It's Not You. It's Me: Chicago – United States

• 2 Story Home – United States

• Westbound – United States

• Moisture – Brazil

• ANGELA – Canada

• Captives – United States

• Finding Solace – United States

• Hiding At A Funeral – Canada

• UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• JUMPER – United States

• The Lucky Draw – Canada

 

Best Original Music / Score

• Force of Blue - United States

• Finding Solace – United States

• See The City – Canada

• The Specialists – Country Not Specified

• Masterjam – United States

• No Filter Café – France

• The Blanket – Uganda

• A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

• Bless the Lord  - Canada

• UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• JUMPER – United States

• Drowning: The Art of Survival - United Kingdom

• Wages Against Sin - United States

• The Lucky Draw – Canada

• The G.O.A.T. - Greatest of All Trans

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Best Movie Trailer

• Force of Blue - United States

• JUMPER – United States

• A Long Way Home – United States

• Waiting for Nia – United States

• Milton On The Runway – Canada

• Mahatma – India

• Westbound – United States

• Masterjam – United States

• No Filter Café – France

• A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

• Finding Solace – United States

• Black and White - Armenia

• Switch'n Lanez - United States

• Lowelyfe Episode 1: The Only Way Out Is Through - United States

 

Best Movie Poster

• The Lucky Draw – Canada

• Broken - United States

• UNTHINKABLE Appetite – Canada

• Live Forever – Canada

• A Long Way Home – United States

• See The City – Canada

• Milton On The Runway – Canada

• Westbound – United States

• Masterjam – United States

• No Filter Café – France

• Black and White – Armenia

• Lowelyfe Episode 1: The Only Way Out Is Through - United States

• Black Beyond Borders: Dakar, Senegal – United States

 

Best Music Video – By a Black Filmmaker

• Candy Daze! – United States

• Liar – United States

• Someday (Musical Documentary) – United States

• DPB – American Strong – United States

• Keep Up – Canada

• Mighty Hallelujah – Canada

• "You Are My Design" Music Video Collage – United States

 

Best Music Video – International Film

• The Before – United States

• Someday (Musical Documentary) – United States

• Hangover – United States

• Blues In the Middle of Christmas Night – Canada

• The G.O.A.T. - Greatest of All Trans

 

SCREENWRITING

 

Best Screenplay (61–120 Pages)

• The Therapist – Country Not Specified

• What We Carry – Country Not Specified

• Joan Bressler Set in Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition (SIP) – Country Not Specified

• Dead Eyes – United States

• How I Used to Be (V8) – written by Gisela Maioli - Argentina

 

Best Screenplay (31–60 Pages)

• (Pilot) Lilac of the Valley: Carnal Bloom - Written by Hannah Rose Vernot

• The Past That Will Not Die – Country Not Specified

• Harbor – United States

 

Best Short Screenplay (1–30 Pages)

• 10–11 In Progress – Country Not Specified

• Out – United States

• Will – United States

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REGIONAL & SPECIAL RECOGNITION

 

Best Nollywood Film

• Through Her Eyes – Nigeria

• Alpha – Country Not Specified

• SHATTA – United States

• Paradise Africa – Nigeria

• The Specialists – Country Not Specified

• Point of Theft – Nigeria

• A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

 

Best African Film

• Ku Handza – Mozambique, Portugal

• Thanks for Lunch – South Africa

• SHATTA – United States

• A Christmas Bride – Nigeria

• EKUNDAYO: The Journey to the Beginning – Nigeria

 

Best Caribbean Film

• Just Like Mommy – Jamaica

• Beg Yuh A Call – Jamaica

• Bottled Love – U.S. Virgin Islands

 

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Lucky Draw – Canada

• No Filter Café – France

• TV Man – Italy

• Black and White - Armenia

 

Best Gospel Video / Drama / Film / Musical

• Alpha – Country Not Specified

• My Savior – Country Not Specified

• mentary

 

Best Film Made with a Cell Phone / Tablet

• Black Beyond Borders: Dakar, Senegal (Series) – United States

• Bad Day: Bad Dreams – United States

• At Last – Atlas – United States

 

Best Animated Film

• Switch'n Lanez – United States

• DR Majek and the Ghost – Nigeria

• Brushstrokes-Rev – United States

• Live Forever  – Canada

• A snack for Ani – Canada

• The G.O.A.T. - Greatest of All Trans

 

Best AI-Generated Short Film

• DANCE RINSE AID – Canada

• Switch'n Lanez - United States

 

Best Experimental Film

• The Lucky Draw - Canada

• Force of Blue - United States

• JUMPER – United States

• Broken - United States

• Memento Mori – Canada

• The G.O.A.T. - Greatest of All Trans

• Black and White - Armenia

• Captives – USA

• Switch'n Lanez - United States

• The Clod And The Pebble Featuring Milton Myrie - United Kingdom

• Beyond the Limits Pilot Episode - Act The Part - United States

• Lowelyfe Episode 1: The Only Way Out Is Through - United States

• Black Beyond Borders: Dakar, Senegal – United States

• A Long Way Home – United States

• Drowning: The Art of Survival - United Kingdom

• Made For Each Other: A Musical Journey Through Grief – United States