Our Success Stories
2023
Goodbye Julia
Producer: Amjad Abu Alala
Director: Mohamed Kordofani
Writer: Mohamed Kordofani
Year at DFM: 2020
Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.
- Cannes Film Festival 2023 – Un Certain Regard
- Belfast Film Festival 2023
- European Film Festival in SA 2023 – Opening film
- BFI London Film Festival 2023
- Marrakech Film Festival 2023
Cannes Film Festival 2023 – Prix de la Liberté (Freedom Award)
Mami Wata
Producer: Oge Obasi
Director: C.J ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Writer: C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Year at DFM: 2019
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
- FESPACO 2021 – Red Sea Film Festival Prize (post production)
- FESPACO 2023 – African Premier
- Venice Final Cut Workshop 2019
- Sundance Film Festival 2023 – World Premier
- Moving Image NYC – Closing night film
Sundance Film Festival 2023
- 2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
- World Cinema – Dramatic – C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
- 2023 Winner World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award
- Cinematography – Lílis Soares
FESPACO 2023
- 2023 Nominee Etalon D’or Fiction Feature Film Competition – C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
- 2023 Winner Meilleure Image Fiction Feature Film Competition – Lílis Soares
- 2023 Winner Meilleur Décor Fiction Feature Film Competition – C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
- 2023 Winner Prix De La Critique Africaine Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (African Critics Award)
- Prix Speciaux (Special Awards) – C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Munich Film Festival 2023
- 2023 Nominee CineRebels Award – C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi
Milisuthando
Producer: Marion Isaacs
Director: Milisuthando Bongela
Writer: Milisuthando Bongela
Year at DFM: 2018
Set in past, present, and future South Africa. An invitation into a poetic, memory-driven exploration of love, intimacy, race, and belonging by the filmmaker, who grew up during apartheid but didn’t know it was happening until it was over.
- Sunandance Film Festival – World Premiere
- DIFF 2023
- Sheffield Doc fest 2023
- AFS Docs 2023
- FCAT 2023
- Hot Docs 2023
- New directors New Films – MoMA 2023
- Ficci 2023
- True/ False film fest 2023
- IDFA 2023
- Sundance Film Festival 2023 – Nominee Grand Jury Prize – World Cinema – Documentary
- San Francisco International Film Festival 2023 – Nominee Golden Gate Award – Best Documentary Feature
- Seattle International Film Festival – 2023 Nominee Documentary Competition Award
- Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival 2023 – Opening Film
- DIFF 2023 – Winner – Best South African Documentary
Eat Bitter
Producer: Mathieu Faure
Directors: Pascale Appora Gnekindy, Ningyi Sun
Writers: Mathieu Faure, Mathieu Faure, Pascale Appora Gnekindy
Year at DFM: 2021
Against the backdrop of civil war in the Central African Republic, a Chinese construction manager and an African laborer work on opposite ends of the spectrum to construct a sparkling new bank. As deadlines approach, unexpected twists threaten their jobs, relationships and plans for a better life.
- Atlanta Film Festival 2023 – Official Selection
- CPH:DOX 2023 – Official Selection, World Premier
- Doc Edge (New Zealand)– 2023 – Official Selection
- Encounters 2023 – South African Premier
- FIDADOC 2023 – Official Selection
- Hot Docs 2023 – Official Selection
- Melbourne Documentary Festival 2023 – Official Selection
- Moscow International Documentary Film Festival 2023 – Official selection (DOKER)
- Visions du Reel 2023 – Official Selection
- IDFA – Docs for Sale
- Visions du Reel Nominee – Audience Award
- CPH:DOX Nominee – Doc Award
The Mother of All Lies
Producers: Asmae El Moudir
Directors: Asmae El Moudir
Writers: Asmae El Moudir
Year at DFM: 2021
A Moroccan woman’s search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As a daughter and filmmaker, she fuses personal and national history as she reflects on the 1981 Bread Riots, drawing out connections to modern Morocco.
- Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard
- IDFA 2023
- MARRAKECH FILM FESTIVAL 2023
Cannes
- 2023 Winner Un Certain Regard – Best Director
- 2023 Winner Golden Eye
- 2023 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
Sydney Film Prize 2023
- Best Film
Durban International Film Festival 2023
- Best International Documentary
Lobola, A Bride's True Price?
Producers: Sihle Hlophe
Directors: Sihle Hlophe
Year at DFM: 2017
March 2014. Filmmaker Sihle Hlophe has just gotten engaged to her boyfriend, Pule Moswane. A few days later, her father passes away. Sihle is in a serious fix – who will receive the bride price now that her father is no more? In Southern Africa and various other parts of the continent, bride price or lobola is a cultural practice that unifies the families of two people who want to get married and their respective ancestors. The process involves the groom-to-be paying a ‘price’ in the form of livestock, money or both, to the family of the bride-to-be. Sihle respects bride price but she has reservations about the transactional, patriarchal and heteronormative elements of the practise. January 2018. Sihle decides to forgo bride price. Although Pule supports her decision, he is worried about how the elders families will react.
- Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival 2023
- SABC 1 (Two-part special)
- New York Africa Film Festival
- DIFF 2023
- PAFF 2023
- Bertha House Cape Town 2022 (impact screening)
- AFRIFF 2023
- AMAA 2022 – Best Documentary (Nominee)
Beyond the Light Barrier
Producer: Uga Carlini
Writer: Uga Carlini
Year at DFM:
A legendary meteorologist spends her days on earth attempting to convince the world that her alien lover from an advanced human race existed, and held the only solutions to all our problems on earth.
- Encounters 2023
- Hilton Arts Festival 2023
- South African Independent Film Festival 2023
Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival
- Best South African Film
- Best documentary directed by an African Woman
Whats Eating My Mind
Director: Noella Luka
Producer: Sam Soko
Year at DFM: 2020
After waking up in a psychiatric ward in the US, Noella had to quit film school and return to Kenya. She’d been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, something both her family and herself had no idea how to deal with. She decides to turn the camera on them and herself as they try to navigate this unknown, with varying results. She then decides to seek out a community, where she meets Nick. Nick was diagnosed with Schizophrenia while studying to be a priest in Colombia. Her decision to film Nick launches her into another world, especially when Nick disappears. Noella has to go try to help his family to find him. This also affects her, especially after her mother becomes unwell; Noella finds herself amidst a storm. How does she survive this?
- AfricDocs.net
- BBC Eye On Africa YouTube
- The Baobab Tree Live Film Event – Kenya (once off)
- The Leo Project – Kenya (once off)
Hot Docs Blue Ice funding
Mirror Mirror
Producer: Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
Director: Sandulela Asanda
Year at DFM: 2022
Luthando is intent on sensually exploring her own body. Unfortunately, neither the Internet nor magazines have particularly helpful tips for her. Calling her best friend via FaceTime, she vents her frustration. However, Jodie encourages her to continue her journey of discovery. In her dazzling comedy, Sandulela Asanda tells a colourful and multifaceted tale about female body identities and sexual self-determination.
Berlin International Film Festival
- 2023 Nominee Crystal Bear – Generation 14plus – Best Short Film
Valley of A Thousand Hills
Director: Bonie Sithebe
Writers: Bonie Sithebe, Philani Sithebe
Year at DFM: 2017
A young woman who comes from a conservative village must choose between living a lie to stay the perfect Zulu daughter, or risk her life for true love. Nosipho has a secret. She is a loving daughter held up as an example in her community, with a domineering father who has chosen a potential husband for her. But her soulmate and one true love is a woman.
Septimius Awards
- 2023 Nominee Septimius Award – Best African Film
2022
Murder in Paris The Assassination of Dulcie September
Director: Enver Samuel
Year at DFM: 2019
Murder in Paris is a political crime documentary that traces the motives for the assassination of anti-Apartheid activist, Dulcie September. The story travels from the heart of Paris in March 1988 to the pursuit of justice in 2021.
