2022 PAFF FILMMAKER AWARD WINNERS
Jury Awards
Best Feature Narrative – Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (Chad) – Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Best First Feature Narrative – Queen of Glory (US) – Directed by Nana Mensah
Best Feature Documentary – Buddy Guy: the Blues Chase the Blues Away (US) — Directed by Charles Todd & Devin Amar
Best First Feature Documentary – Africa and I (South Africa) — Directed by Othmane Zolati & Chris Green
Best Short Narrative – Slow Pulse (US) – Directed by Marshall Tyler
Best Short Documentary – Cuba in Africa (Cuba/US) — Directed by Negash Abdurahman
Programmers’ Awards
Programmers’ Award: Narrative Feature – Ayinla (Nigeria) – Directed by Tunde Kelani
Programmers’ Award: Documentary – Race Today (UK) — Directed by Wayne G Saunders
Programmers’ Award: Short Narrative – 2 Eye Drops from Normal (US) — Directed by Mora Carew
Programmers’ Award: Short Documentary – For Love & Legacy (US)–Directed by A.K. Sandhu
Audience Awards
Audience Favorite: Feature Narrative – Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (US) — Directed by Denise Dowse
Audience Favorite: Feature Documentary (tie) – The Dream Whisperer (US) – Directed by Eric Drath and Ferguson Rises (US) – Directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
Audience Favorite: Short Narrative – Contraban (US) – Directed by Chelsea Hicks
Audience Favorite: Short Documentary – Crawford – The Man the South Forgot (US) – Directed by Carol Devoe
Ja’net Dubois Awards
Narrative – A Brother’s Whisper (US) — Directed by Jacinto Taras Riddick
Documentary– Grandpa was an Emperor (US/Canada/Ethiopia/France/Germany/Jamaica/UK) — Directed by Constance Marks