NOMINATIONS for the 2022 Film Festival are in!

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

Best Short Documentary

Sea Pharaoh’s Circles (Wayne Williams)

Wade In the Water (Cathleen Dean)

Brian’s Story: Love & Solitude (Ant Wright)

Honourable Mention – Short Documentary

TBA

Best Long Form Episodic Documentary

TBA

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

Best Feature Documentary

Alice’s Book – How the Nazis stole my Grandmother’s cookbook (Andrea Oster)

New Light – the Rijksmuseum and Slavery (Ida Does)

Return to Palau (Michelle Hamel)

Send Proof (Elijah Stephens)

Honorable Mention

TBA

****ANIMATION*****

Best Animation Short

The Better Angels (Michael Cusack)

‘Pipi Thay Too’ (‘The Grandmother Tree’) (Laura Alice)

Rain (Mahdi Barqzadegan)

Excellence in Art Design

Rain (Mahdi Barqzadegan)

The Tale of Morin Khuur (August Liu)

Red Fire ( Mona A.Shahi)

***** SHORT FILMS  *****

Best Experimental Short

Infinite (Nils Witt)

Pantomime – a love beyond colour (Utpal Choudhury)

What’s the Mark? (Stacey Larkins)

Best Narrative Short

A Fallen Fruit (Amit Dubey)

The Will and the Wall (Mostafa Keshvari)

Who Is Jerry Adams? (Michael Degani)

Lilian (Cathy Elizabeth Tyson)

Honorable Mention for Best Score in a Narrative Short

TBA

Best Actor in a Narrative Short

Austin Pendleton (Essentials)

Harish Tiwari (Pantomime – a love beyond colour)

Horn Chun Meng (A Fallen Fruit)

Benjamin Young (Who is Jerry Adams?)

Best Supporting Actor in a Narrative Short

Sokari Erekosima (NIGHT SHIFT)

Devabrata Chakravarty (Pantomime – a love beyond colour)

Benjamin Vladivieso (The Will and the Wall)

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

Best Actress in a Narrative Short

Christianah Hodding (NIGHT SHIFT)

Cathy Tyson (LILIAN)

Rene Henry (WHAT’S THE MARK?)

Carol Doyle (PUT AWAY)

Best Supporting Actress in a Narrative Short

Katie Brittain (LILIAN)

Rhea Bailey (FINDING WILSON)

**** NARRATIVE FEATURES *****

Best Narrative Feature

Purple Beatz (Director: Lola Atkins)

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

Slovo House: Unfinished Novel (Director Taras Tomenko)

Best Original Score

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

Alla Zahaikevich  (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)

Best Sound Design

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

Alla Zahaikevich  (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)

Rising Star Director Award

TBA

Ndinadsawapanga Award

TBA

Best Ensemble Acting Award

TBA

Best Supporting Actor in a Narrative Feature

Aron Von Andrian (Purple Beatz)

Corbin Bleu (Remember Me: the Mahalia Jackson Story)

Viacheslav Dovzhenko (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)*

Rising Star  Actor Award

TBA

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature

Steven Michael ‘O Hara (Purple Beatz)

Keith David (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Columbus Short (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Dmytro Oliynyk (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)

Best Supporting Actress in a Narrative Feature

Erika Alexander (Purple Beatz)

Janet Hubert (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Wendy Raquel Robinson (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Maryna Koshkina (Slovo House Unfinished Novel)

Best Actress in a Narrative Feature

Izzy Jones (Purple Beatz)

Ledisi (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Shaleah Nicole (Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story)

Valeria Khodos (Slovo House: Unfinished Novel)