WINNERS for the 2022 Film Festival are in!

*****DOCUMENTARY SHORTS *****

Best Short Documentary

Wade In the Water (Cathleen Dean)

Best Long Form Episodic Documentary

I SEE YOU: Episode 1 (Dez Mighty)

***** FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES ******

Best Feature Documentary

Send Proof (Elijah Stephens)

Honorable Mention

Mr. Emancipation : The Walter Perry Story (Preston Chase)

****ANIMATION*****

Best Animation Short

The Better Angels (Michael Cusack)

Excellence in Art Design

Rain (Mahdi Barqzadegan)

***** SHORT FILMS  *****

Best Experimental Short

Pantomime – a love beyond colour (Utpal Choudhury)

Best Narrative Short

Lilian (Cathy Elizabeth Tyson)

Best Actor in a Narrative Short

Benjamin Young (Who is Jerry Adams?)

Best Supporting Actor in a Narrative Short

C. J. Baker (Who is Jerry Adams?)

Best Actress in a Narrative Short

Cathy Tyson (LILIAN)

Best Supporting Actress in a Narrative Short

Katie Brittain (LILIAN)

**** NARRATIVE FEATURES *****

Best Narrative Feature

Slovo House: Unfinished Novel (Director Taras Tomenko)

Best Original Score

Paul Wright III (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Best Sound Design

Alla Zahaikevich  (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)

Rising Star Director Award

Lola Atkins (Purple Beatz)

Ndinadsawapanga Award

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Director: Denise Dowse/Producer Ericka Nicole Malone)

Best Ensemble Acting Award

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (Director: Denise Dowse/Producer Ericka Nicole Malone)

Best Supporting Actor in a Narrative Feature

Viacheslav Dovzhenko (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature

Dmytro Oliynyk (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)

Best Supporting Actress in a Narrative Feature

Janet Hubert (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Best Actress in a Narrative Feature

Ledisi (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)