2023 FILMMAKER AWARDS
JURY 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
AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARDS
Narrative Feature
First
(US)
Directors: Jahmela Yarbrough & Brandon Yarbrough
Documentary Feature
Hargrove
(France/Italy/US)
Director: Eliane Henri
Short Narrative
Port of a Prince
(Haiti/US)
Director: JR Aristide
Short Documentary
Ifine
(US/Sierra Leone)
Directors: Adisa Septuri & Ebony Gilbert
PROGRAMMERS' AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature
The Honeymoon
(S.A.)
Director: Bianca Isaac
Best Documentary Feature
The Africologist: The Chronicles of Africa
(Cape Verde/Egypt/Ghana/Guinea Bissau/Kenya/Morocco/Senegal/
S.A./Tanzania)
Director: Valerio Lopes
Best Short Narrative
Raw Materials
(Jamaica)
Director: Sosiessia Nixon-Kelly
Short Documentary
Team Dream
(US)
Director: Luchina Fisher
PAFF EXECUTIVE'S AWARDS
Narrative Feature
Dancing the Twist in Bamako
(Senegal/Mali/Italy/France/Canada)
Director: Robert Guédiguian
Documentary Feature
Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet
(US)
Director: Yvan Iturriaga & Francisco Nuñez
Short Narrative
We Were Meant To
(US)
Director: Tari Wariebi
Short Documentary
Ifine
(US/Sierra Leone)
Director: Adisa Septuri & Ebony Gilbert