- Hollywood African Cinema Connection 2024
- Botswana International Film Festival 2023
- Mashakiri African Film Festival 2023
- Mpumalanga International Film Festival 2023
- Lephalale Film Festival 2023
- Germany International Film Festival 2023
- Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival 2022
- African Film Festival New Zealand 2022
- Festival International du Cinéma Numérique de Cotonou (FICÑC) 2022
- L’Afrique Fait Son Cinéma 2022
- African World Documentary Film Festival 2022
- Calgary Black Film Festival 2022
- FlickFair Film Festival 2022
- New York City Independent Film Festival 2022
- Durban International Film Festival Festival
- Napoleon on Champs Elysees in Paris 2021
- The Garden Route International Film Festival 2021
South African Film and Television Awards
- 2022 Nominee SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Achievement in Cinematography – Feature Documentary
- 2022 Nominee SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Documentary Feature
- 2022 Nominee SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Achievement in Editing – Feature Documentary
- 2022 Winner SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Achievement in Sound Design – Feature Documentary
2021
2020
Softie
International Documentary Association
- 2021 Nominee IDA Award – Best Feature
PGA Awards
- 2021 Nominee PGA Award – Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Sundance Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Grand Jury Prize – World Cinema – Documentary
- 2020 Winner Editing Award – World Cinema – Documentary
Bergen International Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Checkpoints Award
Durban International Film Festival
- 2020 Winner Best Documentary
Cinema for Peace Awards
- 2021 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award – Cinema for Peace Dove for The Political Film of the Year
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
- 2021 Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award – The Unforgettables
- 2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award – Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
One World Media Awards
- 2021 Nominee Feature Documentary Award – Best Feature Documentary
African Movie Academy Awards
- 2021 Winner AMAA – Best Documentary
Guanajuato International Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Festival Prize – Best International Documentary Feature
El Gouna Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Golden Star – Feature Documentary Competition
- 2020 Winner Silver Star – Feature Documentary Competition
History Film Festival
- 2021 Winner Jury Prize – Best Independent Film
Lift Like A Girl
Director: Mayye Zayed
Writer: Mayye Zayed
Year at DFM: 2016
With the guidance of her relentless coach, a teen weightlifter emerges from a scrappy training camp in Egypt to compete at the championship level.
Cairo International Film Festival
- 2020 Winner Bronze Pyramid – Best First or Second work of a Director
- 2020 Winner Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Audience Award
- 2020 Nominee Best Film
- 2020 Nominee Henry Barakat Award – Best Artistic Contribution
Leipzig DOK Festival
- 2020 Winner Golden Dove – Best German Documentary
Sofia International Film Festival
- 2021 Nominee International Documentary Competition – Best Film
Cinema for Peace Awards
- 2021 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award – Cinema for Peace Dove for Women’s Empowerment
THE CRITICS AWARDS FOR ARAB FILMS
- 2021 Winner The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award
The Letter
Directors: Chris King, Maia Lekow
Writers: Ricardo Acosta, Chris King, Maia Lekow
Year at DFM: 2016
Karisa’s city-life is interrupted when his Grandma back home is called a witch and receives a death threat. Returning to his rural village in Kenya, he finds a frenzied mixture of consumerism and Christianity.
