XXXII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2017
FILM AWARDS

 

XXXII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2017 Film Awards


Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
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MOUNT MISERY
Director: Christene A. Browne
Canada 2016

ORI INU: IN SEARCH OF SELF
Director: Chelsea Odufu
USA 2016


Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People
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CHAIRMAN JONES: AN IMPROBABLE LEADER
Director: Anna R. Jones
USA 2015

SHASHAMANE
Director: Giulia Amati
Ethiopia/Italy 2016

THE GATHERING
Director: Micki Dickoff
USA 2016

THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS OF ANGELA BOWEN
Director: Jennifer Abod
USA 2016


Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
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CIRCUS DEBERE BERHAN
Director: Lukas Berger
Portugal/Germany 2015


Best film/video in the Fine Arts Discipline
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SONGS FOR MADAGASCAR
Director: Cesar Paes
France/Madagascar/Belgium 2016


Best film/video narrative production
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SUNDAY FUN DAY
Directors: Maxine Eloi & Rob Underhill
USA 2017

THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE
Directors: Sohail Qamar & Matthias Tschiedel
Pakistan/Germany 2016


Best film/video documentary production
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AGENTS OF CHANGE

Directors: Frank Dawson & Abby Ginzberg
USA 2016

THE KUSINI CONCEPT: THE PRIDE & SABOTAGE
Director: S. Torriano Berry
USA 2015

THE SARA SPENCER WASHINGTON STORY
Director: Royston Scott
USA 2016


Special Acknowledgement
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On The Rise – 8 Short Films from Sierra Leone regarding Gender Equality

CONVICTED! WHAT NEXT? / WAS RECHT NICHT RICHTEN KANN
Director: Mohamed Alarini Bah
Sierra Leone 2016

DIANA’S DIARY / DIANAS TAGEBUCH
Director: Mohamed Janneh
Sierra Leone 2016

MY LIFE, MY CHOICE / MEIN LEBEN GEHÖRT MIR!
Directors: Patience George & Ibrahim Bah
Sierra Leone 2016

OUR LAND, OUR RIGHTS / MUTTERLAND
Director: Santigie Sesay
Sierra Leone 2016

OUR MISTAKES / GEGEN DIE ABMACHUNG
Director: Cecilia M. Karimu
Sierra Leone 2016

PLAN WELL / EINE FAMILIE NACH PLAN
Director: Franklin T. O. M’Cormack
Sierra Leone 2016

SECRET PAIN / VERSCHWIEGENE WUNDEN
Director: Salamatu Kuyateh
Sierra Leone 2016

WHO TO CHOOSE / EINE SCHULUNIFORM FÜR ABIE
Director: Abass Foday Fofanah
Sierra Leone 2016

MOTTOS
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won´t if I don´t..." - Oscar Brown Jr.
"Mankind will either find a way or make one." - C.P. Snow
"Whatever you do..., be cool!" - Joseph Louis Turner
"Yes, I can...!" - Sammy Davis Jr.
"Yes, We can...!" - Barack Hussein Obama
"Yes, we can and Yes, we better...!" - Barack Hussein Obama and Donald Muldrow Griffith

 

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