The Jury, Audience, Festival, and other special award-winners of the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival were announced February 17th at the Festival’s Awards Ceremony hosted by actress CCH Pounder (Avatar) at the Culver Plaza Theatres in Los Angeles. The Kenyan narrative From A Whisper won for Best Narrative Feature. A three-way tie was announced for the Audience Favorite Narrative Award for films Soul Diaspora, A Sting in a Tale, and Speed-Dating. The documentary on the L.A. Black Panthers 41st & Central: The Untold Story of the L.A. Black Panthers won the Audience Favorite Documentary Award.
With the theme “Get Involved,” this year’s PAFF featured 135 films representing 36 countries, including 40 in competition, 64 feature length films, and 12 world premieres.
The films receiving Jury Awards were selected from six categories: Best Feature Documentary, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Short, Best Feature Narrative, and First Time Narrative Feature Directing. All films in competition were also eligible for the PAFF’s Audience Awards as selected by Festival audiences. The PAFF Board of Directors and Programmer Festival Awards were awarded to their pick for Best Documentary and Best Narrative film. A special award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles Festival Choice Award was awarded to the film From A Whisper.
FROM A WHISPER
STOLEN
CRED
FOR THE BEST AND FOR THE ONION! (POUR LE MEILLEUR ET POUR L’OIGNON!)
THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE
SOUL DIASPORA
A STING AND A TALE
SPEED DATING
41ST & CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS
EVERYDAY BLACK MAN
SWEET CRUDE
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