Durban International Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Best Documentary
Official Kenyan submission for The Academy Awards 2021
2019
You Will Die at Twenty
Director: Amjad Abu Alala
Writers: Amjad Abu Alala, Yousef Ibrahim, Hammour Ziada
Year at DFM: 2018
Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village’s holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil’s father can’t stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Amiens International Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Grand Prix du Jury fiction – Best Film
Hamburg Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Hamburg Producers Award – German-European Cinematic Productions
Fribourg International Film Festival
- 2020 Winner Grand Prix
Venice Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Luigi De Laurentiis Award – Best Debut Film
- 2019 Nominee Fedeora Award – Best Film (Venice Days)
Lumiere Awards, France
- 2021 Nominee Lumiere Award – Best International Coproduction
Carthage Film Festival
- 2019 Nominee Tanit d’Or – Narrative Feature Film
- 2019 Winner Best Screenplay – Narrative Feature Film
- 2019 Winner Tahar Chriaa – Prix de la 1ère Oeuvre
- 2019 Winner FIPRESCI Prize – Prix de la Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique
Mumbai Film Festival
- 2019 Nominee International Competition – Golden Gateway Award
- 2019 Winner International Competition – Special Mention
Odesa International Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Golden Duke – International Competition
- 2020 Winner Special Jury Mention – International Program
Guanajuato International Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee International Feature Competition – Best Film
- 2020 Winner Special Jury Prize – International Feature Competition
FEST International Film Festival
- 2020 Nominee Belgrade Victor – Best Film- Main Program
Film Festival Cologne
- 2019 Nominee Hollywood Reporter Award
El Gouna Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Golden Star – Feature Narrative Competition
Malmö Arab Film Festival
- 2020 Winner Feature Film Competition – Best Director
International Film Festival of Thrissur
- 2020 Nominee Mahatma Gandhi Afro-Asian Film
THE CRITICS AWARDS FOR ARAB FILMS
- 2020 Winner The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award -Best Screenplay
- 2020 Nominee The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award -Best Film
Amman International Film Festival
- 2020 Winner Black Iris Award -Best Feature Arab Narrative
Black Women and Sex
Director: Godisamang Khunou
Year at DFM: 2019
Black women and sex explores the tension between black women, the politics of sex and the sexual realities of three unique woman. A South African transwoman, a Nigerian raised in a polygamous household, and a Zambian woman imprisoned for a sex tape.
Their stories examine the different ways patriarchy impacts women and how self-love and the owning of one’s sexuality can fight against limiting and constraining views on the personal and political level.
These are the stories of women from different parts of Africa who identify with sex differently
DOK Leipzig 2019
- Development Prize for Best Female Director
- Best Female Talent at the Co-Production Market
2018
Disco Afrika
Director: Luck Razanajaona
Writers: François Hébert, Marcelo Novais Teles, Ludovic Rianando Randriamanantsoa
Year at DFM: 2016
Madagascar, nowadays. Kwame, 20, struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. An unexpected event takes him back to his hometown. As he reunites with his mother and old friends, he finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country. He will have to choose between easy money and loyalty, between individualism and political awakening.
Rotterdam Film Festival CineMart 2018
- Wouter Barendrecht Prize winner
Not In My Neighbourhood
Director: Kurt Orderson
Year at DFM: 2015
From Colonization to Gentrification, Not in my Neighourhood is a journey into the transformational power of space and place.
- Black Star 2018
- Luxor African Film Festival 2018
- CTFF 2018
- DIFF 2018
- National Arts Festival 2018
- Tri Continents Human Rights festival 2018
American Black Film Festival
- 2018 Winner Grand Jury Prize – Best Documentary
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
- Audience Award 2018
Jambula Tree (Rafiki)
Director: Wanuri Kahiu
Writers: Wanuri Kahiu, Jenna Cato Bass, Monica Arac de Nyeko
Year at DFM: 2012
Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives, but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Bratislava International Film Festival
- 2018 Winner Viewers’ Choice Award
Cannes Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Queer Palm
- 2018 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
Chicago International Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Gold Q-Hugo
- 2018 Winner Silver Q-Hugo
GLAAD Media Awards
- 2020 Winner GLAAD Media Award
AFI Fest
- 2018 Nominee Audience Award
NewFest: New York’s LGBT Film Festival
- 2018 Winner Audience Award
Seattle Queer Film Festival
- 2018 Winner Audience Award – Favorite Narrative Feature
