2024 FILMMAKER AWARDS

JURY AWARDS

Best Feature Narrative

We Grown Now
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Minhal Baig

 

Best First Feature Narrative

Power Alley
(Brazil 🇧🇷)
Director: Lillah Halla

 

Best Feature Documentary

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Ben Shapiro and Sam Pollard

 

Best First Feature Documentary

Brief Tender Light
(Ghana 🇬🇭)
Director: Arthur Musah

 

Best Short Narrative

The Last Ranger
(South Africa 🇿🇦)
Director: Cindy Lee

 

Best Short Documentary

Own the 8 Count
(US 🇺🇸)
Directors: child

AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARDS

Narrative Feature

Doka
(Ethiopia 🇪🇹)
Directors: Kidist Yilma

and

Outlaw Posse
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Mario Van Peebles

 

Documentary Feature

HumaniTree: A Story of Us Humans
(UK 🇬🇧)
Director: Nuakai Aru

and

Respect My Crown: The Rise of African American Women in California Politics
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Pamela Bright-Moon

 

Short Narrative

Superman Doesn’t Steal
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Tamika Lamison

 

Short Documentary

The Orchestra Chuck Built
(US 🇺🇸)
Directors: Christopher Stoudt

PROGRAMMERS' AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature

Outlaw Posse
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Mario Van Peebles

 

Best Documentary Feature

One Person, One Vote?
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Maximina Juson

 

Best Short

Inner Demons
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Jasmine J Johnson

 

JA'NET DUBOIS FESTIVAL AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature

Bob Marley: One Love
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

 

Best Documentary

Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Colin Still

 

Best Short

As the Cookie Crumbles
(US 🇺🇸)
Director: Aimiende Negbenebor Sela