- 2018 Winner Jury Award – Best Feature Film
Sydney Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Audience Award – Best Narrative Feature
São Paulo International Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee New Directors Competition – Best Film
Valladolid International Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Meeting Point – Best Feature Film
Lucas – International Festival of Films for Children and Young People
- 2018 Winner Youngsters Award – Section 16+
- 2018 Winner Bridging The Borders Award
Oslo Films from the South Festival
- 2018 Nominee Audience Award
- 2018 Nominee New Voices Award
Carthage Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Tanit d’Or – Narrative Feature Film
- 2018 Winner Best Actress – Actress in a Leading Role
- 2018 Winner Best Music – Narrative Feature Film
Black Reel Awards
- 2019 Nominee Black Reel – Outstanding World Cinema Motion Picture
Göteborg Film Festival
- 2019 Nominee Dragon Award – International Competition
Chlotrudis Awards
- 2020 Nominee Chlotrudis Award – Best Adapted Screenplay
Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Best Film – Grand Jury Award
- 2019 Winner Special Jury Award – Best Feature Film – Cultweek
Durban International Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Best Film – International Competition
Dublin International Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Young Programmers Choice Award
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
- 2019 Winner Audience Choice Award – Images of Africa – Fiction
African Movie Academy Awards
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Actress in a Leading Role
- 2019 Winner AMAA – Best Film in an African Language
- 2019 Winner AMAA – Best Editing
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Film
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Director
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Screenplay
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Cinematography
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Costume Design
- 2019 Nominee AMAA – Best Production Design
The Queerties
- 2019 Nominee Queerty – Indie Movie
LesGaiCineMad, Madrid International LGBT Film Festival
- 2018 Winner Jury Prize – Best Acting
- 2018 Winner Audience Award – Best Feature Film
Merlinka festival
- 2018 Nominee Jury Prize – Best Feature Film
In 2018 Rafiki was First Kenyan Film To Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
2017
Amal
Director: Mohamed Siam
Writer: Mohamed Siam
Year at DFM: 2015
Amal is fourteen years old when she goes to Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Arab Spring to showcase. With youthful hubris she goes straight to the danger. This coming of age film follows her in the years that follow, a period in which the fearless Amal seeks her own identity in a country in transition.
- IDFA 2017
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2019
- Biogra Film Festival 2018
- Carthage Film Festival 2018
- Luxembourg City Film Festival 2018
- Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2018
- Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2018
- DIFF 2018
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
- 2017 Nominee Best Feature-Length Documentary – IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary
Carthage Film Festival
- 2018 Winner Tanit d’Or – Documentary Feature Film
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
- 2018 Nominee Sheffied Youth Jury Award
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
- 2018 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award – Best Documentary Feature Film
Biografilm Festival
- 2018 Nominee Best Film Unipol Award – International Competition
Luxembourg City Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Documentary Award
The Wound (Inxeba)
Director: John Trengove
Writer: John Trengove, Thando Mgqolozana, Malusi Bengu
Year at DFM: 2014
Xolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.
Berlin International Film Festival
- 2017 Nominee Teddy – Best Feature Film
Cinema Jove – Valencia International Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Moon of Valencia – Best Film
- 2017 Winner Special Mention – Best Actor
GLAAD Media Awards
- 2018 Nominee GLAAD Media Award – Outstanding Film – Limited Release
L.A. Outfest
- 2017 Winner Grand Jury Award – Outstanding International Narrative Feature
London Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Sutherland Award – First Feature Competition
Palm Springs International Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee FIPRESCI Prize – Best Foreign Language Film
- 2018 Winner FIPRESCI Prize – Best Actor
Philadelphia Film Festival
- 2017 Nominee Archie Award – Best First Feature
Sundance Film Festival
- 2017 Nominee Grand Jury Prize – World Cinema – Dramatic
Sydney Film Festival
- 2017 Nominee Audience Award – Best Narrative Feature
Taipei Film Festival
- 2017 Winner International New Talent Competition – Grand Prize
Sarasota Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Jury Prize – Narrative Feature Film Competition
Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Best Feature Film
Carthage Film Festival
- 2017 Nominee Tanit d’Or – Narrative Feature Film
- 2017 Winner Tanit d’Argent – Official Competition
Black Reel Awards
- 2018 Winner Black Reel – Outstanding Foreign Film
Göteborg Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Dragon Award – International Competition
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
- 2017 Nominee Grand Jury Prize – Feature Film Competition
Durban International Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Jury Prize – Best Actor
- 2017 Winner South African Jury Prize – Best South African Director
Mumbai Film Festival
- 2017 Winner International Competition – Jury Grand Prize
- 2017 Nominee International Competition – Golden Gateway Award
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2018 Nominee DFCC – Best Actor
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
- 2017 Winner AAFCA Award
South African Film and Television Awards
- 2018 Winner SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Feature Film
- 2018 Winner SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Achievement in Directing – Feature Film
- 2018 Winner SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Actor – Feature Film
- 2018 Nominee SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film
- 2018 Winner SAFTA Golden Horn – Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film
Queer Lisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer
- 2017 Winner Audience Award – Best Feature Film – Porto
World Cinema Amsterdam
- 2017 Winner World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award – Best Film
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Outstanding First Feature Award – First Feature
QCinema International Film Festival
- 2018 Nominee Pylon Award – Best Picture – RainbowQC Competition
Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema
- 2017 Nominee Making Way Award – Best Feature Film
Kaleidoscope LGBT Festival
- 2017 Winner Jury Award – Best Feature Film (International Narrative)
Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Jury Prize – Best Feature Film
LesGaiCineMad, Madrid International LGBT Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Jury Prize – Best Screenplay
Apolo Awards
- 2018 Winner Apolo Award – Best New Actor (Mejor Actor Revelación)
Official South African submission for The Academy Awards 2018
2016
The Train of Salt and Sugar
Director: Licínio Azevedo
Writer: Licínio Azevedo, Claire Dobbin, Luis Carlos Patraquim
Year at DFM: 2014
A very dangerous train journey through war torn Mozambique. Civilian passengers are both protected and harassed by a troop of ill-disciplined soldiers on board to fight off a rebel army in the bush. All must work together to repair sabotaged track and reach safety.
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2018
Locarno International Film Festival 2016
Cairo International Film Festival
- 2016 Winner Silver Pyramid – Best Director
- 2016 Nominee Golden Pyramid – Best Film
Locarno International Film Festival
- 2016 Nominee Variety Piazza Grande Award
Carthage Film Festival
- 2017 Winner Tanit d’Or – Narrative Feature Film
- 2017 Winner Best Cinematography – Narrative Feature Film
CinEuphoria Awards
- 2018 Nominee CinEuphoria – Best Costume Design – National Competition
- 2018 Nominee CinEuphoria – Best Actor – National Competition
Screen Actors GDA Foundation
- 2018 Winner Screen Actors GDA Foundation – Best Newcomer Award
Mozambican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
2015
2014
Unearthed
Director: Jolynn Minnaar
Writer: Jolynn Minnaar
Year at DFM: 2013
A young South African woman swallows her optimism on the potential shale gas could bring to her people after traveling to ground zero and uncovering the dirty secrets of the fracking industry. Unearthed exposes the dark web of hidden truths upholding the false assurances made by multinational energy corporations that the method of hydraulic fracturing is a safe, time-tested technology and the flawed assertion that shale gas is the solution for our energy hungry world.
Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2014
Tri Continents festival 2014
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2014
CHP DOCS 2014
DIFF 2014
IDFA 2014
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
- 2014 Winner Best South African Film – Best South-African Film
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
- 2014 Winner Sheffield Green Award
2013
Imbabazi (The Pardon)
Director: Joël Karekezi
Writer: Joël Karekezi, Casey Schroen
Year at DFM: 2011
After being imprisoned for the killing of ethnic Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, Manzi must face the emotional and psychological consequences of his most personal crime: the murder of his best friend’s family.
- Gothenburg Film Festival 2013
- San Diego Black Film Festival
- Pan African Film Festival
- FESPACO
- Seattle International Film Festival 2013
Luxor African Film Festival 2014
- Winner, Nile Grand Prize
Amakula Film Festival
- Winner – Golden Impala Award at the
Gothenburg Film Festival 2013
- Development award from
